Resources for SEND specialists
The National Careers Strategy makes it clear that all young people should be supported to achieve their optimum career outcome. Therefore, our resources aren’t just for those in SEND-specific settings, they’re also for use within any other setting that includes young people with SEND.
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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SEND Careers Health Checklist
This interactive checklist will support you to think about the Careers provision you have within your SEND setting.
SEND journey/roadmap
Take a step in the right direction: help all stakeholders understand your SEND careers programme by using this template to present it visually.
Same and Different
Learn more about the various aspects of early career development for 18-year olds with SEND and provide more targeted support with this model.
Pathways Posters - My Skills My Future
These posters show potential pathways for young people at the age of 16. Developed with the support of the Birmingham SEND Careers Hub the posters are relevant for those typically not likely to take GCSE (Career Group 1) and those typically likely (Career Group 2).
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Transition Guide from Primary to Secondary: enhancing careers education and supporting parental engagement
This resource is designed to support Careers Leaders and other staff involved in the transition process from Key Stage 2 into Key Stage 3, exploring opportunities to embed careers activities and parental engagement across the full range of transition opportunities.
It takes you through the three phases:
- Decision making (Y4,5,6) while children and parents /carers are still considering their options.
- Decision made (Y6) once the children have been allocated their secondary school.
- Started (Y7) once the children have started their secondary school..
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.
Evenbreak: Career advice and resources
We’re here for candidates with any long-term health condition or disability – be it physical or mental health, sensory or cognitive. We’re not a charity. Or driven by profit. We are a social enterprise that exists to ensure:
- Inclusive employers can reach and retain a skilled and diverse pool of talent.
- Talented disabled candidates can access a range of opportunities with employers who put talent first.
People know about the business benefits gained from an inclusive workplace.
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.
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.
Passport to Retail
Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire. Passport to Retail has been designed with the student’s progression at the forefront. This brilliant project will take students on a tour around the Retail industry, learning about key areas from customer services to stock rotation to build their knowledge and skill in preparation for the workplace.
SEND Guess my job activity
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team this resource is aimed at settings with young people with SEND.
Famous People Activity (SEND)
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team this activity has been designed to accompany activities around raising aspirations along with exploring career choices for SEND students.
Creating a CV SEND activity
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team these activities will provide SEND students with an understanding of how to write a CV.
Barclays LifeSkills
Access free online interactive resources, schemes of learning, ready-made lessons and work experience opportunities – and build them into your progressive careers programme.
Ambitious about Autism Toolkits
This resource contains a collection of toolkits to help more autistic young people access sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities.
My Employment Passport
My Employment Passport, is a 30-module course that raises the employment aspirations for young people with additional needs whilst inspiring their teachers, tutors, supporters, parents, and future employers too.
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.

