Skills for Employment - key updates

For more information about anything mentioned here, please contact skillsforemployment@warwickshire.gov.uk.

New Careers Support Service

The Council has introduced a free support service for secondary schools and FE colleges.

Funded by the Skills for Employment programme, the service will provide one day of expert advice and support to cover one or more requirements of the national Careers Strategy chosen by the school or college.

Alternatively, a school or college might request a 'Mocksted' assessment of its Careers programme and provision. The service will be delivered by Career Seekers Direct. 

Careers Leaders in all secondary schools and colleges were informed about the service in mid-September and they have until the end of March 2020 to engage with Career Seekers Direct and receive the support.

Careers Leader development workshop - 27 November

Development of Careers Leaders in schools and colleges remains a key priority for the council's Skills for Employment programme. At a very successful event in September, 30 Careers Leaders heard directly from the West Midlands senior HMI what Ofsted will be looking for in careers provision during future inspections.

Ian Smith-Childs, Headteacher of The Coleshill School, will be the key speaker at our next development event on 27 November (2-4pm at Chesford Grange Hotel) when he will talk about the school's experience of working towards and achieving the Quality in Careers standard.

The Careers Leader of Nicholas Chamberlaine School, Alex Parsons-Moore, will also speak about his experience and the benefits of achieving the level 7 award in Careers Leadership at the University of Warwick, funded by the Skills for Employment programme.

There will also be an update on the My World of Work programme of sector-based activity we will be offering in March 2020.

Health Sector workshop for pupils - 13 November

Health is a sector with significant skills shortages in the county so we are keen to enable young people and teachers to find out about the careers on offer.  Therefore, we are funding a half-day workshop introducing a range of occupations to pupils in a fun, interactive way.

The workshop will take place in both the morning and afternoon at the Nuneaton Academy on 13 November.  It will be repeated in the south of the county later in the year or in early 2020.  Full details have been sent to Careers Leaders.