Work Environment
Partnership Guidance Workers typically work in the following Career Sectors:
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Most commonly reported Work Activities
- Analysing Data or Information Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Getting Information Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interacting With Computers Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems Analysing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Processing Information Compiling, coding, categorising, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Organising, Planning, and Prioritising Work Developing specific goals and plans to prioritise, organise, and accomplish your work.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
The Work
- Provide information and guidance support services to individual clients and to groups, and provide referral services to other agencies as appropriate in response to specific needs
- Broker services with educational bodies and other institutions as emerging client needs are identified
- Share good practice from the sector and supporting the mainstreaming of relevant lessons into national policy and practice
- Support local communities in an area, and communities of interest; people of all ethnic groups, migrant, job seekers, differing abilities, and people returning to education and employment
- Linking with local employers to develop pathways for experience, employment and career development opportunities
Most commonly reported Work Tasks
- Evaluate job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary.
- Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
- Prepare occupational classifications, job descriptions, and salary scales.
- Provide advice on the resolution of classification and salary complaints.
- Research job and worker requirements, structural and functional relationships among jobs and occupations, and occupational trends.
- Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
- Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements.
- Prepare reports, such as organisation and flow charts and career path reports, to summarise job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information.
- Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers.
- Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.
Qualities - Partnership Guidance Worker
- You must enjoy working with people and helping them to make important decisions about their education, training and careers.
- Good communication skills are very important. You must be able to listen carefully and ask the right questions to find out about the client's interests, skills and values.
- Knowledge of assessment techniques such as: Interviews, career assesments, and computer guidance systems is useful.
- You will meet people from many different backgrounds, with different levels of self-confidence and experience of education.
- You should encourage self-assessment, avoid imposing solutions, and guide the client to come to their own choices and decisions.
- You will need strong negotiating skills, to represent the client's interests when you work with colleges, training providers, and employers.
- Local area Partnership guidance can be very varied, so you will need to be flexible and well organised. You will need to be able to plan your caseload, and do administrative tasks such as writing reports and keeping records.
- You may also deliver and facilitate workshops and training to participants through groupwork to support their career development.
Interests - Partnership Guidance Worker
This occupation is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Entry - Partnership Guidance Worker
The qualification in guidance and counselling is a postgraduate course. To satisfy the entry requirements one must have a basic undergraduate degree NFQ level 6-8.
Employers place importance on the right personal qualities. Relevant life and work experience are also highly valued. You may have gained this in an area such as: Teaching, Youth and Community work, Social work, and Probation work or Personnel work.
Relevant courses are available at institutions throughout the country. Information on course details and entry requirements can be obtained from the individual Colleges.
Training & Development pathways
FET Centre Traineeship & PLC courses: Teaching, Youth & Community work, Social work, and Probation work or personnel work NFQ level 5-6 Search FET Courses
CAO Higher Education entry: Teaching, Youth and Community work, Social work, and Probation work or personnel/ HR NFQ level 6-8 Search CAO courses
Posgraduate Options: Career Guidance & Counselling NFQ Level 7 [special purpose]
Postgraduate NFQ level 9
Dublin City University (DCU) MSc in Guidance Counselling
2 year part time (contact DCU directly regarding entry criteria)
University of Limerick (UL) MA Guidance Counselling & Lifespan Development
2 year part time (contact UL directly regarding entry criteria)
Certificate in Adult Guidance Theory and Practice
1 year part time (contact MU directly for more information and entry criteria)
Maynooth University (MU) Post Graduate Diploma in School Guidance Counselling
1 year part time - SCHOOL ONLY (contact MU directly for more information and entry criteria)
Master of Education - School Guidance Counselling
1 year part time - SCHOOL ONLY (contact MU directly regarding entry criteria)
Post Graduate Diploma (Arts) in Adult Guidance Counselling
2 year part time - FURTHER EDUCATION ONLY - (contact MU directly regarding entry criteria)
Recognizing Foreign Guidance Qualifications
NARIC Ireland provides advice on the academic recognition of foreign qualifications by comparing them, where possible and appropriate, to a major award type and level on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). A comparability statement for each qualification listed is available for download on the NARIC website.
Communities of practice & Continous Professional Development
Institute of Guidance Counsellors
ILDN Local Development Network of Irelands 49 Partnerships
Last Updated: April, 2023
Pay & Salary - Partnership Guidance Worker
Salary Range (thousands per year)* €28k - €47k
Salaries are based on the Local Area Partnership Mediator scale. This may vary by Partnership.
Data Source(s):
ILDN/ Gov.ie/ Forsa/ Indeed
Last Updated: July, 2024
* The lower figures typically reflect starting salaries. Higher salaries are awarded to those with greater experience and responsibility. Positions in Dublin sometimes command higher salaries.
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Labour Market Updates - Partnership Guidance Worker
This information has been derived from the Solas National Skills Bulletin (2023).
Employment growth was below average over the five-year period, with little growth since 2020. It should be noted that career guidance professionals working in the second level system are most likely captured in the secondary teaching occupations. Employment permits issued in 2022 were all intra-company transfers and related to roles outside of the education sector.
Government & Admin professionals
The changes in classification as a result of the introduction of the new Labour Force Survey in 2017 are partly responsible for the strong employment growth rate for this occupation, although employment also grew strongly between 2019 and 2020, and continued to grow in 2022. Those employed are primarily female (69%), working full-time (90%), and over half (55%) held third-level qualifications. With a higher than average share of persons employed aged 55 years and older (31% compared to 19% for all occupations), replacement demand is likely to result in opportunities opening up for these roles even if employment growth slows. There was a significant number of vacancies advertised online for clerical officer roles across the civil service and Government administration roles.
However, recent job hires for 2022 far exceeded employment growth indicating that job churn is a feature of this occupation. While job openings are set to continue, upskilling and reskilling may also be required for those already employed in these occupations in order to reach targets set out in the Civil Service Renewal Plan 2024 in areas such as in digital skills.
Useful Contacts - Partnership Guidance Worker
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ILDN Irish Local Development Network
- Unit 24, Tait Business Centre, Dominic St, Limerick, V94 A9X6
- 061 404 923
- [email protected]
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IGC Institute Of Guidance Counsellors
- Institute of Guidance Counsellors, The Basement, 17 Herbert St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
- 01 6761975
- [email protected]
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Activelink
- Activelink, 2-4 Merville Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, A94 E3F8, Ireland.
- 01-6677326
- [email protected]
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