Employability Mentoring supporting Neurodivergent young people

Employability Mentoring supporting Neurodivergent young people

Posted for Children North East

Posted by Volunteer Centre Newcastle

Register your interest

You will be redirected to the Volunteer Centre Newcastle website to express your interest.

You will be matched up with a neurodivergent young person, aged 16-25 and will provide 1:1 support to help improve their employability skills and improve their confidence. The end goal is to support the young people into employment. The support you may provide will differ depending on the young person but may include supporting with:

• CV writing
• Job applications
• Identifying career pathways and goals
• Work experience
• Reducing barriers to employment
• Access to qualifications and training

This role is community-based.

What skills do I need?

This role requires volunteers with good communication skills, who are able to build positive relationships with young people aged 16-25 years old.

• You need to be positive and confident, with the ability to support a young person in a community setting to make progress towards improving their employability skills
• Reliability and commitment is very important
• You do not need any specific qualifications
  

Location

This opportunity has no specific location e.g. can be carried out anywhere.