Community Employment Mentor

Communities for Work+ (CfW+) is a Welsh Government programme tackling poverty though sustainable employment providing intensive employment mentoring, interventions and support. CfW+ will deliver intensive mentoring and employment support services in communities across Wales.

The programme will focus on reducing the number of 16-24 year olds who are NEET and increasing the employability of economically inactive and long term unemployed adults who have complex barriers to employment.

Community Employment Mentors will provide intensive one to one mentoring to participants to help them identify and take practical steps to overcome barriers preventing them taking up identified training and employment.

You will support a caseload of participants identified as being eligible to receive services under the programme, developing and implementing their action plans, addressing barriers to employment, developing employability skills and securing employment whilst actively promoting the services of the programme to a wide range of stakeholders. You will empower, motivate and support participants to move into and, most importantly, sustain employment, as well as supporting participants to progress whilst in work.

You will provide a flexible, high quality service, and will be expected to work as part of an integrated team. Supporting participants through a person centred approach to mentoring and coaching and tackling barriers to employment (arising from poverty and long term inactivity), providing interventions on an outreach basis, and supporting participants in the community.

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