Targeted Youth Advisor
Team: Youth Support Service
Job Family: Supporting – CBG9
Salary: £33,731 - £36,397 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 6th July 2025
Interview Date: 11th July 2025 - Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, SG17 5TQ
About the role
The Youth Support Service provides a wide range of services to support young people to achieve their potential and personal, social and economic success. Services include provision of youth work, youth participation, the development and provision of careers education, information, advice and guidance (IAG) and engagement and tracking. We are committed to working in collaboration with young people to ensure they have a voice. We pride ourselves on being a young person led service working alongside them and partners, to support them in achieving their aspirations and goals.
The Targeted Youth Advisor delivers support to a caseload of vulnerable young people and young adults up to age 25 (that will include those with SEND and Care Experienced), many with complex needs, removing barriers to their learning and employment and therefore improving their life chances. Their role is to provide high quality information, advice and guidance and transition support to these young people and those that support them, particularly on issues relating to education, employment, and training. The post holder will offer more intensive support to those who are disengaged or at risk of disengagement, to help them overcome barriers.
Working with schools and other education settings including training providers and colleges to support our most vulnerable young people to remain engaged and will act as advocates as appropriate.
You will work with multi-agency partners to help vulnerable young people remove barriers to reaching their potential and personal, social and economic success, and to prepare for adulthood.
Tenacious, proactive and approachable, you will be a qualified to a minimum of Level 4 in Information, Advice and Guidance and have experience in this role. You must be confident working on your own initiative, have excellent organisational skills and you will have sound advocacy and negotiation skills. Above all, you will have a genuine interest in working closely with young people to raise their aspirations and improve their lives.
Applicants qualified to Level 6 in careers guidance are highly desirable, but we will consider applicants with suitable experience that are qualified to at least NVQ4 in learning, development and support services/IAG or hold the Diploma in Career Guidance and Development. There will be an expectation that if you hold a relevant Level 4 qualification that you will be supported to undertake the Level 6 qualification.
You will require access to a car to be able to perform these duties and travel across Central Bedfordshire and neighbouring areas.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Chloe Brenan at chloe.brennan@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5898
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Safeguarding
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council