Community Services Graduates
Job roles and titles for graduates of this course vary across different industry sectors – there are more that 50 possible employment opportunities including:
• Youth services worker
• Welfare worker
• Community services officer
• Support officer
• Client services manager
• Community development officer
• Service manager
• Community educator
• Family counsellor
• Social worker
• Children’s services worker
And many others
Graduate Employment Program
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Our Graduate Employment Program is available to every Bedford student (and ex-student) and has proven to be a very successful method of employment placement. Bedford Graduates have excellent job prospects and the vast majority of jobs come about as a direct result of Bedford’s employer contacts.
The College maintains a network of employers who contact us when a position becomes available in their organisation and once received, job vacancies are entered into our Employment Register.
It’s the job of our Student Services Officer to liaise with students to find suitable candidates. These candidates then prepare an application letter which is forwarded – along with their résumé – to the employer, and an interview is arranged.
Bedford students are well prepared for the interview process with the aid of the following training:
- Employer expectations (what employers are looking for)
- successful interview techniques
- appropriate questions and answers
- interviewee behaviour (including use of appropriate body language)
- how to make a good first impression
- interview role playing
- writing solicited and unsolicited job application letters
- résumé preparation (creating a winning résumé)
