Key Worker

We are Recruiting Key Workers
Salary from £25,466 - £28,817- permanent
Location: Bolton probation
We are excited to advertise a number of new posts for our innovative employment and learning support service - The Greater Manchester Education, Training and Employment Service (GM ETE). Our delivery will support the Probation Service’s service users into quality learning and employment opportunities.
If you have experience of working with disadvantaged people, and /or offenders and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
The job will involve working with people on probation or subject to community supervision by Probation Service (NPS), to engage them in learning, training and employment opportunities, both through one-to-one and group work. You will be paid for any accrued travel expenses.
You’ll need to be proactive, a good communicator and able to manage your own caseload. The successful candidate will have experience and/or skills to deliver group work to people who have faced disadvantages. You will be effective at working with partner organisations to ensure the best results for our participants. Recording of accurate information on participant records is an important part of the job, so you’ll need to be comfortable working on databases and systems and have a strong attention to detail.
Essential job duties
Complete initial assessment appointments with all new referrals.
Create action plans outlining activities to be undertaken with service users.
Motivate service users to engage with the programme and attend appointments.
Effectively case manage service users.
Deliver interventions as outlined in the action plan.
Signpost service users to specialist support organisations for further support.
Tailor support to suit service user needs and learning styles.
Effectively liaise with Probation Practitioners.
Support service users to achieve employability outcomes and make positive steps to change their lives.
We are especially looking for applicants who can connect with people to help move them forward, can network with partner organisations and research new opportunities for the people on your caseload. As well, you will have the skills to work towards individual performance outcomes.
We’ll give you all the training you need to do the Key Worker job and provide you with support to get established in the new role.
Your package
Our permanent staff enjoy a reasonable 35h working week and we also offer flexi-time, so when we ask our staff to do extra, we always make sure they’ve got those hours to take back another time. It’s a great benefit of working for Career Connect. Full time and part time available.
Key Workers are paid on a scale up to £28,817 and you will be reimbursed for any additional travel, beyond your main base of work. Our holidays start at 25 days + Bank Holidays and we give up to an extra 6 days a year for staff with longer service.
You will work with great people and a growing charity committed to making a difference focussed on social mobility. You will have access to: Training, Career Progression, Birthday Leave, Perkbox, Green cycle to work scheme.
A full job description can be downloaded from here
Please send your CV and covering letter illustrating how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the job, by clicking on the 'apply' button.
The closing date is the 1st March 2024. The interviews will take place on the 15th, 19th, 27th and 28th March in person at our Peter Street Office, Manchester, M2 5GP however, in exceptional circumstances we can make online arrangements via MS teams.
If you would like an informal discussion regarding a vacancy please contact: stephanie.edwards@achievecc.org.uk
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high number of applications

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