Education, Employment and Training (EET) Coach

Education, Employment and Training (EET) Coach

We’re looking for an EET Coach to join our small, friendly team helping homeless young people to access and sustain education, employment and training. Please find full details of how to apply via our Website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is midnight on Friday 18 January 2020.

·Do you want to make a difference to the lives of young people who have been homeless? ·Are you great at building positive, trusting relationships with young people as well as having the perseverance to keep working with them until they secure a decent job or place in education or training? ·Are you able to research and retain information about the opportunities available to young people so that you can match your caseload to these opportunities? ·Most of all, can you motivate and encourage young people to see a positive future for themselves? If you have answered yes to all of these, you could be the person we are looking for! We have an opportunity for a new colleague to join our Participation and Learning team.  We use psychologically informed approaches to help people develop confidence and employability skills as well as offering practical support with job hunting, applications and interview practice.

1625ip is a leading youth homelessness charity based in the South West, working with over 2,500 young people. We have strong local partnerships and adhere to the best practice in the sector.  We build trusting relationships between our young people and our colleagues and this is at the core of our work.

What we are looking for:

• Ability to work with young people to help them access and sustain EET.
• A commitment to helping young people and a willingness to learn about a range of tools and approaches to support good quality information, advice and guidance (IAG).
• Good information management and networking skills.
• We are keen to encourage application from the BAME community and would also welcome applications from people with relevant community language skills to support our young people.

You will be in Participation and Learning Team and your line manager will be our Education Employment and Training (EET) Services Team Leader.

What we are offering:

• The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people
• A friendly supportive team
• 30 days annual leave a year plus the usual public holidays
• Extensive training in psychologically informed work

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 37.5
• Contract type: Fixed term – to 11 July 2022
• Pay: £24,012 - £25,481 (this is based on NJC scales, starting at the bottom of the NJC scale)
• Location: You will be based in Kingsley Hall, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre.

Application information:

Click 'Apply' below for further information and to download an application pack. 

Important dates:

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 18 January 2021.
• If you have not heard from us by 25 January 2021 please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• Interviews are on Friday 29 January 2021. 

Covering Letter / Supporting Statement Guidance 

Please note that the online application form cannot be saved until it is fully complete.  We recommend that you prepare your Covering Letter before you start the online application. 

Your Covering Letter is essentially your Supporting Statement and will form the most important basis on which your skills, experience and behavioural competencies will be tested against the job criteria.  Without it, your application cannot progress to the shortlisting stage. 

You should refer to the Person Specification document within the Job Pack and cover only the elements that are tested at this stage of the recruitment process.  Elements that only have the word ‘interview’ next to them will be tested at the next stage of the process and do not need to be covered in your letter. 

Please try to keep the word limit to 250 words per criterion. 

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION FORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO UPLOAD A CV, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A CV AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AND WILL NOT BE USED IN THIS PROCESS. 

If you’re not familiar with how to complete this kind of job application, please contact us for advice on how to complete it (see email addresses above). 

Equal opportunities for everyone:

We safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Barred List Disclosure Check. 

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers.  We also pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to increase applications from Black and Minority Ethnic groups as they are currently under-represented.

Please see our policies section on the website, for further information.   If you need an adjustment made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.