Job Description

31,067 - 34,314 per year. Employment Mentor, providing bespoke employment support to participants who reside in Swansea, as well as intensive one to one mentoring to help them to identify and take practical steps to overcome barriers preventing them taking up identified training and employment. This is a temporary opportunity available until 31 March 2026.

Post title:

Adult Employment Mentor

Post number:

SS.66739-V1

Salary:

31,067 - 34,314 per year

Job description:

Adult Employment Mentor (SS.66739-V1) Job description (PDF, 283 KB)

Directorate/department:

Social Services

Apply online now for post SS.66739-V1

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Closing date:

11.45pm, 20 August 2025

Further information

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The Employability Mentor will provide intensive one to one mentoring to participants to help them identify and take practical steps to overcome barriers preventing them taking up identified training and employment.


The post holder will support a caseload of participants, identified as being eligible to receive services under the programme, developing and implementing their action plans, addressing barriers to employment, developing employability skills and securing employment whilst actively promoting the services of the Programme to a wide range of stakeholders.


You will empower, motivate and support participants to move into and, most importantly, sustain employment. The post holder will provide a flexible, high quality service, working in partnership with many providers internal and External to the Council, and will be expected to work as part of an integrated team.


Supporting participants through a person-centred approach to mentoring and coaching and tackling barriers to employment (arising from poverty and long-term inactivity), providing interventions on an outreach basis, and supporting participants in the community.

Safeguarding

Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors. Further details can be found at https://www.swansea.gov.uk/corporatesafeguarding

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