Care Experienced Apprenticeships Advisor - Yate

How you'll make a difference

As a Care Experienced Apprenticeships Advisor, you will play a key role in creating meaningful employment opportunities for care-experienced young people across South Gloucestershire.

Through apprenticeships, internships and other employment pathways, you will help young people develop confidence, gain valuable skills and achieve sustainable career outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact, supporting the council's commitment to inclusion, workforce development and improving outcomes for care leavers.

• What you will be doing
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and providers, you will coordinate and support apprenticeship and internship opportunities for care-experienced young people and employers across South Gloucestershire.

You will provide end-to-end support throughout their journey, from recruitment and onboarding through to successful completion and progression into sustained employment.

• Using a trauma-informed and person-centred approach, you will offer tailored advice, guidance and practical support, helping young people to overcome barriers, develop key skills and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Working directly with care-experienced young people, you will provide tailored support to help them access employment opportunities within the Council.

You will coordinate and support their journey from application and recruitment through to onboarding and integration into the workplace, offering ongoing guidance to both the young person and hiring managers.

• You will build strong relationships with stakeholders to promote inclusive employment opportunities, supporting positive workplace experiences and identifying new pathways that enable young people to thrive.
• Through the effective use of data and performance insights, you will monitor programme activity, evaluate impact and contribute to the continuous improvement of apprenticeship and employment initiatives, ensuing they align with the council's workforce and inclusion objectives.
• What we need from you
• It is essential that you hold a relevant qualification in education, employability, mentoring, coaching or safeguarding, or can demonstrate equivalent relevant experience.
• You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build, develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• We are looking for someone who understands the challenges faced by care-experienced young people, care leavers or individuals facing barriers to employment.

You will adopt a supportive and inclusive approach, helping individuals overcome challenges and achieve their goals.

• You need to be highly organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload, prioritise competing demands and maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Given the nature of the role, you must have experience of coaching, mentoring or supporting individuals to build confidence, develop skills and increase independence, enabling them to achieve positive education, training or employment outcomes.
• It would be advantageous to have experience working within apprenticeship or education related services, alongside knowledge of trauma-informed practice and inclusive employment approaches.
• What you need to know
• This role sits within the Recruitment team and works closely with colleagues across Human Resources, Learning and Development and the wider People Department.
• This is a limited term contract for a period of 12 months.
• You must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel as you will be expected to travel throughout the authority.
• Please note that due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained.
• How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata
• ), employee wellbeing support a nd you will have access to a range of staff discounts

, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.

• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

Were making a difference, be part of it!

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Care Experienced Apprenticeships Advisor - Role Profile