Employer engagement

This toolkit is intended to be simple to use, helping Careers Leaders and others support and develop youth social action. the resource aims to enable more of their young people to be active citizens in their school or college and wider communities.

Watch two exciting new WOW Show programmes about careers in the NHS – designed for home schooling and beyond.

On the 21st March we create a single global voice advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome. This year we want to End The Stereotypes.

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This resource has been created by Doncaster College and University Centre.

It takes key information from the SPELL Framework developed by The National Autistic Society as a starting point.

An example of how you can link a school or college recovery plan or overarching strategic objectives to a careers programme.

The Toolkit is for secondary schools, Academies and other education establishments - a guide for Head Teachers, Careers Leads and operations staff. It covers setting up and effectively managing and supervising placements or work experiences and has a number of standalone useful checklists and forms.

Where do you start when designing the careers element of your website? Follow this step-by-step guide to make sure you cover all the necessary elements.

Ensure your website is up to scratch, following best practice guidelines, and ready for audit with this helpful template – designed by the Growth Platform Liverpool.

The government's Careers Strategy means that all schools and colleges should have a named Careers Leader in place by September 2018. This guide for secondary schools explains the role and how it can work in your institution. 

The ADHD Foundation is the UK’s leading neurodiversity charity, offering a strength-based, lifespan service for the 1 in 5 of us who live with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and Tourette’s syndrome. 

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.

Booklet detailing the steps a parent/carer should take from Year 9 of a young person's school career to ensure their transition when leaving school is as smooth as possible, plus information on the possible next placements.