16 + Support Worker (3)

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 4 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

You will provide advice and support to young people aged 15-19 who are not in employment, education, or training. Working alongside partner agencies you will be involved in assessing the needs of young people and participate in the development and delivery of planned programmes and individual 1:1 activities to help young people develop and maintain essential skills for life and work which moves them towards and into further education, training, and employment.

You will have an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (Children and Young People) or HNC in Social Care or HNC in Working with Communities or equivalent along with knowledge and understanding of the needs of young people and knowledge of employability skills and their development.

You must have good oral and written communication and organisational skills, experience of mentoring/supporting and working with young people and within a community setting.

Sensitivity and understanding of barriers experienced by young people and the ability to work cooperatively with young people, their families, and members of other agencies.

You must have a non-judgemental and respectful attitude and be able to work as part of a team, unsupervised, on your own initiative and meet deadlines. Knowledge of employability pathways is desirable as is experience of interagency working.

A full, current driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential as is the ability to work some evenings, on occasion, for training purposes.

These job are temporary until no later than 31 March 2025.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

For further information, please contact Lisa Gilfillan, 16+ Learning Choices Co-ordinator, on 07595 772177.

Please note interviews will be held Monday, 29 July 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.