Careers Advisor

7 months ago


Durham, United Kingdom PeoplePlus Full time

Reporting to the Careers Service Regional Team Leader, our Careers Advisors provide a direct Information, Advice and Guidance service to our learners through a mix of 1:1 and group interventions. From supporting a learner’s induction into the prison and sharing information on the education and training available, through to developing Personal Learning Plans and building relationships with local employers and key suppliers - we help our learners to see that their future is full of possibilities.

You will manage a caseload of learners, supporting the achievement of personal and team targets. Furthermore, you will identify skills, learning and work goals to meet their individual needs, building on previous work experience and ensuring career aspirations can be achieved. The role also involves delivery of group Employability sessions such as CV writing, interview skills, assessment centre training and addressing any barriers to employment.

**What are we looking for?**
- Level 4 Careers, Information and Advice qualification or a willingness to achieve the qualification
- Experience of providing quality careers Information, Advice and Guidance to clients
- Experience of developing and delivering careers/employability workshops
- A passion to inspire, motivate and lead by experience to support achievement of qualifications and career aspirations
- Confidence in using a range of presentation & communication ski A background in working with disadvantaged people in a secure environment is desirable

For full details of the role and the person specification please click the ‘available documents’ or for an informal chat please call Laura Sykes on 07890 061295.

Here are PeoplePlus, we are committed to transforming the lives of people with convictions through our work in prisons.

Our services have been designed to tackle the underlying causes of offending behaviour so people can make positive changes to their lives.

With more than 500 people working to support people with convictions in custody and in the community, we bring passion, experience and innovation to public sector rehabilitation services.

We also work with specialist partner organisations to help people move away from their past and look forward to a brighter future.

All of our services are designed in partnership with the people who we’re trying to help and away from our direct work with people serving their sentences, we’re working hard to change attitudes towards people who can often be tarnished unfairly following criminal convictions. Our Social Recruitment Framework brings together organisations to tackle any pre-conceived ideas about hiring people who have previously been involved in crime.

We also work with employers on the Ban the Box initiative to support fair and equal recruitment processes and have engaged industry to influence our employer-led curriculum delivered to our learners.

We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.


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