About The Service
You will earn £23,152 a year working full time (37 hour a week), or £12 per hour pro rata, as we are a Voluntary Living Wage employer. The Living Wage is reviewed each year and Cardiff Council reserves the right to make changes to, or remove, the Living Wage Supplement.
Our Children’s Services Participation Team is looking to employ a Corporate Apprentice (Level 2) Children & Young People Participation Officer based at County Hall Cardiff CF10 4UW. In this role you will support the Lead Participation Officer in engaging children, young people, and families, helping the team to develop and deliver participation initiatives that put service users at the heart of our work. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working towards a qualification in Youth Work at Level 2 with the potential to also complete the Level 3 within the contract period depending on progress. This job would be ideal opportunity for someone interested in Youth Work, a career in Children’s Services or any other work involving Children and Young People. You will be provided with an experience on site mentor, as well as additional training and support in your role.
Cardiff Council delivers over 700 different services to residents of Cardiff, visitors, and businesses across the city. As a local government organisation, our customers depend on us to deliver our essential services, every day. Whether employed in a customer facing, technical, trade or support role, our employees help us to make a difference to our communities.
As it is important to us that our workforce better reflects the communities we serve, and that we support our residents to overcome barriers to employment, you must either live within the boundaries of Cardiff to be eligible to apply for this Corporate Apprentice role or are a former Cardiff ‘Looked After’ Care Leaver. Check your postcode here: http://ishare.cardiff.gov.uk/mycardiff.aspx
This role will involve working online from home and/or a mix of home and office (hybrid) working.
About the job
This apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that has a real impact on the lives of children and young people. You will gain valuable experience, develop a range of skills, and be part of a supportive team dedicated to making a difference. In this Corporate Apprentice (Level 2) role you will learn to assist the team with activities to encourage engagement and participation with children, young people, parents and carers. This will involve: helping to organise training and events, creating feedback surveys and collating results, maintaining accurate records, preparation of reports and other documents and general administration. You will also learn to positive relationships with children, young people, parents, carers, and external partners and follow Safeguarding Policies and Processes – full training in all aspects of the role will be provided.
To support your development, you will also undertake a Welsh Government Apprenticeship Framework Qualification in Youth Work at Level 2 in the role as a minimum and will receive on the job training and supervision to help you deliver an efficient and effective service in a positive and customer focussed manner. You will also be supported by a named mentor who will encourage you to develop a range of transferrable skills to support your career progression.
Many of our teams work online with a mix of home or hybrid (office) working. Where homeworking is required, you will be given the necessary equipment and training, however, you will need to arrange your own internet connectivity (support may be available to help with this).
Core working hours will be Monday to Friday, working 8.30am- 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30-4.30pm on Friday. Flexible working will be available and you may also be required to work occasionally outside of usual working hours.
If after reading the job description, you have any questions about the role please contact Lucy Thomas on 07974 864387
What We Are Looking For From You
Our customers depend on us to keep delivering services even in the most challenging of times. We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn in the role, are interested in our work and in helping us to make a difference to our customers by delivering exceptional public services in Cardiff.
As a Corporate Apprentice, you will gain valuable experience working for Cardiff - the largest Council in Wales. Although we cannot guarantee that you will go on to secure a further role at the end of the initial contract, you will be supported and encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities available within our organisation to help progress your career.
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must live in Cardiff and not have already gained the apprenticeship qualification (or NVQ) offered in this role at the same Level or higher. Please check your address falls within the boundaries of Cardiff here: http://ishare.cardiff.gov.uk/mycardiff.aspx
Graduates are not eligible to apply for this role due to the Apprenticeship Qualification Level embedded in this role. However graduates may be eligible to apply for other roles including our Corporate Trainee or other apprenticeship roles at Level 3 or above, provided the degree modules are different to the apprenticeship qualification content offered in the role.
If you are not eligible to apply for this role, you may be eligible for our other advertised roles. Please check our other vacancies at www.cardiff.gov.uk/jobs
Additional information
This post is not suitable for post share.
This post is temporary for 21 months if worked full time, or longer if worked part time. Most roles are based on a 37-hour week though many roles can be worked on a part time basis at a minimum of 16 hours per week for apprentice roles.
When completing your online application, you should tailor your application to the role by giving examples, in the Supporting Information section, of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification. You should also state how you meet any desirable criteria, as we may use these to shortlist should we receive a large volume of applicants meeting all the essential criteria. The Supporting Information section of the online application form is limited to 4,000 characters – you can upload additional Supporting Information but please do not submit a CV as this is unlikely to provide the information needed. Please read the guidance on how to apply. We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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Job Reference: PEO04245
