Careers Adviser​/Trainee Careers Adviser

Responsibilities

Working with a range of young people as directed by a Team Manager, you will be responsible for delivering a range of IAG, work related learning and enterprise activities to ensure young people remain in and progress into employment, education or training.

This role focuses on young people who are NEET or vulnerable to NEET due to particular needs and providing specific services to young people that have been purchased by an educational institution or other customer.

To deliver the role you will provide 1:1 impartial information, advice, guidance and ongoing case load support to ensure young people remain in or progress into employment, education or training. You will undertake small/large group work activities including presentations and engage employer’s programmes for young people in education to help young people move into employment or contribute career educational programmes.

Warwickshire

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels they belong and can progress in their career.

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

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Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.