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 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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My Employment Passport
My Employment Passport, winner of the CDI's Post-16 Career Programme of the Year 2022, 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.
An Employers Guide to Supported Employment
Developed by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI). This resource is focused on employing people with a mental health condition, a learning disability and/or autistic people.
Fuelling Futures: a guide to supporting SEND for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
A practical guide to help employers provide workplace experiences, including supported internships and supported apprenticeships, for young people with SEND.
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.
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.
Sector Spotlight Sessions
This resource was developed by Changing Education to shine a spotlight on different sectors in a quick and easy to use way.
SEND Guess my job activity
Developed by the Inspiring Worcestershire Careers Hub team this resource is aimed at settings with young people with SEND.
Morrisons opportunities
Developed by Catcote Academy this resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme. It contains a slide deck to showcase the opportunities available at Morrisons and is aimed at both SEND groups and AP/PRU.
HS2 STEM Lessons inc SEND offer
HS2 have developed a new collection of STEM lessons and activities, to support teachers who would like to bring a careers context to curriculum learning.
Finding Your Futures
Developed by the National SEND Employment Forum these videos are aimed at introducing learners with special educational needs and disabilities (although they are not exclusive to this group) to an array of jobs and sectors.
What’s your strength?® - Let’s get started!
An interactive card activity made in collaboration with Skills Builder, Let’s get started! empowers young people to discover their own skills and qualities and realise how amazing they are!
This is a costed resource.
The Skills Suitcase
This resource is designed to help students identify their own skills – as well as the areas where they might need further development – and encourage reflection in a fun and engaging way.
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.