Careers Advisor

Overview

Careers Advisor

Salary - £18,181 - £20,388 (Grade
6)

Hours - 18.5 hours

Contract type - Fixed term for 12 months

Workstyle - Field: working in communities across the city

We are looking for a creative, flexible, and highly organised careers guidance professional with a Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance and Development or equivalent. Successful candidate requires full NVQ 6 in Careers Information Advice and Guidance.

The Connexions Service is the lead agency in the City of Wolverhampton supporting young people through their transition to adult life and focusing on progression to education, employment or training. The service targets those most at risk of becoming NEET and those who are NEET, including vulnerable groups such as young offenders, LAC, homeless, teenage parents and young people with SEND.

The service helps young people identify and assess barriers to progression and uses solution-focused interventions to enable potential achievement.

The service provides careers information, advice, guidance, and support to young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for those with special educational needs or disabilities) to help them make informed choices about learning, employment and training. It has a statutory responsibility to support participation in learning until the age of 18.

• Work in a range of settings such as schools, the Local Authority setting and in the community. Manage a caseload of young people and provide careers information, advice and guidance to help them develop career management skills and make informed choices about learning and work. Support them through transition to post-school education, employment and training.
• Help young people evaluate progress and achievement. Write individual Action Plans or Career Pathway Plans to track progress and development. Contribute to reviews of young people with Education, Health and Care Plans for those with SEND.
• Advocate for young people with additional and significant needs to address barriers and enable well-informed choices about future education, training and employment. Awareness of barriers faced by those with SEND and those using augmentative and alternative communication methods is advantageous.
• Work with vulnerable cohorts such as those with SEND.

• Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance and Development or equivalent. Successful candidate requires full NVQ 6 in Careers Information, Advice and Guidance.

For more information, please contact Niginder Kaur via email:
Nijinder.

Kaur at  (remove if not applicable to final copy).

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of responsibilities and requirements.

All council roles are allocated to fixed, field or flexible work styles. Some roles are agile to maximise performance and work-life balance. Details on the workstyle assigned to the role can be found in the Job Description.

For more information about working for our organisation and related policies, please refer to the relevant links in the Job Description.

We are committed to building a workforce reflective of the diverse community we serve. We value diversity, inclusion and equality and are a Disability Confident Employer with various recognitions.

We offer a guaranteed interview as part of our Disability Confident and Armed Forces commitments, subject to meeting the essential criteria. We encourage an inclusive culture where employees can flourish and be themselves. Learn more about staff equality forums in the Job Description.

We are committed to fair treatment regardless of offending background. The Council uses DBS checks where required and does not discriminate against applicants based on DBS information. Learn more in the Job Description.

Attached documents:
Job Description and Person Specification.