Cameron M.

Experience

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  The Wise Group

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Employment Consultant

  - Providing new referrals to Mandatory Employment Zone (EZ) Programme with a concise overview of client rights and responsibilities. - Using various in-house employability tools in order to assess the work-readiness of new referrals.- Putting together individual action plans that attempt to outline a structured course of action to help clients overcome prevalent barriers to employability (including in-work support)- Providing advice and guidance to programme participants interested in establishing legitimate self-employment ventures with regards to completing business plans, sourcing funding, and registering new businesses with Inland Revenue - Engaging in secondment with Partick Jobcentre Plus; acting as liaison between Wise Group projects and Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)- Ensuring that all paperwork and individual work practices conform with official DWP compliance- Engaging directly in professional recruitment activities in order to generate employment opportunities for programme participants- In extreme circumstances consultants have to initiate disciplinary procedures were clients have habitually failed to carryout agreed tasks in their action plan – this can lead to the sanctioning of benefits. Näytä vähemmän

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  Jobs and Business Glasgow

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2016

  Youth Employment Advisor

  - Completing official Jobs & Business Glasgow (JBG) paperwork to ensure client[s] are properly registered to use all relevant services.- Exploring the employment & training ideas of individual clients in order to establish suitable progression routes to ‘positive destinations’- Helping to ‘up-skill’ individual clients in terms of their awareness of core employability themes/factors, i.e. CV Building; Writing Cover Letters and Application Forms; Utilizing Careers/Job Websites; and Preparing for Interviews- Advocating on behalf of clients with external agencies.- Delivering workshops in order to raise awareness of key Employability themes (sometimes delivered in partnership with SDS in schools)- Assisting during the delivery of programmes run by JBG- Representing JBG by attending different events in order to network, and disseminate relevant information and raise general awareness of the organisation and its services- Providing line manager with Monthly Information Reports (MIR)- Ensuring that all paperwork and data input is compliant for audit purposes- Reviewing client caseload at regular intervals and making those clients not engaging inactive (effectively allows advisor to maximise time and resources with active clients)- Liaising with various professional organisations in order to retrieve employment and training outcomes- Drafting case studies in order to profile the progression of individual clients into positive destinations- Client tracking (aftercare)- Working towards targets in order to maximise desirable KPI’s such as employment outcomes.- To undertake any other duties appropriate to post and moreover, the needs of the organisation as directed by management. - Adhering to duties and responsibilities as defined by Company Health and Safety Policy Näytä vähemmän

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  Skills Development Scotland

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Careers Advisor

  Utilizing a range of prescribed coaching techniques as part of an overall Career Management Skills (CMS) approach, to support the young people in my managed cohort to realise their potential and take steps towards achieving desirable career goals.

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  Momentum Scotland

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

  Work Coach

  - Engaging in marketing activities for the purpose of generating programme referrals- Completing formal paperwork in order to get clients registered for the service- Gathering essential pieces of evidence in order to make client files STAGE 1 compliant - Using ‘Traffic Lights’ system to assess client suitability for specific employability pipeline activities- Using SMART goals action-planning to support clients formulate appropriate employment goals- Delivery of all core employability activities, i.e. creating CV’s; job search; completing applications- Delivering Group-work activities that focus on Personal Development & Employability themes- Liaising with employers and external partner organisations in order to facilitate client progression- Managing personal caseload accordingly in order to maximise targets and programme KPI’s- Completing file input on company CMS (PICS) to ensure the client journey is accurately recorded- Documenting client milestones on both the ‘Standard’ and ‘Detailed’ monthly reports - Attending events arranged by external partners in order to market programme and generate referrals- Monitoring individual work practices to ensure that all file input/paperwork is compliant/audit ready- Completing all other activities deemed suitable/necessary by Line Manager Näytä vähemmän

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  West Dunbartonshire Council

  Jan 2020 - now

  Working4u Officer