Apprentice Careers Advisor

Summary

The Apprentice Careers Advisor will support the needs of students at Bishop Stopford School by ensuring that they receive an excellent standard of Careers Education and Personal Guidance. For more information on the school, please visit our vacancies area on the website: www.bishopstopford.com

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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See employee benefits on vacancies area of school website. www.bishopstopford.com

Training course

Career development professional (level 6)

Hours

Monday-Friday 8.15am - 3.45pm (20 mins paid lunch break).

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Undertake the Level 6 Careers Development Professional Apprenticeship to develop and use the knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to their duties in this role, through this training.
To support the management, development, delivery and review of the Careers Education Curriculum at Bishop Stopford School using the Gatsby Benchmarks and other relevant frameworks.
Under the direction of the Careers Lead / Senior Leadership Team, offer triage to students accessing careers provision at school and take appropriate action either to offer support with careers advice, referring for guidance or signposting other support. As the Apprenticeship progresses, the post-holder will be undertaking guidance meetings.

Where you’ll work

Headlands
Kettering
NN15 6BJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Career development professional (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Reflection and self-evaluation: set and achieve target and objectives for professional development, based on self-assessment and feedback from line-management, peers and clients, and identify strategies to manage the effects of change on self and the development of a positive mental attitude
Organise and deliver activities with clearly defined and measurable learning outcomes that use and blend relevant resources, client-focused techniques and approaches that best meet the needs of individuals and enable them to fully engage in their career development
Critically analyse and compare the major models of career-related curricula within the organisation, evaluate activities in relation to defined outcomes and plan how to improve them and their own performance
Select, tailor and apply theory, concepts and effective practice relevant to the role and client base
Provide critical insight in the contemporary world of work and learning, and analyse the implications of these for clients
Explore and clarify expectations and agree the aim, purpose and scope of the career development activities with the client
Build and sustain positive and constructive working relationships, resolve conflicts constructively in ways that do not undermine confidence
Engage and sustain relationships with employers and opportunity providers, individually or as part of organisational networks
Adapt activities and collaborate with other professionals to ensure that activities support and do not discriminate against clients with additional needs or who experience disadvantage
Prioritise the needs of all clients and workloads in order to provide fair and balanced provision whilst maintaining personal well-being
Record and analyse the outcomes of referrals so that examples of success and failure can be monitored and shared
Maintain appropriate records of client interaction, to explain their use in helping clients to effect change and to satisfy organisational monitoring arrangements
Use information technology and web-based resources with confidence in the support of career development activities (digital literacy)
Prioritise need and provide on-going support to clients through a variety of different types of intervention and media
Raise client awareness of options and broaden horizons by introducing them to unfamiliar new ideas and sources of information, challenge and support them in reframing their thinking and encouraging their career adaptability
Equip, empower and encourage clients to undertake an assessment of their knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics
Apply a knowledge and understanding of theories, models, frameworks and pedagogic approaches to support the development of an individual’s career management skills
Understand and make effective use of occupational information and local regional, national am international labour market intelligence, including its relationship to societal developments, e.g. technological trends, policy-making, potential bias or partiality
Equip clients to use technology effectively in their career management (digital literacy)
Understand and apply appropriate research strategies to obtain, interpret and tailor information to meet the needs of clients and others, including the appropriate use of primary, and secondary sources, and information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources
Reflection and self-evaluation: set and achieve target and objectives for professional development, based on self-assessment and feedback from line-management, peers and clients, and identify strategies to manage the effects of change on self and the development of a positive mental attitude
Organise and deliver activities with clearly defined and measurable learning outcomes that use and blend relevant resources, client-focused techniques and approaches that best meet the needs of individuals and enable them to fully engage in their career development
Critically analyse and compare the major models of career-related curricula within the organisation, evaluate activities in relation to defined outcomes and plan how to improve them and their own performance
Select, tailor and apply theory, concepts and effective practice relevant to the role and client base
Provide critical insight in the contemporary world of work and learning, and analyse the implications of these for clients
Explore and clarify expectations and agree the aim, purpose and scope of the career development activities with the client
Build and sustain positive and constructive working relationships, resolve conflicts constructively in ways that do not undermine confidence
Engage and sustain relationships with employers and opportunity providers, individually or as part of organisational networks
Adapt activities and collaborate with other professionals to ensure that activities support and do not discriminate against clients with additional needs or who experience disadvantage
Prioritise the needs of all clients and workloads in order to provide fair and balanced provision whilst maintaining personal well-being
Record and analyse the outcomes of referrals so that examples of success and failure can be monitored and shared
Maintain appropriate records of client interaction, to explain their use in helping clients to effect change and to satisfy organisational monitoring arrangements
Use information technology and web-based resources with confidence in the support of career development activities (digital literacy)
Prioritise need and provide on-going support to clients through a variety of different types of intervention and media
Raise client awareness of options and broaden horizons by introducing them to unfamiliar new ideas and sources of information, challenge and support them in reframing their thinking and encouraging their career adaptability
Equip, empower and encourage clients to undertake an assessment of their knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics
Apply a knowledge and understanding of theories, models, frameworks and pedagogic approaches to support the development of an individual’s career management skills
Understand and make effective use of occupational information and local regional, national am international labour market intelligence, including its relationship to societal developments, e.g. technological trends, policy-making, potential bias or partiality
Equip clients to use technology effectively in their career management (digital literacy)
Understand and apply appropriate research strategies to obtain, interpret and tailor information to meet the needs of clients and others, including the appropriate use of primary, and secondary sources, and information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources

Your training plan

Based at School with time scheduled to complete the apprenticeship.
Training led by apprenticeship the training provider.
Supported by the school team.

More training information

For information relating to the course content, please see the link (Career development professional (level 6) - apprenticeship training course).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

Working in the education sector.

About this company

A welcoming and friendly faith-based school that sets high expectations for all its pupils, gives them loads of opportunities and avoids the one-size-fits-all approach to pastoral care and discipline that we see in so many big schools.

http://www.bishopstopford.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Please discuss with our Senior Leader for Careers - srsmith@bishopstopford.com

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BISHOP STOPFORD SCHOOL

Simon Smith

srsmith@bishopstopford.com

01536 503503

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316542.

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Closes on Friday 6 June 2025

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