Careers Development Apprenticeship
Fiveways School
Yeovil (BA21 5AZ)
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 September 2026
Contents
Summary
Support young people with SEND, SEMH and medical or mental health needs to plan their futures through high-quality careers advice and guidance. Work with families, professionals and education settings across Somerset while completing a Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification and contributing to SPTS’s collaborative, high standards.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Career development professional (level 6)
- Hours
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30 hours per week (with flexibility for travel).
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
Main Responsibilities and Duties
• Deliver 1:1 and group careers guidance under supervision.
• Build rapport with young people with complex needs.
• Travel independently to multiple settings across the county.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, parents, and external agencies to create tailored career plans.
• Liaise with SENCOs, social workers, and external agencies.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to destination tracking.
• Support careers events, fairs, and work experience programmes.
• Uphold safeguarding, equality, and data protection policies.
• Assist in developing resources and activities that promote career awareness and independence.
• Complete all training and assessments required for the Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification.
Where you'll work
Fiveways School
Victoria Road
Yeovil
BA21 5AZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Training course
Career development professional (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
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
Training schedule
Full support to complete the Level 6 Careers Guidance qualification during the contract. The full Level 6 diploma takes around 15 months to complete and is taught through blended learning. Most sessions are
delivered live via zoom. However, 2 days are delivered face-to-face with training taking place in London or in the West Midlands. There are no specific entry requirements, but you do need to be able to submit work of degree standard. We ask that you complete a pre-course assessment before your induction of approximately
500 words which will count towards your qualification. As the qualification is work-based you do need to be in a relevant role to enable access to evidence required for your assignments such as guidance interviews.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Our vision is to provide a happy and secure learning environment, rich in stimulation and challenge to ensure all members of the school community can grow in self-esteem and develop to their full potential.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Possibility for a full-time role once apprenticeship is completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052702.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:59pm)