Careers Advisor - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Wickersley Partnership Trust

Wickersley Partnership Trust

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Careers Advisor

Salary:
WPT Band 6 £ £32076 (£ £28251 pro-rata)

Hours: 37 per week, term time

Contract type:
Permanent

Location:
Wickersley School and Sports College

Who we are

We're Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT) - a multi-academy trust with eight primary schools, five secondary schools, one sixth form and one Central Team under our umbrella.

We're dotted across Rotherham, South Yorkshire with one school based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

At WPT, students are at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to send all children into an ever-changing world, able and qualified to play their full part in it.

To give them the best educational experience possible, we recognise the importance of investing in and supporting our colleagues.

And that starts with finding the right person for the job

Join Our Dynamic Team as a Careers Advisor
Are you passionate about shaping the future of our next generation? Do you thrive on helping individuals navigate their career paths with confidence and clarity? If so, we have an exhilarating opportunity for you to join our dynamic team as a Careers Advisor

Responsibilities Include:

Provide advice and guidance to pupils on career planning to support them to identify and consider the various options available and outline possible ways forward
Work with individual or small groups of pupils to discuss their career options and education plans, listening to their ideas and helping to identify skills gaps and how to deal with them.
Research careers, options and support organisations to meet pupils needs and draw up action plans for employment, education and training and support clients to achieve these goals
Discuss with clients how to overcome any barriers to reaching their goals and refer them to other agencies for advice where appropriate.
Provide support in matters of psychometric testing, careers software programmes, skills assessment tools, career planners ensuring individual follow up guidance for pupils and parents
Help to identify potential NEET clients and formulate action plans in conjunction with other stakeholders.
Support the development of PSHE in particular the planning and delivery of lessons and activities for careers education as appropriate, including developing employability skills to help pupils develop their own career management skills
Collaborate with the Careers Assistant Coordinator and Personal Development Leader in organising other careers events including the School Careers Fair, options & HE days/ evening Employer Insight days, HE fairs etc.
Keeping up to date with labour market information, legislation and professional and academic developments by visiting employers, training providers and training events run by educational and professional bodies; Keeping staff & pupils aware of developments such as sponsorship and apprenticeships including advising pupils on how to source relevant training courses and qualifications and what funding might be available.
Oversee the maintenance and development of a highquality Careers and Higher Education Reference Library incl. writing careers literature or sourcing information including computer based and internet access to relevant material.
Ensure all relevant compliance documentation related to careers, for example the Careers Policy, is up to date and reflects our current practice.
Undertake all associated administrative tasks such as report writing and record keeping including career guidance status, destinations.

Sound like you? We'd love to hear from you

Closing date:
Noon, Wednesday 27th March 2024
**Please upload a supporting statement which should be no longer than two sides of A4 (this should not be a CV) clearly demonstrating: - How you meet the competencies of this role using examples from your current and previous experience (please refer to the documents attached to the advert)