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Strategic school partners needed to shape careers education in specialist schools in Dorset

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With growing concerns about coronavirus (covid-19) you may be wondering how this may affect this role. We want to re-assure you that in these uncertain times you will still be able to inspire students and support careers leads using remote access options.  Please visit our dedicated Coronavirus Hub for further advice for employers and people professionals.

As an Enterprise Adviser, you will be offering strategic, and at times operational, support for the planning, execution and evaluation of career development activities in one of many types of education setting, including mainstream and specialist.

Specialist settings have a more specialist intake and include Pupil Referral Units, schools catering for deaf students and schools for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. Although many secondary settings include Post‐16 provision, there are also separate mainstream and specialist Post‐16 settings. Specialist Post‐16 settings often offer provision up to the age of 25.

Within every type of education setting are learners who may be experiencing a range of barriers. These can be temporary or permanent and include diagnosed lifelong special educational needs, as well as temporary disabilities and health conditions, undiagnosed conditions, disadvantages and vulnerabilities.

Of the 1.2 million young people who have recognised additional needs, the vast majority are educated in mainstream settings.

Young people experiencing one or many of these barriers will need a personalised approach to career development. The level of personalisation will vary according to the level of special educational need and may include, for example, travel training, an Education Health Care Plan and sensory needs planning.

What you will do:

In addition to the activities listed below that you will be involved in, you will also be required in specialist schools to tailor approaches to match the school context and show awareness of student need.

  •  Develop a good understanding of the local labour market, employment base and other local opportunities
  • Attend meetings with your school or college
  • Partner with teachers to audit existing careers provision and identify successes, challenges and gaps
  • Based on audit findings, support teachers to design a whole-school three-year career strategy, consisting of a range of programmes available, including guest speakers, CV writing, skills development, and work experience

What skills and experience do you need?

  • Interest in supporting young people with SEND in a range of settings
  •  HR/L&D professionals with demonstrable strategic experience
  • Experienced and confident communicators and networkers
  • Well-connected in the community, including with local businesses and programmes
  • Awareness of the local labour market • Supportive, pragmatic and flexible
  • Sympathetic to the many challenge’s schools can face. 

What Support is provided?

  •  An induction session • Toolkits and resources to help map out a range of programmes
  •  Support from an Enterprise Coordinator who will connect schools to local programmes and draw on other networks to help put plans into action
  • Labour market information to help you build industry links
  • Optional networking and training sessions • Valuable connections and networking via the CIPD Branches network

Interested?

If you would like to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please complete a short expression of interest form via the 'Apply' button. We will then be in touch with further information. For any other queries please email to enterpriseadviser@cipd.co.uk.

Location

We are welcoming expressions of interest from across England however we are particularly interested in hearing from applicants in the Dorset and Heart of the South West area.

 

Company

The CIPD Trust supports people getting into work, getting back into work and developing in work by harnessing the knowledge, expertise and talents of the people profession. We want to support more people to improve their skills, raise their confidence and ultimately reach their potential.

We empower people, whatever their industry, sector or experience, to seek and secure opportunities in work. Our members and industry partners are uniquely placed as experts in providing mentoring, coaching and advice to improve working lives.  We want to create a more diverse profession to build a fairer world of work. From financial support, coaching and development programmes to matching up-and-coming leaders with HR Directors and Chief People Officers we are enabling under-represented groups to grow and progress.

For 2023, in addition to our existing programmes we have identified a number of key groups via our ongoing policy and research, with whom we are keen to pilot some of our activity.  These groups are:

  • Refugees/displaced people Individuals with experience of the criminal justice system Older workers looking to return to the workforce

And, we are really keen to work alongside employers who have experience or an interest in supporting these groups, to share learnings and inform our own programme development.  If you are keen to get more involved in the work of the CIPD Trust, do get in touch. 

 

Company info
Telephone
+4402045486312
Location
151 The Broadway
Wimbledon
London
SW19 1JQ
United Kingdom

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