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Employment Advisor

As an Employment Advisor, you will help people find the right job, training, or career opportunities to suit their skills, interests, and goals. 

You’ll provide advice, guidance, and encouragement, helping individuals overcome barriers to employment, build confidence, develop job-search skills, and take positive steps towards a successful and rewarding career.

Employment Advisor is also known as Employment Specialist, Careers Adviser.

Role Characteristics

  • Help people find work that appeals to them
  • Help people prepare for interviews
  • Build relationships with employers to secure job opportunities that are not always obvious
  • Advise on reasonable adjustments at work
  • Help people you work with break down barriers and challenges
  • Be creative in job searches

Skills

  • Advice giving
  • Empathy
  • Goal-setting
  • Organisation
  • Team work
  • Communication

Day in the life

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Routes into this role

Here are some example routes that can lead into this role.

  • An apprenticeship
  • Undergraduate degree
  • BTEC, T-Level or A-Levels
  • Volunteering or work experience

How to become

To become an Employment Advisor, you do not usually need a specific degree, but employers often look for qualifications and experience in supporting people, careers guidance, employability, education, or advice services. There are many ways to access this career.

  • Study a course or qualification – useful qualifications include GCSEs in English and Maths, as well as Health and Social Care, Psychology, Business Studies, Public Services, Counselling, or Education. T Levels and BTECs in related subjects can also provide a great foundation.
  • Gain relevant experience – through volunteering, work placements, customer service roles, youth work, community support projects, charity organisations, job clubs, or employability programmes.
  • Start in an entry-level role – such as an Employment Support Worker, Job Coach, Careers Assistant, Youth Support Worker, or Customer Service Advisor, and develop your skills through workplace training.

Where can this role lead

You could specialise in supporting people with specific needs as an Addiction and Recovery Support Worker, or Community Development Support Worker. These roles build on your skills in motivating, supporting, and empowering others.

As you gain experience, you could progress into roles such as Social Worker, Counsellor or Project Manager, taking on more responsibility or helping to improve services.

If you'd like a more hands-on role supporting people's health and wellbeing, you could move into direct care roles such as Clinical Support Worker, or Healthcare Support Worker.

Location

  • Community Settings
  • Offices
  • At Home
  • GP Practices

Working hours

  • Weekdays
  • Part Time
  • Full Time
  • Flexible Hours

Opportunities

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BTECs, T-levels or A-levels
Leeds City College Enterprise & Employability courses
Find BTEC, T-Level or A-Level courses in Enterprise and Employability at Leeds City College.
Organisation
Leeds City College
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Volunteering
Volunteering in Health and Care
Find out more about volunteering opportunities in Health and Care
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Volunteering Opportunities
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Courses
Level 3 Foundation Certificate in Human Resources Practice (CIPD)
This course is suited to those learners who are studying and aspiring for a career in people practice, in a support role and wishing to develop their knowledge to deliver immediate and short-term value for their organisation.
Organisation
Calderdale College
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Undergraduate Degree
Undergraduate BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management and Business
Develop a deep understanding of human behaviour in business and learn how to get the best out of people in the workplace.
Organisation
Leeds Beckett University
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BTECs, T-levels or A-levels
T Level Business (Management & Administration)
This Business T Level study programme provides you with the practical and academic skills and knowledge to progress into a career in Business Support, Team Leadership and Management.
Organisation
Wakefield College
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