Careers Adviser

As a Careers Adviser you will join our supportive and hard working team in Lancashire (Lancaster, Preston or Blackpool). You will deliver employability and careers guidance to a range of adults who may or may not be in work. You will support people to make decisions about their future careers, including training opportunities and career progression.,

• Proactively managing a caseload of participants providing individual in-depth support throughout their journey from initial assessment through to securing and sustaining gainful employment by:
• Providing high quality 1:1 diagnostic career information and advice work
• Providing intensive support to participants, motivating and encouraging candidates to overcome any personal barriers to employment and building confidence
• Working on a 1:1 basis developing comprehensive action plans with individual customers
• Supporting participants to identify and develop transferable skills and support them in the use of appropriate online resources
• Planning and delivering group sessions to meet the needs of customers as required
• Maintaining an awareness and understanding of the local labour market and building and maintaining external relationships to help support participants into suitable employment
• Completing all relevant documentation to the required standard and within required timescales
• Proactively managing own caseload, following up with customers to ensure advice given has made a difference.
• Achieving all contractual targets
This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 per week, however requests for part time hours will also be considered.

Whilst we would be delighted to hear from you if you have previous experience of working in the employability sector, or if you have a level 4 Careers Information Advice and Guidance qualification, we are also interested to hear from people who have worked in other sectors where you've relished the opportunity to achieve a personal target whilst excelling at providing outstanding customer service, as training can be provided for the right candidate.,
• A good standard of literacy and numeracy (GCSE grade 4 / C or equivalent);
• The ability to identify, establish and maintain effective working partnerships for the benefit of customers;
• The ability to keep accurate and up to date records with a good attention to detail. This includes data entry on electronic systems;
• Good interactive skills and the ability to respond to demanding pressures and to meet deadlines;
• An ability to work on own initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving., We inspire young people and adults to find their purpose and reach their potential to Be Bold, Be Relevant and Be Resilient.
Next Steps We understand that no candidate will meet every single desired qualification/criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role and share our values to BE Bold, Relevant and Resilient, we would love to hear from you!, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Inspira is the leading Organisation delivering Personal Development and Career Management for Young People and Adults in the North West. Through our work we help local people into work, improve their skills and open new opportunities. Our aim is to support disadvantaged people, help local communities to reduce inequalities which in turn will influence healthier, safer, and more sustainable local economies.

We also offer a great benefits package, including 26 days annual leave, rising each year to a maximum of 33 days; Enhanced sick pay; Enhanced pension contributions; Life assurance cover; Access to counselling service; Access to medical health plan and the opportunity to work flexibly across home and office locations.