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.
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SEND Outreach Campaign E Pack
This is the electronic version of the SEND Outreach Campaign. It contains lots of useful resources for Career Leaders in a SEND setting.
Contained in the pack are the following:
- SEND Gatsby Toolkit
- Transform your careers programme - Career Leader training details
- Compass for Special
- Careers Health Checklist
- Same and Different model
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.
Approaches to BM 4 in SEND presentation
This presentation was used in a workshop to support the thinking around the development of BM4 in a SEND setting.
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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Skills Builder Hub
Access a free-to-use online platform that hosts all the tools you need to build the eight essential skills as outlined by the Skills Builder.
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.
NCS: Pitching and presenting
This resource is featured as part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guide.
NCS: Organising Yourself
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains resources aimed at both SEND groups and AP/PRU including teacher guidance and slide decks.
NCS: Organising Your Future
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains resources aimed at both SEND groups and AP/PRU settings. It contains Slide decks and teacher guidance.
NCS: Mindfulness and stress
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guide.
NCS: Making your CV
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guidance.
NCS: Loss and the new normal
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guidance for both SEND and AP/PRU settings.
NCS: Financial Literacy
This resource is part of the My Skills My Future Programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guidance.
Naturally Talented Me
This Gatsby Benchmark-aligned profiling platform is designed to present and evidence an individual’s natural talents – and align them with real job requirements.
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.
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.

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.