We are St Helens Borough Council.
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Key Worker in the Strategic Growth Department.
Working St Helens Council’s UKSPF funded ‘Ways to Work’ Programme, which aims to improve employment outcomes within the Borough.
You will coach a referred caseload of people, both on a one-to-one basis and within groups as appropriate, to facilitate the in making changes that result in them participating positively in education, training or employment. You will provide a supportive and motivating environment for people to explore their needs, motivations, desires and skills and assist the individual in making real, lasting change focused ultimately on moving into sustainable employment.
You will have the skills and professional track record to creatively apply tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, mentoring, counselling and networking to support the young person to meet their participation and employment goal.
With a track record of providing coaching and mentoring support and employment-related information, advice and guidance support to people, you will have the personal skills and ability to deal with your own changing and dynamic caseload of clients, each with their own set of personalised requirements, and support the clients on individualised pathways to move them closer to the labour market with the ultimate aim of securing sustainable employment.
Based in St Helens, midway between Liverpool and Manchester.
Posts are subject to funding agreement
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information and submit your on-line application here.
For an informal discussion please contact Andrew Beresford, Ways to Work Delivery Manager on 01744 676131 or waystowork@sthelens.gov.uk
If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
