Claire Nix

CDI Vision UK wide professional body for people working in career education, career guidance, career coaching and talent management Set, monitor and maintain professional standards underpinned by a code of ethics Support CD professionals to deliver high quality services Strategic partnerships – Careers & Enterprise Company, Quality in Careers Standard, TeachFirst, NICEC Speak as a united voice for the profession and to lobby

National Context inequalities across courses & sectors affecting productivity & individual wellbeing e.g. at the current rate, the pay gap will not be eradicated until 2069. Social Mobility Barometer Poll 50% believe where you end up is determined by your background 4 in 5 believe there is a large gap between the social classes in Britain with poorer people held back at every stage 71% say there are regional differences in opportunity Deep pessimism among students with calls for a coalition of education, business and communities to champion a level playing field of opportunity. 7% of students with learning difficulties are in paid employment, undermining their chance to develop an independent life and placing demands on the public purse students with SEND are the most likely group to be absent or excluded from school (Ofsted), and are less likely to achieve in terms of their attainment and progression progression to higher education varies from under 10% in some schools to over 90% in others.

Gatsby Benchmarks Encounters with employers and employees (IiC 4) Experiences of workplaces (IiC 4) Encounters with further and higher education (IiC 3 & 4) Personal guidance (IiC 5) Stable careers programme (IiC 1, 2, 3, 7 & 8) Learning from career and labour market information (IiC 3 &4) Addressing the needs of each pupil (IiC 3,6 & 8) Linking curriculum learning to careers (IiC 2 & 3)

Gatsby Benchmarks – More than a list?

Examples of Delivery in SEND settings Michael Tippett College Unlocking Potential – Everyone’s Future Counts Follow British Association for Supported Employment national standards and the DfE Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) curriculum. 3 lead staff are undertaking the BASE Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners. Students have 1st hand experience of different work. Throughout the college there are pictures of students doing different jobs and this helps students reflect on their experience and helps other students identify potential work activities. TMTC work with Jobcentre Plus to help students and parents explore options in the labour market. Local businesses and other external partners are involved in mentoring and support as well as providing work-related activities. BM 1, 2, 5,6 & 8) A short stay unit in South London puts huge efforts into encouraging student attainment and re-engagement. Within PSHE, teachers use Doddle to track the progress e.g. “I can identify different types of career pthway that I would be able to follow”. A learning mentor maintains a profile including careers related activities. Students draw up a CV identifying relevant experience and skills and also complete work experience diaries. All students have a comprehensive Leavers’ Folder including a letter from the Principal, a record of their functional skills, all of their certificates and references. The school holds a leaving ceremony attended by parents to celebrate students’ achievements and present them with their Folder. (BM3)

Examples in a SEND setting Classroom assistants in a specialist unit for very vulnerable students develop large individual posters on the classroom walls for each young person. This gives details of their career journeys and the labour market information they need to help them progress. The careers posters are encouraging and inspirational and a lot of time and effort is put into tailoring these for each student. (BM2)

Achieving the Gatsby 8 – Churchill Community College Effective leadership and accountability Programme linked to whole school aims of raising aspirations and levels of achievement Focus on developing the staff to support the careers programme Local partnerships – universities, employers, apprenticeship providers Broad and progressive programme of support Achieved Quality in Careers Standard Commissions external guidance

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