East Sussex County Council
Skills and Employability Adviser - Maternity Cover (YJS Specialist) (CXK – Youth Employability Service (YES))

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Salary: £26,262 to £31,391 per annum, pro rata
Contract type: Fixed-term
Working pattern: Part-time
Closing date: 18 August 2026
Interview date: From Tuesday 25 August 2026
How to apply: To apply click on our company website here: Skills and Employability Adviser (YJS Specialist) (maternity cover) - CXK [https://www.cxk.org/careers/skills-and-employability-adviser-yjs-specialist-maternity-cover-va95/]
Who to contact if you have a query: If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment Team on recruitment@cxk.org
Job Purpose:
- Based within the Youth Employability Service (YES), the post holder will support young people who are NEET or at risk of NEET, from the age of 15 – 18 years old, including an allocation of young people working with the Youth Justice Service (YJS).
- The postholder will work closely with a range of pre- and post-16 services, case managing young people offering IAG to support them back into education, employment, or training.
- Co-located within the Youth Justice Service (YJS) for a minimum of 0.5 days per week, working in partnership to support vulnerable young people with YJS orders, or an offending background. The postholder will be expected to attend team meetings for their co-located team and input into relevant databases and systems as required.
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Main duties and responsibilities:
- Support a case load of young people who are NEET (not in education, employment, or training) or at risk of NEET with their transition into post-16 provision.
- Deliver IAG in community settings as needed by the cohort, based on their location.
- Effectively liaising and communicating with a range of partner organisations to identify support for young people as needed.
- Champion and promote YJS specific opportunities and resources with the caseload and partners / stakeholders.
- Maintain regular and consistent contact with young people to gain their trust, delivering effective caseload management, appropriately managing risk and safeguarding.
- Assess, action plan and review to make sure that appropriate IAG planning, and support is available for young people on caseload.
- Contact young people via various methods to identify their destinations including ensuring that 16 and 17-year-old young people, have a September Guarantee.
- Ensure accurate and timely client record keeping using relevant client database(s).
- Develop and maintain knowledge of local labour market information, opportunities, and welfare reform to aid young people’s progression.
- Prepare for and contribute to Line Management Supervision, appraisal, and caseload management reviews.
- Encourage the voice and influence of young people in design and delivery of services.
- Take an active role in relation to own Personal and Continuous Professional Development including attending regular line manager reviews, appraisal and planning training and development needs.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances.


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