Location: North Yorkshire area based (Scarborough , Harrogate, Ripon, Thirsk, Northallerton, Richmond, anywhere within the North Yorkshire and York areas). This role is hybrid, however there is a requirement to travel across the locations you will be supporting, travel will be covered within the region. This is a full time fixed term contract until end of March 2026 Job Purpose The Key Worker plays a pivotal role in this programme, working closely with individuals and households facing barriers to employment. The primary purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive support, guidance, and advocacy to empower participants in overcoming health-related challenges and facilitate their journey towards sustainable employment. The Key Worker will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure a holistic and person-centred approach, ultimately enhancing the overall well-being and employability of our participants. Deliver employability support, which may include information, advice and guidance, to economically inactive participants within the North Yorkshire region. Provide face-to-face and remote employability support to adult economically inactive and employed participants in a range of settings, within the context of the contract, supporting them to move closer to or into the labour market. The successful candidate must be prepared to travel within the region. Key Workers may be required to work in a range of locations including community venues and employers' premises. The work may involve working in more than one location and there will be travel involved as part of the job. It may be necessary to work outside normal office hours. This job description needs to be considered in the context of a developing and evolving area of service delivery and therefore the duties described above will need to be adapted to meet the needs of the project. Since this role involves a fair bit of travel it is recommended that candidates have a driving licence and access to a vehicle.

• Knowledge of local labour markets and barriers to employment
• Knowledge of customer service and relationship management
• Understanding of the local area and factors contributing to the local labour market
• Have an understanding of and a commitment to quality
• Have a good knowledge of employment, training and personal development support opportunities that are available In the local community
Experience Essential:
• Recent experience of working with adults in a related field, ideally determining need and supporting economically inactive participant choices
• Experience of working in a target driven environment
  
  Education Development Trust is an education charity that exists to transform lives by improving education around the world. We work collaboratively with national and local governments, schools and other partners to design and deliver sustainable solutions to improve education.
Please to see our Annual Impact Review for 2022/2023, which highlights the ways in which our work has impacted lives around the world - and the progress we have made since 2021/2022.

Salary: £27,196 per annum FTE (based on 37 hours per week) Benefits include:
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rota)
• 2 Volunteer days (pro rota)
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Discounted gym memberships
• Health care cash plan
• Retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Wellbeing App
Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults whom we work with and come into contact with around the world. All applicants are subject to thorough screening and successful candidates are subject to the relevant level of criminal record checks with national police authorities or the UK's Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This will be at minimum a basic DBS check. At Education Development Trust, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and knows they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Education Development Trust an inclusive place to work. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.