Promoting a career in housing
3 Steps to improving your engagement with young people and schools
Working in housing offers young people the chance to make a real difference to people’s lives. The breadth of opportunity and variety of jobs in the sector means there’s potentially a housing role to suit anyone who wants to make a positive contribution.
By engaging with local communities and young people themselves, and working in partnership with Developing the Young Workforce, you and your organisation can inspire school pupils to consider housing as a career.
Step 1 – Working with the community
Connecting with young people often works best as part of wider community activities, making your staff and organisation a trusted resource.
Step 2 – Working with Developing the Young Workforce (DYW)
Working with schools needs a light touch – it’s about building a relationship and getting the trust of teachers and pupils as early as possible in their education. It’s also about working with key partners, including Developing the Young Workforce (DYW)
Step 3 – Creating your content
No need to start from scratch! We’ve developed a range of housing career resources for talking to young people in schools.
Top Tips
Finally, here are some Top Tips you may find helpful in your engagement activities.