These carefully curated resources are aimed at various stakeholders to help bring together the worlds of education and employment – and to ensure adherence to the Gatsby Benchmarks. Many have been developed by employers themselves. Simply filter the resources below to get started.
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Explore Apprenticeships – Free Online Course
Created in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company, #ExploreApprenticeships is a free online course supporting young people wanting to learn more about apprenticeships as a career path.
Social Story: Starting College SEND resource
Developed by the team at the Black Country Careers Hub this resource contains a short social story to support young people with SEND during transition. This resource features in the My Skills My Future programme.
Interests and Destinations : Compass+ replica form and Learner Questionnaire
Access a replica form of the data fields in Compass+ on the Interests & Destinations section of a Learner profile.
In Apprenticeships – Free Online Course
Created in partnership with The Careers & Enterprise Company, #InApprenticeships is a free online course supporting young people currently in apprenticeships. Apprentices can complete this standalone course to build confidence and understanding during their career journey.
Career Learning SEND activity
Developed by the team in the Black Country Careers Hub this resource uses widgets to raise awareness of different career options for young people with SEND. This resource features in the My Skills My Future programme.
YourGamePlan
YourGamePlan is a free online learning platform designed to help young people transition from school to the workplace, and widen their understanding of the career opportunities available to them.
My Skills My Future
This programme has been collated from resources across our partners and network to support young people with SEND under the 2 groups identified in the SEND toolkit. It contains lessons around employability skill development , employer projects and engagement videos all to support young people in their next steps.
Inspire students with career volunteers that are ‘Making the Most of Transitions’
We know that transition is a moment for students to build and take ownership of those key life skills of resilience, confidence, independent learning, positivity and managing change. Bring a careers lens to these important skills that are not just important for transition and for life, but are essential skills for the world of work.
Drawing the Future with a Transitions Twist
Set the scene for a growth mindset to transitions using this template from Primary Futures to link aspirations in the distant future to aspirations for the upcoming transition.
My Journey, My Future
This programme is focused on the different stages of transition experienced by young people on the journey from education to the world of work.
South Somerset 14-19 Partnership ‘Imagine the Possibilities – A Family Guide’
These resources have been developed by South Somerset Partnership to support families of SEND students in understanding what is effective transition and avenues of support.
Talentino!
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.