Careers advisers help students explore their education and career options. They liaise with parents, teachers, employers, community agencies, as well as education and training providers to deliver career education programs and activities for groups of students or individuals. Careers advisers:

• guide students to decide on and develop career goals, explore career options and create effective career and transition strategies
• assist students identify abilities, skills and interests through a range of careers resources and learning opportunities
• work with other teachers to develop students’ employability skills, expand their knowledge and experience of the workplace
• contribute to the school calendar to provide careers activities throughout the year to avoid burnout and avoid clashes with exams and assessments
• negotiate a careers space and timetabling to deliver career education
• help students, parents and carers understand how the curriculum, subject selection, HSC, further education and training, as well as employment impact on career decisions
• provide workplace learning opportunities for students
• provide opportunities for students to learn about careers and career pathways, working conditions, skills shortages and work/life roles including entrepreneurship
• support parents and carers to use tools and strategies to help search for a satisfying career path for students
• ensure students know how to get financial support for further study
• keep careful records of programs, careers counselling, work experience and workplace learning as required by the Retention and disposal legal and department obligations.

The transition adviser works as a member of a school to work team by actively working in the following areas:

• promoting the active engagement and retention of targeted students
• collaborating with targeted students to develop a personalised program of career and transition support
• collaborating with staff and students to develop programs for the important transition points in and out of school
• developing and strengthening partnerships between schools, industry, business, government and non-government organisations, to provide identified students with authentic career learning opportunities
• promoting effective communication strategies between schools, employers and local communities
• seeking opportunities through community support agencies for students most likely to be experiencing disengagement from learning
• connecting with the student wellbeing team
• linking with community youth and wellbeing support organisations and other local initiatives available to the school community.