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A new era for careers delivery and services in schools and colleges
Dr Deirdre Hughes
Immediate President, Institute of Career Guidance
Overview
• The changing landscape for careers delivery and services
• Legislative changes: a new market economy
• Trusting the professionals – teachers and careers professionals
• All-age careers service - update
• A new era: challenges and opportunities
Do we all know where we are going with careers delivery and
services?
New Jobs New Futures
Drivers and legislative changes
• The Government’s ‘Big Society’ vision - influencing the shape and formation of central and localised policies
• The Sustainable Communities Act: an invitation to inspire the Big Society (2010)
• The Decentralisation and Localism Bill (2010)• Schools White Paper (2010) & new
Education Bill (2011)
Shifting paradigms
From this… To this…
6Extract from: Dr Deirdre Hughes, Associate Fellow, IER, Warwick University
Rethinking Public, Private and Third Sector services
• New arrangements• New partnerships• New markets• New players
Where does careers delivery and services feature in this new landscape?
3 main channels of integrated delivery
Careers Sector• Web portal(s)• Telephone support• Face-to-face• Profession
Registration; CPD; Quality Standards
Public, Private, Voluntary & Community
Government(s)• Value for money• Timely & appropriate
interventions• Priority groups• Tracking and
Destinations
Evidence
Careers Profession Taskforce: a stronger
careers profession• Common code of ethics and professional
standards• Qualifications – minimum level 6• Register of practitioners and/or ‘licence to
practise’ linked to continuing CPD• Training – ‘careers first’ to ‘careers last’• National quality kitemark underpinned by
quality awards
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UK Careers Profession Alliance – ‘One voice
making an impact’
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Strategic options available
• Blended services – web, telephone and face-to-face• Purchase and supply decisions based on code of
ethics, professional standards and value for money• Independent / collegiate arrangements• Staff development and training – upskilling the
workforce• Strong links to new all-age careers service from April
2012 onwards
http://www.careersinnovation.net/
Where you can find leading-edge ideas for careers
Careers Work Innovation Website