Career Development Officer

Devon County Council; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Devon County Council is seeking a part-time Career Development Officer to support vulnerable young people across Devon and Torbay, delivering personal guidance and SEND input to help them progress into education, employment or training.

You will work across schools and the community, travel across East Devon and Exeter, collaborate with partners, and contribute to a coordinated plan for successful transitions. This role involves four days per week with travel as required.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering careers guidance or related support.
• Ability to build relationships with schools, colleges, and partners.
• Experience supporting vulnerable young people in education, training or work.
• Familiarity with CIAG concepts and SEND considerations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1:1 Personal Guidance to support progression into education, employment or training.
• Provide Specialist SEND input where needed to support progression.
• Receive referrals and establish contact with NEET and related groups.
• Record all contacts and interventions clearly for accountability.

Skills

Careers guidance

Relationship building

1:1 coaching

CIAG

Job description

Join Devon’s Post 16 Learning Participation Team supporting vulnerable young people across Devon and Torbay to engage in education, employment and training.

Are you passionate about helping vulnerable young people into employment, education, or training? Do you want to be part of a dynamic team providing Careers Guidance to vulnerable young people across Devon and Torbay?

The Post 16 Learning Participation Team is seeking to recruit a part-time Careers Guidance professional to support young people in schools and the community including young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET).

As a Career Development Officer, you will:

• Build effective relationships with young people and schools/colleges, understand their needs, identify possible solutions to those needs and co-design a plan to achieve successful transitions.
• Deliver 1:1 Personal Guidance and/or Specialist SEND input to support the progression of young people.
• Receive referrals for support for those young people who are NEET, seek to establish contact and provide CIAG and support needed to help them progress in to education/training/employment.
• Record all contacts with young people, parents/carers, partners and employers in a timely manner and to a level of detail that enables others to understand the intervention.

Location and Hours

We work in all schools and colleges across Devon and Torbay.

We currently have an opportunity available to work across East Devon and Exeter.

The post holder must be prepared to travel across the entire patch in order to meet the requirements of the role. Therefore, you must have the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

We are looking to recruit to one part-time position equivalent to 4 days per week.