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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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.
Intended and destinations permission sheet
This is a replica of the details that can be entered on Compass+ in the ‘Interests and destinations’ section.
It can be printed and given to students to track their intended destinations and also to gain permission to track data longer term.
Once completed, it can be stored centrally or uploaded into Compass+.
Talking Futures - Ambition statement
We’re excited to be able to give our key partners and stakeholders an introduction to The Careers & Enterprise Company’s latest programme – equipping Careers Leaders to embed sustainable parental engagement methods in their everyday practice.
Talking Futures – celebrity parent films
The Gatsby Foundation has produced a series of short films that provide top tips for parents from parents about how to support children with their career decisions. Each film tells the story of the parents of some famous faces and how they supported their children with their career decisions.
Talking Futures: Career Adviser Parents' meeting
An activity which builds on students’ first one-to-one meeting with the Careers Adviser, with a second meeting between the Careers Adviser, the student and their parents.
Talking Futures: Delivering effective parental engagement
Tips and advice on planning engagement activities, how to communicate with parents, engaging with hard-to-reach parents and increasing the visibility of your careers offer.
Talking Futures: Employer Panel
A Q&A session with a panel of employers to encourage parents to explore careers relating to a particular subject, skill or industry area with their child.
Talking Futures: Evaluating your delivery
How to collect and analyse evidence on the effectiveness of your parental engagement activities, for example, through surveys taken before and after events.
Talking Futures: Family Conversations film
Follow four families talking to their children about next steps, helping you think about the role you can play in your own child’s decision-making.
Talking Futures: Family Quiz event
A fun quiz to familiarise families with information about careers and education options.
Talking Futures: Further Education resources
This dedicated FE planning tool contains suggestions for how you work with other departments across your college to maximise the reach and impact of parental engagement in careers.
Talking Futures: Good parental engagement recommendations
Here are 11 practical recommendations to help you structure your engagement strategy and support the needs of different parent groups