DPS - Employability Mentor/Trainer DPSEMTMS101126 Merseyside

DPS - Employability Mentor/Trainer DPSEMTMS101126 Merseyside

Contract type : Sessional

Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs pw)

Location: Merseyside - CH25-CH32, L20,L1-L3

(Full, Current Driving licence and access to own Vehicle, Must be willing to travel as required)

Standguide is an employee-owned organisation, which means our employees have a voice in the business and a shared interest in its long‑term success.

Alongside a rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference, we offer:

33 days’ paid annual leave, including bank holidays, increasing to 38 days after five full years’ service

An additional paid day off for your birthday

Company health plan following successful completion of probation

Online GP access

Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling and wellbeing support

Death in service cover

Will-planning support and access to a secure digital vault

Cycle to Work scheme

Company sick pay, subject to eligibility

A broad range of internal training and continuing professional development opportunities

Access to employee-owner benefits, subject to eligibility and qualifying service

Make a difference through meaningful employment:

To arrange, plan, organise, deliver a variety of Employability training courses. These could be generic job search, confidence and motivation programmes, or literacy and numeracy, to ensure that customers have the appropriate experience and practical skills to move into employment, training, or further education. To maintain paperwork (both electronic and paper based) and other documentation which may be required to a high standard. To job match customers to vacancies, arrange employer visits and work placement opportunities for customers with a view to them securing employment. To conduct one to one Action Planning and review meetings to ensure customers are focused on securing employment. To be responsible for achieving targets set by the Line Manager to ensure we meet contractual obligations. To be flexible in relation to delivery location to cover the contract areas.

About Standguide

For more than three decades, Standguide has supported individuals and employers across the UK.

We provide employment, skills and support services that help people overcome barriers, develop their potential and move towards sustainable employment.

As an employee-owned organisation, we’re committed to investing in our people, delivering high-quality services and creating positive outcomes for the communities we support.

What you’ll do

As a DPS Employability Trainer/Mentor, you’ll:

• To deliver a variety of training and one to one support designed to prepare the customer for securing employment including via work placement / trial that will lead to employment
• To be responsible, aware of contractual job targets in relation to the number of customers we are contracted to have on our provision and the number of job starts and sustained jobs that are expected to achieve with their customers
• To train customers in specific employability and functional skills in line with the requirements of the local labour market, and specific employers. Relevant customer documentation to be completed in line with company procedures.
• To carry out inductions and the basic assessment of the customers to identify their transferable skills, strengths, and experience. This will include, where appropriate, a work skills assessment for literacy and numeracy
• To provide one to one support for our customers, job search sessions, exploring the local labour market and securing interviews with employers
• To discuss and examine in appropriate detail, local and more general employment and training opportunities that may be available
• To work with employers, training providers and other agencies to strengthen the service we provide to our customers, including booking them in to deliver a session on the course
• To provide ICT focused job search skills, including using PCs, Laptops and Tablets to apply for jobs online, produce electronic CVs and attach them to online job applications, completing application forms online, using online web-based job sites including Find a Job
• To provide training in self‑presentation, interview skills, and telephone techniques and the provision of a quality curriculum vitae for each customer
• To assist customers to produce a realistic action plan leading back to work, including considering obstacles to the successful achievement of the plan and how to overcome them
• To provide information to customers on a one‑to‑one basis and delivering training as a group
• To assist in the recruitment of customers by marketing the company provision to JCP Work Coaches, external agencies and community groups and developing good relationships with JCP in your local area
• To improve life skills of customers by encouraging and valuing their contribution both collectively and establishing an atmosphere of trust and understanding.
• To ensure an environment appropriate for training sessions in order that customers gain the maximum benefit
• To complete paperwork as required by the company and JCP.

Overseas equivalent qualifications will be considered.

We welcome applications from people with relevant lived experience and recognise the valuable insight this can bring to the role.

Equality and accessibility

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our employees, applicants and customers.

We’ll consider reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Please contact recruitment@standguide.co.uk if you need the advert or application information in another format or require an adjustment at any stage.

All applicants will be assessed fairly against the published criteria for the role.

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, confirmation of the applicant’s right to work in the UK and an Enhanced DBS check.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us. Any information disclosed will be considered fairly and individually, taking account of its relevance to the role and the circumstances involved.

For a copy of the full job description and person specification, please email recruitment@standguide.co.uk.

What you’ll need

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum
• PTTLS or equivalent trainer / teaching certification.
• Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted.
• Desirable – Appropriate training qualification, PGCE, PGDE etc.
• How Assessed – Application and certificates.
• Knowledge & Experience: Essential – Experience of delivering training and/or teaching people of all ages (minimum 1 – 2 years)
• Previous experience of working with individuals claiming income support and incapacity benefit and the barriers they face
• Knowledge of Jobcentre Plus programmes and incentives for unemployed people
• A commitment to equality / diversity, health & safety (including Safeguarding) and experience of delivering appropriate related strategies
• Internal auditing to ensure all submitted claims pass the compliance check and does not exceed a 5% error rate
• How Assessed – Application and interview.
• Skills &