Job Description
Education, Training and Employment Support Officer (Children's Social Care)
Fixed Term / Secondment Opportunity for 12 months
PO2: £43,542 rising in annual increments to £46,437 pa incl. LW
Hybrid Working
We have an exciting new role created for a person passionate about supporting Lambeth’s young people to access pathways into education, training and employment. You will be based within the 16+ Independence Service and will be reporting directly to the Service Manager or a team manager delegated by him/her/them.
You will work very closely with the Department of Business, Culture and Investment & Skills and Employment) as well as other Lambeth youth employment initiatives such as ELEVATE, Lambeth MADE.
You will be responsible for maximising the potential for young people not in education employment or training and aged 18-25, to develop confidence, connections, skills development and paid employment in various industries.
You will work closely with internal and external referral partners deliver tailored ‘wraparound’ 1:1 employability support, connecting them to relevant training and paid (London Living Wage) employment opportunities.
You will be responsible in tracking and monitoring those young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, and Training) and those who are pursuing opportunities alternative to college and Sixth Form such as employment, traineeships, or apprenticeships.
You will also meet the targets, KPIs and objectives of the specific programmes you are to lead on and demonstrate success against accurate monitoring and evaluation reporting requirements.
What we are looking for:
- Understanding of skills and employment landscape for care leavers
- Passion for and experience of supporting marginalised young people to engage and progress into education, employment and training outcomes
- Adhering to Lambeth’s vision, mission & values.
We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role.
Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs
In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here https://www.cifas.org.uk/
Please note we operate an anonymised application process. When uploading your Supporting Statement and CV, please use the ‘cover letter’ link and remove your personal details.
You must upload a Supporting Statement and CV for your application to be considered.
Interested?
Click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, along with uploading your Supporting Statement and CV, explicitly evidencing how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’ on the job specification.
For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification in hyperlink below:
JD and Person specification
Closing Date: 12th June 2025 at midnight
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