“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.
Purpose
We are looking for two optimistic, well-organised and communicative colleagues to join us as Employment, Education and Resilience Specialists. Working with Local Authority care leavers teams to support an employment, education and resilience pilot programme for young people aged 16-24. Working intensively with an active caseload of up to 25 participants who are care leavers. Assessing individual need and supporting with referrals onto employment programmes, supporting into work placements cultivated by your relationships and assisting care leavers to obtain and sustain education outcomes, with resilience building. This role will be based in the community and work closely with participants and stakeholders in the area.
This is an exciting innovation service funded by the Shaw Trust Foundation to design and test a new approach in helping care leavers improve their resilience, employment, education and skills outcomes. You will work closely with the Foundation team, sharing learnings that can be used to inform other interventions to support young people into employment.
Please note this is an 18-month fixed-term contract.
Due to the expected popularity of this role we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than planned should sufficient applications be received. If you are interested in the role please apply now.
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Location:
You will be based in West London
Employee Benefits
As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
- 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
- An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
- Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
- Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
- Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
- Opportunity to request flexible working from day one
Our Strategy
To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf
Join a diverse and inclusive organisation
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
In addition;
- We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
- We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
- Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.
If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact:
[email protected]Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
