Careers Leader
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.
Careers Impact internal leadership review
The Careers Impact internal leadership review supports a quality assured, sustainable and strategic approach to careers leadership.
The review forms part of the Careers Impact System, which is a process that drives continuous improvement in careers education. It sets clearly defined standards as to what good looks like in careers leadership and is directly linked to wider school and college improvement.
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Careers Leader Induction: Free Online Learning
Careers Leader Induction: Free Online Learning
Guided Learning Hours: 2-4 hours
Careers Leader training
Transform your careers programme and develop your skills as a Careers Leader to strategically embed careers in the curriculum.
Benchmark 1: Suggested universal career-related learning outcomes
This resource suggests a set of learning outcomes that could underpin your universal careers provision.
Understanding how to create a strategic careers plan
This resource helps Careers Leaders create a strategic careers plan that ensures the careers provision:
- Has explicit backing of governors, the headteacher and the senior management teams
- Is linked to the whole school, special school or college development plan
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Support students to pursue the BEST next step for them
We have collated key resource and support for you to ensure that you support students to identify the best next step for them.
Parent Pledge Campaign
Developed by the team at Inspiring Worcestershire this resource aims to engage parents in supporting delivery of career related activities across a whole school or college.
Exploring University
Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire.
In this document you will be able to understand which are the leading universities locally, the degrees which are most popular, as well as the degrees which have the highest success rates in terms of securing future employment.
The guide also provides details of the leading universities which specialise in degrees relating to certain sectors.
Choices - Entrepreneurship Edition
Brought to you by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub, this resource has been designed to guide you through what you need to know to start your own business.
- How to avoid some of the pitfalls.
- Hints and tips from some successful Entrepreneurs.
- Advice from the experts.
Inspiring Worcestershire SEND resources
Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub have developed a number of resources for SEND as part of the work in the SEND Community of Practice.
Digdata - Classroom Resources & Virtual Work Experience
Bring virtual work experience into the classroom!
Digdata’s FREE Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 resources, developed with leading UK employers like GSK, NHS, Experian, National Highways, CACI and Meta, link curriculum learning directly to careers.
Interviewing an Adult SEND activity
Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub this resource should support SEND students to learn how to start to understand that talking to adults about the world of work can help them map out and understand their future career pathways.
CDI Framework
The CDI’s Career Development Framework describes the six career development skills that people need to have positive careers.
Research your future Activity SEND
This resource has been developed by the team at Inspiring Worcestershire and contains an activity for SEND students around researching their future.
What is a key growth sector?
Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire.
Learning more about Worcestershire’s key growth sectors will enable you to understand a variety of important information which could aid you in the decision-making process surrounding your potential career pathway and the choices you make during the remainder of your journey through education.
A - Z of jobs activity SEND
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team, this activity will enable SEND students to begin to learn how to research information regarding different job roles of interest to them.
SEND Guess my job activity
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team this resource is aimed at settings with young people with SEND.
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Candoo
CANDOO® is a fun and engaging game designed to get young learners thinking about and discussing STEM-based careers. It can be played as a game on its own or built into wider careers activities.
You can purchase this resource from the website.
Career Ambassador Training programme
Train students to become Career Ambassadors for your school using a leadership training resource & a booklet of activities to complete.
Career Guides - Youth Employment UK
Youth Employment UK’s Career Guides are perfect for young people to get a taste of what different careers involve, how to get into various roles, and support them with exploring options that interest them!
Career HELP Advice System
A free comprehensive online careers system that uniquely provides students, teachers and advisors with all that they need. Based upon a personal profile quiz that uses only graphic images, it is now widely used in UK schools.
Career Leader Handover Document
A checklist for outgoing Careers Leaders to use to make sure the new Career Leader has all necessary information.
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.
Career Talks: Finding your Future, Reaching your Goals SEND resource
Developed by the team at the Black Country Careers Hub this resource features a number of videos looking at different roles available and reflections from people undertaking those roles. This resource features in the My Skills My Future programme.
CareerEar
CareerEar is an online careers advice and exploration platform and the first of its kind to combine direct and personal advice, with relevant labour market data, in order to help people make the most informed decisions.
Careermag for Parents, Carers and Guardians
A great resource for your Parents Evenings and Newsletters! Careermag for Parents, Carers and Guardians is a publication with information for parents of school-aged children offering support and information on careers and qualifications.
It also includes information on how to help support young people with mental health issues, managing the UCAS system, apprenticeships and in-depth features on various sectors and opportunities in them.