Shaw Trust
Description of the role
As an Employability Support Volunteer, you will provide valuable help by sharing your skills and experience with Shaw Trust’s participants whilst they are receiving support from one of our programmes.
You will help participants build their confidence, motivation, and self-esteem through increasing their skills in employability-related activities. From sharing CV writing techniques to supporting them while they are in employment, you will assist the frontline colleagues throughout the participant’s journey.
This role could include:
- Supporting participants to improve their CV and cover letters and sharing how to tailor these to job specifications.
- Offering guidance with applications and supporting statements to supplement their CV.
- Identifying someone’s transferable skills and how to make the most of these in job applications.
- Developing the participants’ online presence and personal branding using websites like LinkedIn.
- Supporting job searches including exploring the hidden job market.
- Conducting mock interviews and helping participants prepare through quality feedback.
- Maintaining support when participants start a new job.
What we looking for:
- Understanding of employability sector and skills needed to gain employment.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Have an empathetic approach.
- Adaptable to meet the needs of a wide range of participants.
- IT skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office software.
- Ability to facilitate group sessions.
- Confident acting independently and providing remote support.
- Able to volunteer as part of an extended team.
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR.
- Awareness of barriers faced by participants who have faced disadvantages such as disabilities, care leavers and ill mental health.
Practical Considerations
We pay expenses
Any specific requirements
Any Specific requirements can be discussed with the organisation.
Where is the opportunity based?
The opportunity is located in Redditch and Bromsgrove.
When is the opportunity available?
To be discussed with the organisation.
About the organisation
Shaw Trust is a leading employment charity. Each year we support hundreds of thousands of people to achieve their full potential.
We help people find and keep meaningful jobs. We provide education and training for those starting out and those looking to progress in their jobs. We champion community health and wellbeing to improve all aspects of life and help people into work. We support businesses to become better workplaces. And as the largest not-for-profit residential children’s home provider, we’re improving outcomes for looked after children.
Through strategic partnerships and innovation, we make sure our services put people’s needs first. We’re proud to say that everything we do creates real and lasting social value in the communities we support across the UK.
Bromsgrove and Redditch Network 