C4W+ Employment Mentor

C4W+ Employment Mentor

Temporary Contract

Job Details

Client: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Service Area: Communities for Work Plus / Vale Employability
Hours: 37 hours per week
Start Date: 26 October 2026
End Date: 28 March 2027
Duration: 22 weeks
Number of Roles: 1

Working Pattern

Community based.
2 days in the office.
Remaining days in outreach, working from home or The Pod.

Location

Palmerston Education Centre
Cadoc Crescent
Barry
CF62 2NT

Pay

PAYE Rate: £14.71 per hour

Job Overview

Vale of Glamorgan Council is seeking a C4W+ Employment Mentor to support the delivery of the Welsh Government funded Communities for Work Plus employability provision.

The role will involve providing job search support and mentoring to people not in employment, managing a caseload of clients and helping individuals overcome barriers to work, training, education and employment.

Important – Please Read Carefully

This is an employment mentoring and employability support role.

Candidates should have experience supporting unemployed clients, managing caseloads, developing support plans, creating action plans, completing reviews and working with partner agencies.

Travel across the Vale of Glamorgan is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide job search support
• Provide employment mentoring
• Support unemployed clients
• Manage a caseload
• Develop support plans
• Complete assessments
• Complete regular reviews
• Create action plans
• Support access to training
• Support access to education
• Support access to employment
• Identify training needs
• Support group training
• Maintain CFW+ database
• Support triage processes
• Handle personal data safely
• Work with partner agencies
• Work with employers
• Work with residents
• Support programme development
• Follow safeguarding policy
• Travel across the Vale

Essential Experience & Skills

• Employment mentoring
• Employability support
• Job search support
• Caseload management
• Client assessments
• Support planning
• Action planning
• Review meetings
• Barriers to work
• Training support
• Education support
• Employment support
• Database records
• Data protection
• Safeguarding awareness
• Partner working
• Community outreach
• Communication skills
• Flexible working
• Ability to travel

Desirable

• Communities for Work Plus
• Welsh Government programmes
• Local authority experience
• Vale Employability experience
• Poverty reduction programmes
• Training delivery
• Triage experience
• Voluntary sector links
• Statutory agency working
• Community programmes

Additional Information

This is a temporary role initially until 31 March 2027 due to funding.

There will be a requirement to travel across the Vale of Glamorgan.

Interview will be held online.

Target interview date is 15 October 2026.

Candidate submission deadline is 13 October 2026.

Maximum CVs per agency: 5.

Disclaimer

On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.

I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.

Job Reference: OR118412

Screening Questions

1. Employment mentoring experience?
2. Caseload/support planning experience?
3. Barriers to work experience?
4. Database/data protection experience?
5. Partner/community working experience?
6. Able to travel across Vale of Glamorgan?

Skills: Employment Support, Employability, Mentoring, Job Search, Caseload Management, Action Plans, Safeguarding, Data Protection, Community Outreach, Local Authority