Resources for Careers Leaders
Careers Leaders are responsible and accountable for the planning, delivery and impact measurement of their school, special school or college’s strategic careers plan and progressive careers programme.
It’s a key role that involves aligning careers provision to the strategic priorities of the school, special school or college and overseeing work towards meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks in a meaningful way for young people.
The Careers Leader needs to be someone who can:
- Take responsibility for continuous improvement of the strategic careers plan and the progressive careers programme, which should be planned and implemented to ensure positive outcomes for young people
- Coordinate and manage the various elements of the careers programme informed by a strategic careers plan aligned to school, special school or college priorities
- Liaise with external partners, such as employers, learning providers and career guidance services
- Pay careful attention to feedback from all stakeholders and to the destinations of pupils.
Developed with you in mind, we’ve made it easy to quickly find the trusted, high quality resources you need to make a difference. We’ve identified, and regularly update, key resources that can directly support you as you plan, implement and measure the impact of your strategic careers plan and progressive careers programme and as you work towards achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks.
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AET and Tesco: Careers in English resources
These resources have been created by curriculum subject experts from Academies Enterprise Trust through collaboration with Tesco to engage and support students in learning by placing teaching points in the context of the world of work.
AET and The National Trust: Careers in Geography resource
These resources have been created by curriculum subject experts from Academies Enterprise Trust through collaboration with The National Trust to engage and support students in learning by placing teaching points in the context of the world of work
All About Me
Developed by Green Corridor College this resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme.
Amazing Apprenticeships Resources
Amazing Apprenticeships is a small team with a big mission. They offer help to educators, employers and students navigate the fast-changing world of apprenticeships.
Below are links to some of the resources they have on offer.
Ambitious about Autism Toolkits
This resource contains a collection of toolkits to help more autistic young people access sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities.
The resources will help employers to develop their awareness and understanding of autism. They will support the hiring and retaining of talented autistic young people.
These resources are also relevant for autistic young people, their parents/carers, teachers, and other relevant professionals to support a young person to make informed choices about their future employment opportunities.
Annual review checklist
As a Careers Leader, you can use this revised checklist as an annual review of provision to support your planning for the following year.
Barclays LifeSkills
Access free online interactive resources, ready-made lessons and work experience opportunities – and build them into your progressive careers programme.
BBC Bitesize – Careers
This well-known resource can be used to help contextualise the world of work alongside curriculum study – and support young people in making informed decisions.
Benchmark 4 Modelling Tool
This guide has been designed to support Careers Leaders to support staff to link curriculum learning to careers.
Support for Careers Leaders to develop curriculum learning that highlights the relevance of subjects to future careers and opportunities will inform, inspire, and engage students.
We have identified three approaches with related resource and support for Careers Leaders to ensure that staff are supported to see the value of and understand how to highlight the relevance of their subject, make links from curriculum to careers and to potentially embed curriculum learning in the context of the world of work.
BeReady free online learning platform
Access easily digestible content online that’s designed to build up your students’ CVs via a host of interactive videos, animations, quizzes and more.
Black Country Careers Hub SEND resources
The Black Country Careers Hub have developed a number of resources to support those working with young people with SEND in the different settings. Many of these resources are featured in the My Skills My Future programme.
Blueprint: Virtual experience of the workplace
Created by the London team this resource supports thinking around virtual experiences of the workplace for schools and businesses.