At a Glance
- Tasks: Empower young people to build positive futures through coaching and support.
- Company: Join Career Connect, a charity making a real difference in lives across the UK.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible hours, perks, and generous sick pay while developing your career.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for personal growth and community engagement.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact by helping youth overcome barriers and achieve their goals.
- Qualifications: Experience in careers advice preferred; passion for helping others is key.
The predicted salary is between 22950 - 28050 £ per year.
Do you want to help young people think positively about their future? We are looking for a Careers Coach to help create better futures for young people in St Helens. You will provide careers support to 16–18-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training. You will use coaching methods and approaches, and your excellent ability to build relationships, to help young people think positively about their futures. You will track young people and keep them engaged with our service.
You will support young people to overcome a range of barriers and achieve their goals. This could include moving into employment, education or training, or building personal and social skills by connecting to new experiences, volunteering or short programmes. You’ll also link young people up to wellbeing and mental health support when required.
You will help young people identify their strengths and interests, build confidence, and explore their options. You will help them get to where they want to be. We know that collaboration leads to the best outcomes. You will have direct contact with young people, their parents/carers, and a range of professionals from support services, partner organisations, training providers and employers. You will put your excellent communication and relationship building skills into practice every day.
Location: The role will be based at our office at WA10 3AP though you will work flexibly in venues in the community across the area. You will need to be able to manage your time well and travel independently.
Qualifications: Whilst a Level 3 or 4 in Careers Advice and Guidance would be preferable, we may consider candidates with a minimum of 12 months experience in a similar role, if you are willing to work towards a qualification.
We are committed to safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults and expect our staff to share this commitment. All applicants are subject to DBS and staff who work in custody also have a prison clearance process. We promote equality and diversity across all that we do and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Part-time workers are always welcome. Inclusion and diversity are a significant feature of our charity’s values, cutting across everything that we do. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are keen to hear from applicants with disabilities. Around a quarter of our workforce have a disability. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process.
Coach in St Helens employer: Career Connect
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