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29th July 2019
Grow work experience at Holly Hagg farm in Sheffield

Youth Employment & Development Coach 
 Role Description

Grow exists to unlock hope in young people. We do this by running an 8-week employment programme that integrates employment coaching with horticultural work experience.

Job title – Youth Employment and Development Coach
Contract – 2.5 days per week (six month fixed-term contract)
Salary – £22,000 per annum (pro rata)
Pension – 6% pension contribution
Holiday – 25 days per annum plus statutory (pro rata)

 

The role

  • Developing relationships with referral agencies and recruiting young people onto the programme
  • Welcoming young people to Grow training sessions; creating a warm and safe environment
  • Leading group coaching sessions, including developing existing content and resources
  • Conducting 1:1 sessions with trainees to assist activities including writing and editing CVs and proofreading job applications
  • Supporting and/or leading work experience sessions in horticultural contexts
  • Conducting admin tasks necessary to run and deliver Grow
  • Occasional evening and weekend commitments
  • Other ad hoc admin duties as required to support the development and running of the charity

Person specification

  • Clear communication in both 1:1 and group settings
  • Emotional resilience, particularly when faced with challenging behaviour
  • The ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental approach, particularly when faced with young people’s accounts of their lives and experiences
  • Some experience of recruitment processes
  • Some experience of working with either young people or vulnerable people
  • Some experience of coaching
  • Responsive to feedback in order to improve coaching skills

Essential requirements

Any role offer is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Training and support

Every team member will receive a free space on our ‘Introduction to Coaching’ training programme. The programme includes the following key modules:

  • How to run an effective 1:1 coaching session
  • How to coach a small group of young adults
  • How to work safely with vulnerable young people
  • Understanding the employment process
  • How charities work (the basics)

Next steps

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and a short cover letter to the following email address: admin@growuk.org.

We will be conducting interviews for shortlisted candidates on the 20th of September 2019.

Closing date: 13th September 2019

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