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Acacia Training and Development - www.acacia.ac.uk Acacia has been established as a quality training provider for Welcome to the fifth anniversary year of the more than 20 years. They believe in everyone reaching their One Step Foundation Somerset Skills & Careers Fair full potential through a learner journey that will inspire. You can gain skills and qualifications in: business skills such as management, marketing, business administration, team leading, customer service, childcare, employability skills, hairdressing/ barbering and health and social care. The One Step Foundation is the brain child of the late Sean O’Brien, a well respected Somerset business man. It is now run in Sean’s memory as a not-for-profit organisation, to inspire young people Activate NCS - we-activate.co.uk/ncs and support the community. We Activate are a National Citizen Service provider for Somerset, a government award for all 15-17 year olds, recognised by UCAS. Say Yes to NCS! To mark the launch of The Foundation, the first Somerset Careers Fair was launched back in 2013, an event that now takes place annually to help inspire young people to achieve their potential AECC University College - www.aecc.ac.uk when they leave school/college. Based in , AECC University College is a highly esteemed, global pioneer in musculoskeletal healthcare, dedicated to excellence in education, We are very proud to have become the South West’s largest Careers Fair. clinical training and research. The University College provides specialist health sciences at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, with state-of-the-art More recently in 2016 we introduced a new recruitment feature for job seekers and those facilities, high quality teaching and a well-regarded level of professionalism. looking to change career. We are delighted to continue this feature in 2017, supporting the wider community by filling vacancies and training course placements. Albert Goodman - www.albertgoodman.co.uk Albert Goodman’s 280-plus people have a shared aim - to be the firm that We hope you’ll find this directory a useful record of the exhibitors you have seen today, we contributes most to their clients’ success. As a leading firm of Chartered are very grateful to Zeralynx in Taunton for printing these free of charge. Accountants, Tax Consultants and Financial Planners in the South West they provide high quality advice to businesses and individuals locally as well as Enjoy your time at the Careers Fair and thank you for supporting this local event. nationally. Their people are vital to their continued success.

Don’t forget to visit our website - www1.bournemouth.ac.uk over the coming weeks to see the Bournemouth University offers a range of undergraduate degrees with a gallery and videos of the big day! TANSY MAGGS focus on equipping students with future-proof skills and opening up career MARKETING & EVENTS MANAGER opportunities not just in the UK, but across the globe. It is home to a number of 3 Chartfield House Centres of Excellence, including the National Centre for Computer Animation, Castle Street graduates of which have gone on to produce Oscar-winning visual effects. Taunton Somerset TA1 4AS Bridgwater & Taunton College - www.btc.ac.uk t: 01823 250025 Bridgwater & Taunton College provides further education and higher education Please note: e: [email protected] courses at their University Centre based in Taunton. Alongside the main sites • AM only w: www.onestepfoundation.co.uk at Bridgwater and Taunton they have land-based centres at Cannington, • PM Only Yeovil and Paignton. The college has an excellent reputation both regionally and nationally as a highly successful provider of education and training. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 1 2 B - E E - H

Buff Urban Day Spa - www.buffdayspa.co.uk Enham Trust - www.enhamtrust.org.uk Multiple award winning Buff Urban Day Spa is located in the busy Enham Trust is a pan disability organisation that works with close to 8,500 up and coming town of Taunton. Spread over three floors they are a individuals each year throughout the South, giving them independence, URBAN DAY SPA veritable ‘tardis’ providing a wonderful environment for their clients. choice and control in the cornerstone areas of their lives; housing, care, work With seven treatment rooms, including one double, a Vichy shower room and relaxation areas, and skills development. their clients are able to fully escape everyday life. Exeter College - www.exe-coll.ac.uk Exeter College is an ‘Outstanding’ tertiary college which places Cygnet Health Care - www.cygnetjobs.co.uk teaching, learning and student success as their top priority. Cygnet Health Care is a leading provider of specialist mental health They offer a fantastic range of courses with 35 A Levels, the services. Their core values are the centre of their care and define their International Baccalaureate and a huge choice of vocational and apprenticeship courses. With conscientious work ethic. They offer market-leading benefits and salary packages. They will fantastic facilities and outstanding student support, they can help you achieve your ambition. also help you develop your career through their on-going training and supervision. Exeter Mathematics School - www.exetermathematicsschool.ac.uk • Cygnet Theatre - www.cygnettheatre.co.uk Exeter Mathematics School (EMS) is an Ofsted Outstanding, state-funded 6th Cygnet is a company of young actors from the ages of 18-35 who work as a form specifically designed to meet the needs of able mathematic students professional ensemble in their own theatre, where they develop their skills to throughout the South West. They aim to provide a world-class education, their full potential. Guided by professional actors, directors and teachers, the enabling students to flourish at University and pursue successful careers in Cygnet Company works continually on a varied program of plays - classical, the mathematical sciences. modern and musical, including new theatre works. Frontier - www.frontier.ac.uk • Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue - www.dsfire.gov.uk Frontier is an international non-profit volunteering Being a firefighter is the best job in the world but these days the Fire and organisation that runs over 450 conservation and Rescue Service is so much more than putting out fires. If you like helping community development projects in over 60 countries across the world. By encouraging the people, enjoy being fit and active and doing something different every day, combination of travel with volunteering, Frontier inspires people to step off the beaten path an exciting rewarding career awaits you. and make their travel meaningful.

Future Trades Ltd - www.futuretradesltd.com Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Future Trades Ltd is an independent, highly skilled training organisation near www.somersetyouth.co.uk Taunton offering full apprenticeships in bricklaying. They also offer short The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is the world’s most taster sessions in bricklaying for local schools and short leisure/DIY bricklaying successful youth development programme. They’ve helped young people to improve their courses for all ages and abilities. They also provide NVQ only for experienced skill and employability for over 60 years. Somerset County Council supports schools, colleges, workers and the PDCOS. training organisations and community groups to provide DofE programmes. Hadland Care Group - Aspire Training Team EDF Energy - www.edfenergy.com/hpcinspire www.hadlandcaregroup.co.uk EDF Energy is building the first nuclear power station in the UK for a generation Aspire Training Team - Aspire can help place you within at Hinkley Point in Somerset. With 25,000 job opportunities and over 5,600 employment as an apprentice and offer the training and people expected to work on the site during core construction, the project is mentorship that you need to succeed in your chosen career. touching the lives of many. Specialising in apprenticeships within childcare, adult care, business administration, team leading and management. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 3 4 H - M M - O

Musgrove Park Academy - www.tsft.nhs.uk Hadland Care Group - Tops Day Nurseries Musgrove Park Hospital is committed to delivering www.hadlandcaregroup.co.uk the safest possible patient care, providing the best possible experience and making the very With nurseries spanning across the South West, Tops Day best use of their resources. They are a district general hospital providing care to a population of Nurseries pride themselves on offering a happy, safe and over 340,000. They also provide some specialist services for the whole of Somerset making secure environment for children to grow, learn and develop. their catchment population around 544,000.

Hair Academy SW - National Careers Service/Prospects - www.prospects.co.uk www.hairacademysouthwest.co.uk The Prospect Group provides tailored education, employment, training and Hair Academy South West is an established care products and services for people at all stages of life. Each year Prospects hairdressing training provider with a wealth of experience in delivering high quality, flexible inspires more than 500,000 people to develop their potential and transform training to meet the needs of learners and individuals across the South West region. their lives.

King’s College - www.kings-taunton.co.uk Next Steps South West - www.nextstepssw.ac.uk • King’s College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school in Next Steps South West work across Cornwall, Devon and Taunton, Somerset with over 460 pupils aged 13-18 years. Somerset to provide fully funded and targeted activities and events in schools and colleges, as well as impartial Kingston Maurward College - www.kmc.ac.uk information and signposting about routes into higher education and apprenticeships. Your Kingston Maurward College are a vibrant and growing land-based college future, Your choices, Endless possibilities. set in the heart of on the south coast. They specialise in education and training for the land-based industries and have been graded by Ofsted NG Bailey - www.ngbailey.com as a Good college with Outstanding features. NG Bailey are the UK’s leading independent engineering, IT and facilities services business. NG Bailey delivers - engineering, off-site manufacture, rail, IT services and facility services. The services they provide cover the complete L&F Inspired Hair Academy Limited - www.landftraining.com built environment lifecycle. L&F are an apprenticeship training provider for hair, beauty, barbering, customer services and business administration. Numatic International - www.numatic.co.uk Leonardo Helicopters Numatic International Limited is a British manufacturer primarily making domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning and maintenance www.uk.leonardocompany.com/people-careers equipment for distribution worldwide. It is one of the major producers Leonardo’s Helicopter Division manages the of vacuum cleaners in the UK and best known for its popular and iconic design, development, test, production, support and sales of the most complete range of rotary “Henry” vacuum cleaner and related models. aircraft available for commercial, public utility, security and defence use.

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McDonalds - www.mcdonalds.com-gb One Step Recruitment- www.onesteprecruitment.co.uk As a Somerset based franchisee of McDonald’s, Lambtrad are very much One Step Recruitment is an independent agency based in Somerset, with looking forward to sharing their fantastic career opportunities with those over 25 years experience of placing high quality temporary and permanent who are still in education, currently seeking employment or looking to candidates. Their national award winning service and local knowledge cannot make a career change. be matched. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 5 6 P - R R - S

Petroc College - www..ac.uk Royal Air Force - www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment As one of the South West’s leading colleges, Petroc drive forward The RAF offer 50+ roles ranging from drivers and photographers to educational success in further and higher education and strives to engineers and nurses, but the opportunity and lifestyle that comes with raise the aspirations, knowledge and skills of individuals, communities and businesses in Devon joining The RAF is bigger than that. The RAF gives you opportunities you and beyond. With campuses in Tiverton and Barnstaple, the college offers an exceptional won’t find anywhere else. range of study programmes, courses and qualifications, from A-levels to apprenticeships and vocational training to degree programmes. Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - www.rics.org RICS is the world’s leading professional body for qualifications Plymouth University - www.plymouth.ac.uk • and standards in land, property, infrastructure and construction. With a mission to advance knowledge and transform lives through education and research, Plymouth University is among the emerging global elite of modern higher education institutions. Ranked as one Royal Navy - www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers of the UK’s top 5 modern universities, they have a strong record of A job in the Naval Service means adventure, camaraderie - and lifelong prospects. excellence, enterprise and innovation across their teaching and research activities. Are you ready to go places?

Powrmatic - www.powrmatic.co.uk Since establishing in 1949 Powrmatic have grown to become one of School in a Bag - www.schoolinabag.org Europe’s leading manufacturers of industrial and commercial heating and SIAB is a charity providing SchoolBags full of stationery and resources smoke ventilation equipment. Powrmatic always has the same professional to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster-affected children around the approach to each and every project, no matter what size. world. Each SchoolBag and its contents cost £20 and they are individually numbered so that you are able to track where in the world your SchoolBag has gone. Project Trust - www.projecttrust.org.uk Project Trust has 50 years of experience of providing gap year opportunities for 17-19 year old school leavers. Since 1967, over SCIL SSE - www.supportservicesforeducation.co.uk 7000 Project Trust Volunteers have challenged themselves, SCIL is the training arm of Support Services for Education. They offer a learnt about the world and discovered how to be a positive force within it...Now it’s your turn. range of training courses from CPD to masters level, for those in or who would like work in the children’s workforce. Restcare Services (SW) - www.restcare.net Operating in the heart of rural Somerset, The Old Vicarage Sexey’s School - www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk • provides a true home from home for it’s elderly residents. Established in 1891, Sexey’s is a Church of England co-ed state boarding and With over 35 years experience, the management of Restcare prides itself on offering a day school for ages 11-18 based in the beautiful Somerset countryside in the professional, caring and personalised care service for the elderly, with a personal touch. Rated South West of England. “Good” by CQC. Somerset Care - www.somersetcare.co.uk Richard Huish College - www.huish.ac.uk Somerset Care is one of the major care providers in Southern England and Richard Huish College is an Ofsted Outstanding Sixth Form college in one of the largest not-for-profit care companies in the UK. Somerset Care Taunton offering a range of A-level courses, vocational level 2 and 3 courses, has 29 care homes across the south of England; they also have a range of apprenticeships, traineeships, GCSE resits and degrees. care and support services to help you remain independent in your own home. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 7 8 S T - V

Somerset Chamber of Commerce - The Firs Nursing Home - www.thefirsnursinghome.co.uk www.somerset-chamber.co.uk The Firs Nursing Home is set on the outskirts of Taunton, pleasantly The Somerset Chamber of Commerce is Somerset’s leading private situated in its own grounds, adjacent to the A361 and on a main bus sector, member-focused, business organisation representing over route allowing excellent accessibility. The nursing home is registered 550 local businesses. They are here to connect, influence and grow with the Commission for Social Care Inspection and is a member business within Somerset, influence key decision-makers on policy and ultimately work of the Registered Nursing Home Association and the Registered Care Provider Association, towards growing a vibrant Somerset economy. ensuring the highest standards of care are maintained. The SPACE - www.thespacesomerset.co.uk Somerset Larder - www.somersetlarder.co.uk This world-class, complete theatre training for 16-19 year olds, which A catering company delivering catering services to Hinkley Point C opened in 2009, brings a unique opportunity to young people in the and associated sites. South West. At The SPACE, individual creativity, skill and talent will be harnessed and developed through exciting real-life projects where students are facilitated by a dedicated top class team solely focused on the post-16 students. Somerset Passenger Solutions • www.somersetpassengersolutions.co.uk Thera South West - www.thera.co.uk Somerset Passenger Solutions operates high-quality passenger transport Thera South West is a not for profit company which supports adults services to the Hinkley Point C nuclear new build project in Somerset - one with a learning disability from across the South West region, in their of the largest construction projects in Europe. Securing a 10 year contract own homes or in the community, to live the life they want. Thera with EDF, SPS transports HPC employees to and from the site. Currently South West is part of the Thera Group of companies. The lead recruiting PCV drivers and trainee PCV drivers. Training provided. company in the group Thera Trust, is a charity.

The - www.law.ac.uk SS&L - www.sslcourses.co.uk The University of Law is the UK’s longest-established SS&L is a leading educator and provider of apprenticeship qualifications, specialist provider of legal education. All of their courses traineeships, Maths and English and leisure courses in and around - from their undergraduate law degrees to their market-leading postgraduate courses are Somerset. designed with a unique, varied and innovative learning approach that’s proven to deliver self- reliant lawyers who can compete in the fast-changing world of legal services. - www.strode-college.ac.uk Strode College is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ college with a local UK Hydrographic Office - www.admiralty.co.uk and national reputation for excellence as one of the very best The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) provides performing colleges in the country. They provide a full range of courses for school leavers and hydrographic and geospatial data to mariners and maritime adults. They also provide training and support for businesses and employers. organisations across the world. As leader in their field, their global reputation is based on the reliability of hydrographic and geospatial information. That’s why Swansea University - www.swansea.ac.uk • they employ global experts to ensure this information is up to date. Founded in 1920, Swansea University is a dual-campus institution with www.vocare.org.uk research-led teaching and an excellent student experience. Winner Vocare Ltd - Vocare is a leading provider of outsourced quality clinical healthcare services of the Times and Sunday Times ‘Welsh University of the Year’ (2017), in the UK. They deliver safe and efficient clinical healthcare services in the Swansea University offers a range of academic subjects from accounting community in close collaboration with the NHS. Vocare provide NHS 111 to zoology, all of which are taught on beach-front campuses. and GP Out of Hours services throughout the South West. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 9 10 Y New Feature for 2017...

Yeovil College - www.yeovil.ac.uk Choices for Life want to ensure that their students get the very best Away from the main hall in a quieter part of the venue, visitors will find ‘Choices for Life’ preparation for work and higher education. Students have an individual organised by Somerset County Council. New for 2017 and designed by young people, this learning plan and receive the support and encouragement needed to is an exhibit to help vulnerable young people access the information, advice and guidance achieve their full potential. They have a varied choice of courses ranging required to make the best choices in their education and future lives. from A-levels, to vocational subjects, apprenticeships and progressing onto a degree, there are courses to suit everyone! Open to all, we anticipate this feature will be particularly relevant for young people who may need support in preparing for adult-life and will include information and advice for YMCA - www.ymca-sc.org parents/carers. There will be a number of themed zones addressing these questions: YMCA Somerset Coast offer a range of services and support to the communities they serve, from supported housing, outdoor activities, a How can I live independently? hotel to a nursery and wedding venue, in Weston-Super-Mare, Bridgwater How can I choose my next school or college? and West Somerset. Young people are at their core. They believe in young How can I find things to do in my spare time? people and they believe in creating transformational communities in which they can truly How can I find a job and keep my job? belong, contribute and thrive. How can I stay safe and healthy?

Army - www.army.mod.uk One Step Foundation and Choices for Life are proud to add another dimension to the It takes lots of different trades to run the Army, there are Careers Fair, making it even more inclusive for the workforce of tomorrow. many jobs to choose from, all with training of the highest standard. Your hard work will be rewarded, because to us, you’re more than an employee - you’re a valued member of the Army family.

Apprenticeships The Army has the largest apprenticeship programme in the country, with about 95 per cent of new soldiers taking part and over 8,000 completing their apprenticeship training each year. Army apprenticeships are part of a nationally recognised scheme, giving soldiers the chance to work for an employer at the same time as studying for a relevant, work-based qualification.

Join as a soldier You’ll do a vital job, making sure the Army operates smoothly and effectively, at home and overseas.

Join as an Army officer Being an Army officer is about leading from the front and caring for your soldiers. You will lead a life of challenge, adventure, achievement and service. Whether it’s commanding a platoon of soldiers on operations or helping to build critical infrastructure and rebuild lives after a natural disaster, you will lead a life that is far from routine. The Somerset Skills & Careers Fair 2017 11 12 Notes

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