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   Role Title: New Leaf Mentor
   Salary £30,000 per annum plus car allowance
   Fixed Term: until 30th April 2023

New Leaf is a Building Better Opportunities project funded by the by European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund. It is an innovative project, targeting individuals furthest away from the labour market in the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area, to help them in their journey towards employment.

Led by Warrington-based Torus Foundation, working in partnership with other organisations across the area, New Leaf will support approximately 6,000 individuals, providing a tailored service, giving individual support and direction.

Weaver Vale Housing Trust, is a local landlord based in Cheshire and surrounding areas, providing over 6,000 homes in Northwich, Winsford, Frodsham, Helsby and outlying rural areas. We are excited to be a delivery partner within the New Leaf project working across the Cheshire West areas indicated above. In your role, you will support the Trust in the ongoing development and delivery of the New Leaf programme.

As mentor, you will work within a team that supports individuals to recognise their skills and potential, offering information, advice and guidance making local opportunities more accessible. You will have an awareness and strive to achieve individual and contribute to team targets. You will work one to one with a caseload of participants offering bespoke support that will help them identify and overcome barriers to work. You will focus on enhancing the opportunities and self-confidence of customers, supporting them to access a range of support services including specialist partners of the project.

You will have the ability to build strong links with support agencies/network’s, therefore knowledge of local services is essential. This is a demanding but rewarding role which will seek to provide individuals with the self-confidence, knowledge, and skills to enhance their future employment opportunities, which will include providing assistance with Job Searches, Applications, CV’s and Interview Techniques.

We are looking for a real ‘people’ person with a desire to ‘make a difference’. You will be an inspirational and self-motivated individual with enthusiasm and positivity.

You will demonstrate excellent time management skills and be a team player as close liaison with other staff is essential to the success of the programme. You will provide ongoing encouragement and be proactive in your approach. You will have the skills, knowledge, and ability to discuss and identify the barriers preventing participants accessing support services, understanding the current job search mechanisms, and progressing into training and/or employment.

The postholder will possess excellent IT skills, be flexible in approach, able to use your initiative. A willingness to travel across the Cheshire West area of Northwich, Winsford and outlying areas up to Chester will be required.

If you feel that you do possess the essential skills outlined in the job description/person specification, then we would welcome your application.

This position is fully funded by the Building Better Opportunities project funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.

If you are interested in this opportunity please visit our website at http://www.wvht.co.uk to access the job information pack, and submit your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the job description/person specification (max 2 pages) to [email protected] or for further information/informal chat about the role please contact Jayne Pullar on: 01606 813485/07971 267446 or email [email protected]

Key dates
• Closing date – Friday 24th June 2022, 12 noon
(Please be aware that applications received after this time will not be considered)
• Assessment – TBC
• Interviews – TBC

Disclaimer: We may conduct social media checks from sources such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn to assist us in our assessment of your suitability for the role.

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

The recruitment manager will review your skills and experience to determine if there is a match with the position for which you applied. If there is, we will contact you by phone or email to schedule an interview or assessment. If your background does not match our current needs, you will not be contacted.

Please note due to the high volume of applications we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful applicants. If you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks of the vacancy closing date, unfortunately we will not be pursuing your application further.

We appreciate your interest in Weaver Vale Housing Trust and the time you have invested in applying to us.

The Trust invites applicants from all members of the community, irrespective of sex, marital status, race, religion, disability, sex or age.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check.

Weaver Vale Housing Trust Limited is a charitable Community Benefits Society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Homes England No L4341.