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Why is careers and educational guidance important? There are many important decisions that your students will have to make over the years ahead, such as subject choice, higher education and eventual career choice. It is essential for each individual to have the help to develop the personal tools in order to make the right decisions themselves. Careers education and guidance Careers education and guidance go hand in hand. One has limited effect without the other but the relationship is so close that it is often difficult to disentangle them. This section defines the differences between the two. Careers education This is a planned programme of curriculum activities and learning experiences. Ideally, much of this would be timetabled in, but some involve special events such as work experience, careers fairs and other extra curricular activities. The purpose of careers education is to help young people to develop the knowledge and skills they need to make successful choices, and manage transitions at all stages of their lives, including change of school, moving to higher education, and to eventual employment and beyond. Careers education has three curriculum aims: 1. Self development To help young people understand themselves and the influences on them, build a record of their experiences and achievements, and to develop their capabilities. 2. Career exploration To help young people to identify, investigate and weigh up opportunities at all stages of their progress through school and beyond. 3. Career management To help young people make and adjust plans to manage career choices, changes and transitions As set out in the national, non statutory framework for careers education and guidance 11-19, these three aims demonstrate that careers education is about providing the individual with the opportunity to become self reliant, and to develop the skills to successfully manage the choices they encounter. This will better support your students in a fast changing and often unpredictable world. These aims are both applicable and highly relevant in schools with an orientation towards academic success and with a high incidence of aspiration to HE. The framework supports the development of programmes that help young people to understand:
Benefits for the school/college:
Benefits for the individual pupil/student:
Visit www.cegnet.co.uk for more background theory as well as information and ideas which can be adapted for your pupil or student group. Sources: DfES:
The Guidance Council:
Careers Guidance This is a one-to-one or small group activity that takes place in, for example, tutorials or separately scheduled sessions. Most common when young people have a particular individual problem or issue they need to discuss, when they face an important transition point or a major decision such as subject options, higher education, career choices, and the interrelationship between these. Guidance may be offered through a structured programme or by self referral. Frequently guidance is provided by outside professionals working in conjunction with the school. Careers guidance gives young people an opportunity to talk through their ideas, in general and in detail, before making potentially life changing decisions. Its purpose is to help individual’s to focus on their own choices, find answers to questions, resolve issues and make informed decisions. It aims to help young people to use the knowledge and skills they gain from their school careers education programme, learning experiences, as well as other formal and informal sources such as teaching staff, friends, parents, and employers. It is vital that careers guidance is impartial – free from personal or institutional bias – and supports equality, diversity and inclusion. Effective careers guidance Effective careers guidance involves:
Benefits of careers guidance Input by our professionally qualified and experienced guidance counsellors will be extremely supportive to the school’s careers education and guidance work. Benefits include:
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