JOB TITLE: Work Placement and Careers Coordinator - EHCP / High Needs Learners
LOCATION: King's Lynn (with regular travel to other campuses)
HOURS: 37 hours per week, 37 weeks a year (term-time plus one week)
SALARY: £24,368 - £24,709 (inclusive of a non-contractual recruitment and retention allowance of £1,392).
Are you passionate about helping young people with significant needs achieve their full potential?
CWA are looking for two new Work Placement and Careers Coordinators to support our learners with an Educational, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or with other significant needs to find suitable work placement to help their progression into hopeful employment after college. You will work closely with our students, their parents / carers, teaching teams and local businesses to establish working partnerships to ensure our learners who are most in need can attend work placement and thrive. Additionally, you'll support learners with their next steps and progression, as well as providing information, advice and guidance throughout the year to help them succeed.
These roles are brand new but you'll be joining a successful and highly regarded Work Placement and Careers team who each support specific curriculum areas. It's an exciting time to start working with careers at CWA; we have an ethos of "careers, not courses", and the team will be under new line management from September, working more closely with the admissions, student services and business support teams.
We're looking for someone who is collaborative and a team player, as you'll be working with your colleagues to identify learners within the curriculum areas which they support who need further help to find a work placement, as well as supporting students in the inclusive learning faculty.
This role will be based at King's Lynn but you will be required to regularly visit our Wisbech, Cambridge and Sports campuses, as well our Downham Market centre to support students which attend those campuses.
At our recent student of the year awards, one of our high needs students supported by the team received the inclusive learning and overall student of the year awards based on what they brought to their work placement. Please watch a short video about the student by clicking here to see what a huge difference this role can make.
BENEFITS
We offer an excellent package including a generous annual leave allowance of 30 days per year for support staff, plus five College closure days, plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time), fee waivers on some College courses, a contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme, discounts with local businesses and access to a cycle to work scheme. CWA focusses on staff well-being and utilises both internal and external resources, such as a well-being committee and access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme as well as comprehensive training and development.
To apply online or to view all our current vacancies please visit www.cwa.ac.uk.
For further information specific to the role, or to arrange a visit please contact Lucas Cooper, Head of Admissions, Careers and Business Support by email at [email protected]
Closing date for receipt of all applications: Sunday 12th July 2026 at 11.59pm.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 21st July 2026.
Applicants are expected to ensure their applications are written in their own words.
We reserve the right to use an AI checker on any application.
Please note that all interviews are conducted face to face, we are unable to facilitate online interviews.
CWA are a Disability Confident employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. We would encourage you to disclose any disabilities and whether or not you wish to be considered under this scheme.
CWA is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check as well as a barred list check. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 but Exceptions Order may apply.
Full details of our Safeguarding Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection policy can be found at Policies (cwa.ac.uk).
CWA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient suitably qualified applications be received prior to the closing date.
No agencies please
