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How to be a Personal Adviser

A Connexions Personal Adviser is able to offer advice, guidance and support to help young people aged 13-19 (and up to 25 if they have learning difficulties or disabilities) make practical decisions about their future. They give support in a variety of ways - at school, college, and to young people looking for work or training.

This includes:

  • Helping get information on health, housing, money, relationships, the law and rights, leisure, volunteering, transport, and so on.
  • Offering careers guidance to suit individual needs.
  • Supporting young people in preparing personal action plans.
  • Giving information on the range of courses available in local sixth forms and colleges and giving advice on higher education routes.
  • Telling young people about local job and training opportunities.
  • Providing advice when young people receive exam results.
  • Making young people aware of other agencies who can offer extra, or specialist, help.

A Connexions Personal Adviser may be based predominantly in a school or college or work in the community. There are also advisers who work at Connexions Centres or in other delivery points.

Here is a snapshot of the variety of Personal Adviser roles:

  • Personal Adviser (Careers Guidance). Advises young people on appropriate career choices, including guidance on education, training, employment, vocational choices & personal support. These advisers are mostly based in schools and colleges but also offer interviews at the Connexions Centre.
  • Personal Adviser (Personal Development). Works with any young person whose development or progress is affected by issues in their lives, such as relationships, bullying, self-esteem, anger management, self-harm, housing & finance, etc. These advisers are in most schools but also work with the 16-19 age group out in the community.
  • Personal Adviser (Employment & Training). Aim to get young people into work or training by helping them prepare CVs, find suitable vacancies, referring them to employers and dealing with the problems which are preventing young people getting into work. These advisers also deal with benefit issues. They are based mostly at the Connexions Centres.

There are also advisers who work specifically with teenage parents & pregnant young people, young offenders, and substance misusers.

If you think you would like to do this sort of job and would like to know what experience and qualifications are required, please contact one of the Team Leaders at Southampton Connexions on 023 8022 8557. Any vacancies will be advertised on the Southampton City Council website.

Page updated: Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:14 PM

 

 

 

 

 


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