Work Placement Officer for Barnet

Do you have work experience placement skills and experience for 16 to 18 year olds.

Are you passionate about careers advice and guidance to support young people in making informed choices about their future?

With extensive experience in recruitment and careers advisory services, you are in good hands with CER Education Recruitment. We are passionate about excellent customer service and finding the right jobs to suit each individual and so are keen to hear from you to match your skills, expertise and work preferences to suitable opportunities.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Main duties and responsibilities are to:

  • seek out and create opportunities for, and promote student attendance at, work placement and work-related learning activities that supports student goals and is integrated into the study programme;
  • organise, monitor and administering work placements within campus as well as collaborating across the college and wider group as required;
  • maintain current and accurate records of the location of each work placement and employer data;
  • establish new placement opportunities to meet student needs in liaison with curriculum staff;
  • liaise with students and tutors to ensure students are prepared for placements and that the placements meet the needs of the students and employers as well as ensuring compliance with health, safety and funding requirements;
  • support and engage in the arrangement of employment focused events;
  • visit providers and learners in work placements to ensure that appropriate standards around work placement are being met;
  • utilise client systems for the tracking of student work placements and the associated hours;
  • be responsible for health and safety visits and documentation, including risk assessments;
  • ensure that the placement is a safe working environment and that the student has an understanding of Health and Safety in the workplace;
  • keep up to date with current practice relating to relevant curriculum developments by attending curriculum team meetings and participating in continuing personal and professional development training days;
  • attend course team meeting regularly to update your team on the progress of work experience for each tutor group;
  • producing data and reports as and when requested;
  • participation in recruitment/interviewing of prospective students as appropriate at selected times of the year;

We are committed to a policy of equal opportunities and will not discriminate on any basis. For further details please see our Equal Opportunities statement on our website.

All candidates will be invited to take a mandatory Safeguarding Course which is certificated and is of 30 minutes duration. This is a free course

If you’re committed to sharing your expertise and supporting young we’re keen to hear from you. Submit your CV today and we’ll get back to you or simply call us direct on 07936345444 and ask for Deanne Castledine.

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