Job Description
The Service & Team:
This role supports the
Employment and Enterprise team and is crucial to Cornwall Council's objective of helping young people secure employment, education, and training opportunities. The team focuses on assisting young individuals aged 14 to 18 (or up to 24 for those with an EHCP) who are at risk of disengaging from education or work. We primarily support young people from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), children in care, and those involved with the Youth Justice System.
The Role
As a
Team Lead, you'll manage a team of
Career Development Consultants, guiding them to achieve positive outcomes for young people transitioning post-16. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with internal and external organisations to support young people through their transitions. You will be responsible for a team who work directly with young people, helping them plan their futures, and deliver a range of career services within schools. The team provide personalised guidance and support interventions tailored to individual needs. This position requires establishing strong working relationships with key partners, such as schools, post-16 providers, and parents/carers, to ensure young people receive effective support.
This is a public facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
The role is delivered Monday to Friday during standard working hours. Cornwall Council operates a flexible working policy. Candidates will be expected to work from the office for up to two days a week.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
You'll need to be
strong leader and passionate about making a difference for young people, raising their aspirations, removing barriers, and enabling them to achieve the best possible outcomes. The role requires specialised knowledge and experience in providing personalised guidance and support. You should be adept at establishing strong working relationships with key partners like schools, post-16 providers, and other relevant organisations, as well as parents and carers.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Additional Information
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Janine Bisson on
[email protected]Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact
[email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
