Employer engagement

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.

Teacher continuing professional development (CPD) delivered by employers can refer to a variety of professional development activities where an employer is the primary facilitator of training. But what impact do teacher placements have and what can we learn about lessons in best practice?

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.

Students can explore hundreds of careers with up to date labour market information. Free and inspiring careers talks and the opportunity to interact and engage with the top employers in the UK.

We connect young people with inspirational, eye opening virtual work experience opportunities with some of the largest employers both locally and nationally.

The Skills Builder Partnership brings together educators, employers and organisations around a common approach and mission: to support everyone to build the essential skills to succeed. The Impact Directory celebrates and shares the fantastic work of Skills Builder’s partners.

An example of how My Week of Work could be adapted and used in your school or college, Shrewsbury Academy structured the programme as  compulsory modules, which tutor groups can watch together and engage in follow up discussions, and optional modules which enables learners to choose the sectors and employers they are interested in.

This interactive checklist will support you to think about the Careers provision you have within your SEND setting.

This is the final resource in our Supporting Employers: Working with Young People with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) collection.

This resource looks at how you can reflect on the activities and ensures you are able to gather feedback that can inform future provision.  

This is the sixth resource in our Supporting Employers: Working with Young People with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) collection.

This resource takes you through some tips on choosing and planning activity when working with young people with SEND. It also contains useful checklists for when you choose your activity to support its implementation. 

This is the fifth resource in our Supporting Employers: Working with Young People with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) collection.

In this resource you can gain some understanding about how to gain support from stakeholders including colleagues and Senior Leaders in schools. 

This is the fourth resource in our Supporting Employers: Working with Young People with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) collection.

This resource contains tips on how to ensure effective communication when working with Schools, Special Schools and Colleges.  It also looks at some questions you might want to ask to enable you to build an effective relationship.