Employer engagement

Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire. 

Learning more about Worcestershire’s key growth sectors will enable you to understand a variety of important information which could aid you in the decision-making process surrounding your potential career pathway and the choices you make during the remainder of your journey through education.

This activity has been developed by College Park School and is part of the My Skills My Future programme.  It contains a lesson plan and accompanying resources aimed at young people in SEND group 1.

A suite of 12 STEM based online sessions. The sessions demonstrate the World of Water and enable the students to see the breadth of the industry and various careers within it.

This resource is designed to support Careers Leaders and other staff involved in the transition process from Key Stage 2 into Key Stage 3, exploring opportunities to embed careers activities and parental engagement across the full range of transition opportunities.

It takes you through the three phases:

1. Decision making (Y4,5,6) while children and parents /carers are still considering their options
2. Decision made (Y6) once the children have been allocated their secondary school
3. Started (Y7) once the children have started their secondary school.

These free resources have been developed by Accenture (national).

Resources are relevant, realistic training preparing learners for the entire journey of choosing the right career, finding a job and being successful in the workplace:

• Features innovative simulations providing a safe environment for learners to practice for real life situations e.g., a job interview, first day in a new job.
• Choose from 108 bite-sized, interactive and highly effective online learning modules and 26 downloadable activity packs to consolidate learning.

The Parents’ Guide to provides parents with the information they need to help their teenage children make the right choices to create successful futures after GCSE and sixth form. We provide schools and colleges with a range of resources designed to support your parents/carers with relevant, unbiased and up-to-date guidance. 

The Panjango Game is a fast-moving board game that explores the world of work in a fun way – developing key skills such as teamworking and problem solving.

A *completely free* career app for students and schools that gives personalised career advice about the 16 creative industries within seconds.

Age group it's available for: 16+

Cost: FREE to download for all young people, teachers, career advisors & other school contacts.
 

Developed by the Co-op Academy Trust, these resources have been created by curriculum experts to engage students as practically as possible. Teachers can use these fully resourced classroom-based packs to bring careers directly into the Design Technology curriculum at key Stage 3. 

We challenge you to change the future of retail. The challenge involves the creation of an investment business case, and accompanying presentation, within a number of fictitious retail scenarios.

These fun and informative online lessons, delivered by Tech We Can teachers, are aimed at inspiring children aged 8-14 to consider a career in technology.

Talentino programmes have been helping to improve career outcomes for young people with a range of learning difficulties in a mixture of settings – special schools, mainstream schools, AP, PRU, SEMH, etc.

They also provide great opportunities for learning more, through their regular newsletters, annual SEND Careers Conference, and by publishing free resources.