This vacancy is now closed

 
Job Category
Children Services | Support, Advice and Guidance
Location
Bexleyheath, East London
Salary
£28,000.00 per annum
Closing date
26/11/2021
Ref
23426
Contract type
Permanent
Total hours per week
37.5
Description

Careers Planner – Job, Education and Training

As a Careers Planner focused on Job, Education and Training you will work intensively with young people who are seeking opportunities in employment, education, or training. You will offer bespoke approaches suited to the needs of the young person, including developing employability activities/accreditations that develop young people, and securing on site employment, education, and training outcomes e.g., traineeships. You will provide high quality careers guidance and provide an agile service that adapts to the changing needs of young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) in Bexley, London.  This is aa rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of young people, supporting them to sustain their education or training outcomes.

You must have one of the following:

  • level 4 qualification in Advice and Guidance
  • level 4 qualification in Employability
  • level 4 or equivalent qualification relating to working with young people and supporting them to progress (life coach, mentor etc)

Additionally, you will have:

  • Experience of brokering job, training, and education opportunities for young people
  • Experience of liaising with and working in educational institutions and with stakeholders to identify young people who are at risk of or NEET
  • Experience of working with young people in formal or informal settings
  • The ability to develop productive professional relationships with young people with multiple barriers with the persistence and resilience to support progression of those young people

Location

Bexley Heath, London

Download the Job Description for full details and Person Specification.

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

Employee Benefits

This is a great time to join Shaw Trust as we go through a period of growth. As well as helping to make a positive difference to people’s lives as an employee of Shaw Trust you will receive:

Paid leave

  • 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase additional holiday
  • Discretionary 3.5 days paid leave at Christmas
  • 2 days paid volunteering leave each year

Opportunities to connect

  • Join one of our employee networks: LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disabled Equality Network, Women’s Network

Opportunities to progress your career

  • Access to an online learning platform
  • Access to internal apprenticeships and masters level qualifications
  • Cross organisational career paths
  • Management and leadership development programmes

Health and wellbeing

  • Healthcare cash plan, giving you money back for health care costs including dentistry and eye care, and access to wellbeing apps
  • Health and wellbeing programmes including counselling via our employee assistance programme
  • Discounted gym and online fitness membership

Financial wellbeing

  • An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
  • Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
  • Online shopping discounts including supermarkets and DIY stores

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf 

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

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

  • We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the 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.

If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, email: HRService.Centre@shaw-trust.org.uk to make alternative arrangements.

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

About Shaw Trust  

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility. We operate with a charitable heart and a commercial mindset.