1. Careers Live, Aspire-i Thursday 31 January 2013 David Andrews
Careers Education and Guidance in Schools: making the current policy work for young people
Careers Live, Aspire-i
Thursday 31 January 2013
David Andrews

2. Students’ CEIAG support needs
Careers Information
on post-13/14 (KS4) options, post-16 options, post-17 and post-18 options
on progression routes
comprehensive, up to date, accessible
Careers Advice & Guidance
linked to tutoring and mentoring
effective recording and referral
impartial (based on the needs of the learner, not the institution)
Careers education
how to use information and guidance
career management skills
employability skills

3. The partnership approach (1973 - )
Schools
careers information
careers education
initial advice and guidance, and referrals to external careers guidance service
External careers guidance service
careers guidance: in context of IAG on wider range of wellbeing matters
support for careers information
support for careers education

4. National Careers Service (launched 5 April 2012)
For adults (BIS) - £84.4M in
online and telephone helpline services
face-to-face careers guidance (free to priority groups)
For young people (DfE) - £4.7M in
online and telephone helpline services
[face-to-face careers guidance services on the open market, if the local provider decides to offer such services to schools]

5. Education Act 2011: CEG
From September 2012 schools have a new statutory duty to secure access to independent careers guidance for pupils in Years 9-11 (which will be extended down to Y8 and up to age 18 in schools and colleges from September 2013)
‘careers guidance’ must be presented as impartial, include information on all options in learning, and promote the best interests of the pupils
‘independent’ is defined as provided by persons other than those employed at/by the school
[the duty applies to academies and free schools through their funding agreements]
The statutory duty to teach careers education has been repealed

6. From September 2012
Decisions about the careers education, and careers guidance, young people receive will be made by schools
There is a range of providers of careers guidance (local authority services, private providers, individuals, etc.)
LAs retain responsibility for the targeted support for the more vulnerable young people, including those who are NEET and those with SEN/LDD (e.g. Section 139a assessments)

7. Careers education and work-related learning, including enterprise: school autonomy
Schools were already free to determine:
the amount of time allocated
what was taught
how it was taught
where in the curriculum it was taught
The only additional freedom that repealing the statutory duties gives schools is the freedom to drop these areas from the curriculum

8. Careers education and work-related learning, including enterprise: schools’ responsibilities
equipping young people to make effective use of information, advice and guidance
making cost-effective use of the career guidance that schools will have to pay for in the future
developing young people’s career management and employability skills
ACEG Framework for careers and work-related education 7-19
Local quality awards and the Quality in Careers standard

9. Work-related learning
“blanket work experience for all pupils at KS4 has served its time” Wolf Report, 2011
Work experience is not the same as work-related learning and enterprise
All pupils should learn about the world of work and develop skills for work
All pupils, or students, should have experience of the world of work, at a point in their studies that is relevant to their particular programme of learning

10. school - external guidance service partnership
Careers Service service level agreements
Connexions partnership agreements
School-commissioned contracts with providers of careers guidance

11. Careers guidance from 2012: schools doing it themselves
employing a professionally qualified careers adviser
training a teacher or member of the non-teaching staff to provide career guidance
giving the job to someone not qualified or trained “It will not be sufficient for schools to employ their own careers professional … and then rely on signposting to a website …” John Hayes, Minister for FE, Skills and Lifelong Learning March 2012

12. Careers guidance from 2012: schools buying in careers guidance
from the [a] local authority
from a careers guidance company
from a sole trader/individual CA
from a social enterprise formed by several CAs
from an EBP
from an FE college student services department
from a local partnership of schools + sixth form college
from a university careers service
as an individual school or as a consortium

13. Providers of careers guidance
schools themselves
impartiality?
qualifications to provide career guidance?
individual careers advisers
referral and support?
professional updating?
cover for sick leave?
LAs/Connexions/careers/other organisations
existing provider continuity; links with ‘targeted’ service
new provider fresh start; commissioning and contract monitoring; local knowledge

14. Step-by-step guide to commissioning
Clarifying understanding of the new duty
Briefing senior leaders and governors
Reviewing current provision
Identifying the services that need to be commissioned
Confirming the budget for CEIAG services
Identifying possible providers
Researching providers
Drawing up a shortlist of potential providers
Inviting bids
Agreeing a contract

15. Step 0
Which senior leader will take responsibility for commissioning careers guidance services for the school?
Will the school commission services as an individual school or as part of a group of schools?

16. Re-assessing provision
What could be provided internally?
What will still be available from the local authority?
What is needed from an external provider?

17. Services from an external provider
Pupils/students
one-to-one guidance
groupwork
drop-in surgeries
support on results days
access in holiday time
Parents
information meetings
consultation evenings
School/staff
careers information support
curriculum advice
support for work experience
quality award
INSET
network meetings

18. Quality matters
In October 2011 BIS announced a national quality standard for the National Careers Service (an upgraded and improved Matrix standard), to set a standard for other providers of careers guidance
Professional qualifications for careers guidance advisers DipCG; QCG; NVQ 4 Advice & Guidance; Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development

19. Choosing a provider range of services quality standards
professional qualifications
impartiality
experience of working with schools and young people
local knowledge
referral and support
cover for absence
CRB checks
public liability and professional indemnity insurance
costs

20. Will it work? Concerns Reviews Underlying problems
no entitlement for students
inconsistent quality of service
“postcode lottery”
“squeezed middle”
Reviews
Education Select Committee inquiry into careers guidance for young people (published 23 January 2013)
Ofsted survey (spring term 2013)
Underlying problems
no funding
very limited support
no monitoring
no sanctions

21. H of C Education Committee report
Careers guidance for young people: The impact of the new duty on schools (23 January 2013)
“The Government’s decision to transfer responsibility for careers guidance to schools is regrettable. We have concerns about the consistency, quality, independence and impartiality of careers guidance now being offered to young people. We heard evidence that there is already a worrying deterioration in the overall level of provision for young people. Urgent steps need to be taken by Government to ensure that young people’s needs are met.”

22. What would help? Funding DfE (what happened to the £200M?)
Support and sharing good practice
Local authorities
National Careers Service
Career Development Institute
Challenge and monitoring

23. Professional development for careers work
Training for coordinator/manager (‘Careers Leader’)
careers education and guidance
management and curriculum leadership
Training of tutors providing guidance
knowledge and understanding of opportunities and progression routes
information and advice skills
school-based
Training for teachers of careers education
Information briefings for all staff
14-19 options, qualifications and progression routes

24. Professional qualifications for the future: proposition and possibilities
A single professional development framework for all career development professionals, designed as a unified framework for mandatory and optional modules
HE-based route Enhanced Qualification in Career Guidance (QCG)
Competency-based route Enhanced L6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development

25. Issues for schools
Will you make any changes to the provision of careers education and work-related learning, now they are no longer statutory?
What does the local authority intend to provide in terms of ‘targeted’ support services:
for which young people?
breadth of services, including careers guidance?
What guidance do you already provide internally and what might you provide in the future?
What services will you want from an external provider of careers guidance:
for pupils?; for parents?; for staff?
Which senior leader will be taking the lead on securing careers guidance services for pupils?
What approach to providing careers guidance will you adopt?