Accredited Career Practitioners
Personal Details
Name: Sian Phillips
Email: sian.phillips@acsol.co.uk
Serves: Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire
Personal Profile
Strong, determined and committed to whatever project I am involved with, consistently focusing on the client and their needs. Characteristics: warm, approachable, excellent listener, sensitive, respectful, non-judgmental, and with the ability to be empathetic to others. Furthermore, I demonstrate an innate ability to see ‘outside the box’ when seeking solutions and analysing options.
Professional experience includes careers guidance, performance coaching, confidence-life coaching, project management, NVQ assessing, and business marketing and sales.
I have a good sense of humour and enjoy the company of people and good conversation.
I am a 1st responder for the ambulance service in my spare time; this involves responding to 999 calls within my local rural location.
I own a property in Ayamonte in Spain, which is situated on the Costa Del La Luz. This is a lesser known tourist spot where I thoroughly enjoy the local culture.
I was in business for over 10 years and worked in sales and marketing for over 20 years
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Professional Information
ACSOL Accredited Careers Advisor
Relevant Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 – A1 Assessors
- NVQ Level 3 – Advice and Guidance
- Diploma in Performance Coaching
- Diploma in Life Coaching
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
Completed 75% of NVQ Level 4 – Guidance with Nottingham University. There are no plans to complete as it has been identified that other qualifications are more applicable to my service; however, the valuable elements of this qualification were extracted.
Continuous personal development:
I continually research on various matters such as labour market information along with different areas pertinent to individual clients
In the near future I aim to undertake an advanced diploma in performance coaching
I attend personal development meetings/sessions where all in attendance share best practice and report on any recent significant events: in both disciplines of coaching and career guidance
Skills & Achievements in Career Guidance
- Project managed, designed and delivered lone parent workshops, consequently securing a 3 year contract – Fresh Steps for Connexions
- Designed and delivered bespoke confidence/employment workshops
- Evaluated and facilitated workshop training for local authority departments during a reshuffle for individuals facing redundancy or needing to reapply for their current posts
- Delivered employment workshops to individuals with learning difficulties
- Project managed and delivered an employment/learning project aimed at hard to reach tenants based within a social housing scheme
- IAG interventions to adults aged over 18 yrs
- One to one confidence sessions
- Written learning plans for bespoke workshops/training
- Positioned as a referral point within regional Job Centres as a Careers Adviser
- Repositioned partner relations and achieved a more seamless service during placements in colleges
- Organised partnership/multi-agency events and jobs fairs
- Corporate consultancy, including the realignment of staff to better suited employment
- Input around reviewing employment contracts and recruitment processes
Experience in Career Guidance
In 2001, following many years in sales and marketing, I followed my instincts and secured a position within a local careers organisation as an Adult Careers Adviser. This coincided with the completion of my counselling qualifications; I was also part way through two coaching qualifications. Hence I had experience of one to one interactions with individuals facing change in some capacity.
The following years, up to the present time, have brought many different experiences, including training, learning, and qualifications.
I progressed quickly within the careers organisation and before long I was trusted to deliver in outplacement situations, dealing with redundancies and career progression within local authority, organisations and corporate companies. In addition, I was seconded to local Community Colleges to build relations and offer information, advice and guidance (IAG) to attendees.
This blended perfectly with the one to one sessions that I managed within Careers Guidance.
Until May 2007 I had thoroughly enjoyed the journey and had absorbed a phenomenal amount of information. But the learning curve reached a plateau and I needed to move on to keep the momentum going.
This brings me to the present date when I am able to combine very successfully my coaching and guidance skills. I enjoy the freedom of self-enterprise to continue with research, training and development in addition to accepting outplacements that challenge me at every opportunity.