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YOUNG ENTERPRISEFramework of Support for Good Career Guidance, Employability and Enterprise Education at Key Stage 3, 4 & 5

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Framework of Support for Good Career Guidance, Employability and Enterprise Education at Key Stage 3, 4 & 5

Young Enterprise Framework of Support for Good Career Guidance, Employability and Enterprise Education at Key Stage 3, 4 & 5

It is well researched that young people who experience four or more encounters with employers during their time at school are five times less likely to become NEET and earn, on average, 16% more than their peers.(1)

At Young Enterprise (YE), we recognise the need for educators to have both choice and access to high quality opportunities that create aspirational careers guidance, develop employability skills and deliver inspirational enterprise education. Learning by doing and engaging local volunteer employees in the classroom are at the heart of Young Enterprise’s approach to teaching and learning. We have access to over 6,000 volunteers from a range of industry sectors who support our programmes. Through these programmes, students gain a first-hand insight into the career of local employees and learn about the skills which are valued in the workplace.

Young Enterprise programmes support good educational practice by:

• providing a learning environment that creates space for invention, management and calculation of risk, and values learning from mistakes

• using authentic, practical experiences and resources; applying active learning methods that encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own learning and development by adopting a collaborative, problem orientated approach

• following an experiential learning cycle that involves structured and varied tasks to enable pupils to participate in business experience, reflect on their experience, identify and then apply the learnings into new situations

• encouraging self-assessment and recording that aids reflection and prompts identification of skills

In addition to supporting the development of employability skills, all Young Enterprise programmes support Character Education, helping schools ensure that young people develop the skills and character to succeed academically, have a fulfilling career, and make a positive contribution to British society:

• perseverance, resilience and grit• confidence and optimism• motivation, drive and ambition• community spirit• tolerance and respect• honesty, integrity and dignity• conscientiousness, curiosity and focus

This framework shows how the Young Enterprise suite of high quality educational programmes support:

• Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools(2) (England) and Careers and the World of Work(3) (Wales)

• The Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance(4)

• Inspiring and raising aspirations through encounters with employers and employees• Developing and applying employability skills, preparing young people to get jobs and

build successful careers• Developing the knowledge and understanding of students including increased

self awareness We welcome the opportunity to work together to deliver impact for the young people in your school/college based on your need.

References: 1. Education and Employers Task Force, It’s Who You Meet (2012) 2. Careers guidance and inspiration in schools – Statutory guidance for governing bodies, school leaders and school staff (DfE, March 2015) 3. Careers and the world of work: a framework for 11to19-year-olds in Wales (Learning Wales, 2016) 4. Good Career Guidance (The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, 2014)

Gatsby Benchmark

How YE Programmes Support Learn to Earn Small Business Challenge

Industry Masterclass

Launch Pad CV & Interviewing Masterclass

Tenner Challenge

Tenner Launch Masterclass

Company Programme

Team Programme

1. Stable careers programme

Contributes as an integral part of a whole school/college stable career programme

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2. Learning from career and local market information (LMI)

LMI included and students are signposted to additional information. Students gain opportunities to find out about local labour market opportunities through facilitated workshops with volunteers from industry

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3. Addressing the needs of individual pupils

Engaging a diverse range of volunteer employees, contributing to embedding equality and diversity. Addresses the individual needs of pupils by encouraging greater self awareness before exploring suitable career options at an individual level

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5. Encounters with employers and employees

Large established network of volunteers from a wide range of industries. Volunteers are trained to work with young people, support the delivery of YE programmes and provide inspirational encounters

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6. Experience of workplaces

Providing a real business opportunity in the form of a business start up to explore a range of career opportunities and/or by expanding student and school/college’s network

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8. Personal guidance

By providing an activity to prepare individuals to gain maximum benefit from interviews with career advisers and facilitating goal setting for future career plans

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Supporting the Gatsby BenchmarksIn 2014 the Gatsby Charitable Foundation published a report on Good Career Guidance(4). The report identifies eight benchmarks of good practice for Good Career Guidance in secondary schools. Young Enterprise programmes support six of these benchmarks.


KEY: 4 Contributes towards 4 4 Delivers

Employer and Employee Encounters Learn to Earn Small Business Challenge



Tenner Challenge


Company Programme

Team Programme

Volunteers share an insight into their jobs and their career progression, inspiring and informing the students, enabling them to make more informed choices, preparing them for life beyond education and helping students to connect the future with the present

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Volunteer employees from the local businesscommunity / world of work facilitate workshop activities with small groups of students throughout the day

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Volunteer employees from the local business community / world of work support groups ofstudents as they set up and run their own business

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Volunteer employees share the industry skills that are valued in their workplace and real life examples of them applied in action in their work

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Students gain an opportunity to explore specific industry sectors relevant to national and local Labour Market Needs

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Inspiring and raising aspirations through encounters with employers and employeesYoung Enterprise has a network of over 6,000 volunteers trained to work with young people. They provide inspirational encounters with employers and employees from a wide range of industries. Local volunteer engagement is a vital part of Young Enterprise programmes – they act as role models and assist delivering programmes in schools and colleges across the country.


KEY: 4 One off encounters with employers and employees 4 4 Multiple encounters with employers and employees 4 4 4 Regular sustained encounters with employers and employees

Learn to Earn Small Business Challenge



Tenner Challenge


Company Programme

Team Programme

Duration 5-6 hours 3-6 hours 3-6 hours 3-6 hours 3-6 hours Up to 4 weeks 3-6 hours Up to 1 year Up to 1 year

Key Stage 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Key Stage 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Key Stage 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Flexible to meet the needs of your school/college

Skill Development Learn to Earn Small Business Challenge



Tenner Challenge


Company Programme

Team Programme

Communication skills 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Confidence and a can-do attitude 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Financial capability 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Organisation and decision making 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Initiative 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Problem solving & creative thinking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Resilience 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Teamwork and leadership 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Developing and applying employability skillsParticipating in Young Enterprise programmes provides young people with an opportunity to understand, develop and apply employability skills that are highly valuable to employers and further learning providers.


KEY: 4 Raises awareness 4 4 Builds understanding and provides opportunities to apply skillls 4 4 4 Provides opportunity to model key competencies and evidence application of skills using real-life examples

KEY: 4 Suitable for Key Stage

Programmes

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Learn to EarnLearn to Earn inspires students to take ownership of their life choices and think about the careers they can have and the qualifications they need to pursue them.


• Increased knowledge of personal strengths and preferences and what personal success means

• Knowledge of a wide range of career options aligned to personality strengths and preferences

• Understanding of the impact education/training and qualifications have on future career and life choices

• Financial understanding including cost of living expenses and the capability to make informed decisions to plan for successful financial futures

• Ability to set goals and plan next steps to achieve success

• Knowledge of local career opportunities and an insight into the career of local volunteer employees and the chance to learn about the skills which are valued in the workplace

Knowledge & Understanding Gained

• 1 hour logistics planning meeting ahead of delivery

• Appropriate number of teaching staff required to supervise students and support YE delivery staff on the day

Support Required From School/College

The programme inspires students and provides information on career options to help them make informed choices and prepare them for destinations and life beyond education.

Students engage in a range of hands-on activities including role-play interviews and a board game to help them understand how education is key to their future success and happiness. We explore themes including career choices, personal skills, job interviews, financial planning and budgeting.

Students are guided to learn more about themselves, consider their own strengths and build greater self awareness, and to explore career options aligned to personality traits.

Information is provided on a wide range of career opportunities within the context of Local Market Information. Students individually explore career options which they may not have considered previously.

Activities help the student to set goals and plan next steps to achieve success. Students are signposted to where they can get further information, advice and guidance.

Programme Overview

Small Business Challenge

This programme provides an introduction to employability skills and helps individuals identify skills they may already have as well as those they need more help to develop.

Students working together in teams learn about how different personalities work together before putting this into practice in a team business challenge.

During the day they develop a small business idea, considering a range of business decisions before pitching to a would-be investor.

Throughout the day, students start to build their understanding of the 8 key employability skills.

Sessions are brought to life by local business volunteers who share their experiences of working in industries and outline how different employability skills are utilised in a range of employment situations.

A fast paced, activity based Masterclass which inspires and engages students as they take part in a business challenge.


• Understanding of the skills employers are looking for; evidence of existing personal experience of employability skills, clarity on what to build on and areas for development

• Ability to recognise personality types, strengths and weaknesses and what this means for personal development and for working as part of a team

• Understanding of how small businesses are structured and the different roles and career opportunities that exist

• Understanding of how to use information to plan and present information to audiences

• Insight into the careers of local volunteer employees

and the skills which are valued in the workplace




Support Required From School/CollegeProgramme Overview


Each Masterclass provides national and local Labour Market Information and an opportunity for students to increase awareness of and develop skills most valued by employers. Students participate in a series of practical challenges relating to the chosen industry sector. Students reflect on what they learned and how these skills can be applied in future work and life.

Sessions are brought to life by local business volunteers from the industry sector who provide inspiration and act as role models as they share their experiences of industry first-hand with students.

Industry sector focused Masterclasses provide students with an insight into how business works and the opportunity to explore the wide range of career opportunities in a specific industry sector. Examples include the construction, engineering or the airline industries.


• Knowledge of a wide range of career options in the industry sector including local career opportunities and the chance to learn from local employers and employees

• Understanding of the skills employers are looking for; evidence of existing personal experience of employability skills, clarity on what to build on and areas for development

• Understanding of decisions that businesses make and the rationale behind them

• Insight into the careers of local volunteer employees and the skills which are valued in the workplace





Launch Pad

Practical and engaging sessions, supported by inspiring employee mentors, help students to discover more about themselves and develop key employability skills.

Through a series of hands on, fun activities students will engage in a number of sessions where they work on the early stages of launching a fledgling business. They will also have the opportunity to create that all-important business idea.

Through this programme students will learn the importance of teamwork, learn more about different roles that contribute to running a business and will create a brand identity and marketing strategy.

Launch Pad is ideal for those just starting out on the YE Company Programme, but equally is a stand alone day, packed full of motivating challenges that build a clearer understanding of work and promote enterprising attitudes and skills.


• Greater self awareness to recognise personality types, strengths and weaknesses and what this means for personal development and for working as part of a team

• The importance of teamwork, creating brand identity

and marketing strategies; how to evaluate business ideas to chose a potential product/service to take to market

• Insight into the career of local volunteer employees and the skills which are valued in the workplace



• Appropriate number of teaching staff required to supervise students and support YE delivery staff

on the day


CV & Interviewing Masterclass

Students receive top tips for writing a compelling CV and covering letter before rehearsing interview techniques and considering various paths to success.

Local employers and employees mentor the students during the day and share their own experience as a recruiter and job hunter.

This Masterclass also helps to set goals to help students achieve career aspirations.

This Masterclass helps students construct a good CV, and consider the skills and personal qualities employers value and how to evidence these key skills.


• Understanding of the skills employers are looking for; evidence of existing employability skills, clarity on what to build on and areas for development

• Importance and role of a CV and covering letter; how to build a compelling CV and covering letter

• How to prepare for an interview and use the STAR technique to demonstrate specific skills using real experience

• What key sectors are growing and offer the best potential for employment in future




• Appropriate number of teaching staff required to supervise students and support YE delivery staff

on the day


Tenner Challenge

Young people are pledged £10 from the Tenner Bank and use this start-up capital to get their business off the ground. Participants have one month to make as much impact and profit as they can.

Online step by step guidance and resources are provided to support teachers and students with ideas, inspiration and motivation.

Online logbooks to track the progress of students.

Free weekly competitions.

National competition - students compete with teams across the UK in a range of categories including Highest Profit and Best Social Impact. Provides students with practical experience of running a business and can be used in preparation for taking on Company or Team Programme.

Recent evaluations demonstrated:• 90% of teachers agreed that Tenner increased

participants’ financial knowledge• 87% participants would recommend Tenner to friends• 83% participants felt that Tenner gave them a unique

opportunity to achieve new things

Tenner Challenge helps to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that prepares students for life as active citizens, supports PSHE and provides practical opportunities to explore financial mathematics.


• Greater self awareness to recognise personal strengths and preferences; what this means for personal development, working as part of a team and what can be offered to a future employer

• Insight into how businesses are structured and the different roles and career opportunities that exist

• Management of finances – financial mathematics in a real life context

• Understanding of self-employment/ entrepreneurship as a career option

• How businesses can act as social enterprises and pay back to the community



• School registers for Tenner Challenge online at: www.tenner.org.uk

• Completion and return of payment forms to Young Enterprise

• School Supervisor for the challenge: - Accesses resources online to help run the

Tenner Challenge - Hands out £10 to participants - Encourages participants to enter the

weekly competitions - At end of the challenge encourages teams to

complete the online logbook and selects entries for the national competition - Returns the pledged funds to Young Enterprise


Tenner Challenge Launch Masterclass

The Masterclass leads students through the process of idea generation and product/service selection. Students complete a short planning process to ensure they gain maximum benefit from the challenge by giving them a head start!

Students learn how to enter the weekly and national competitions and discover the resources available on the Tenner website to support them.

An introduction and high impact launch of the Tenner Challenge which provides a kick start for students taking part.


• What it means to be enterprising and how to use initiative to successfully resolve problems

• Understanding of how businesses are structured and the different roles and career opportunities that exist

• How to use £10 investment to make a profit by setting up and running a business

• Understanding of sustainable business models; why this is important and how this can be applied to a business set up in the Tenner Challenge



• School required to register for Tenner online at www.tenner.org.uk in advance of the Masterclass and return payment forms



• Hand out £10 to participants


Company Programme

Running throughout one academic year, students make all the decisions about their company, from deciding on the company name and product to creating a business plan, managing the company finances and selling to the public at trade fairs. Students are covered by Young Enterprise Public Liability Insurance. Up to 25 students per company.

All this takes place with the support of a volunteer Business Adviser who brings a wealth of business knowledge and expertise. A range of resources are provided to help manage the company. Teams can track their progress using self assessment tools and even compete against other schools in local, regional and a national final.

Recent evaluations showed:• 82% of students felt that taking part in Company

Programme gave them the confidence to succeed in the future

• 74% students felt more ready for the world of work• 91% students felt that their involvement helped them

better understand their own strengths and weaknesses• 97% of young people reported skills progression

of at least one employability competency• 93% students reported it had helped them

understand the skills needed to fulfill various roles and responsibilities

• 93% of teachers agreed that Company increased student self-awareness in their own capabilities and potential and raised their career aspirations

Company Programme enables participants to experience what it’s really like to set up and run a business.


• Greater self awareness to recognise personality types, strengths and weaknesses and what this means for personal development and for working as part of a team

• First-hand experience of work and insight into a range of roles required to run a business

• Understanding of how employability skills will be needed to succeed in future work and life

• Knowledge to explain how they have personally demonstrated specific employability skills using

real experiences for inclusion in CVs and personal statements or when preparing for interviews

• Understanding of the opportunities and challenges of running a company

• In-depth understanding of how companies are organised and structured, the different roles and career opportunities that exist and the skills needed to fulfill specific roles



• Requires commitment of one lead teacher (Centre Lead) in the school/college. The role is to facilitate the programme and support the volunteer Business Adviser

• While the students are very much in charge of their own business, the Centre Lead provides the environment and facilities for them to learn and succeed


Team Programme

Team is designed to aid young people’s transition from education into independent living and employment by developing confidence and life skills through working as a team to set up and run a business. The programme is mapped to a number of qualifications including ASDAN Enterprise Short Course and BTEC Workskills.

Full teacher and student resources are provided which have been designed to be flexible and meet a range of abilities and needs.

Team enables groups of between 6 and 25 students to work together, interact with adults and grow in confidence as they set up and run their own enterprise. Students make all the decisions about their company, from deciding on the company name and product to selling to the public at trade fairs.

A programme can be run for up to one academic year and is flexible to meet school or college needs.

The Young Enterprise Team Programme is an enterprise journey for students who have mild to moderate learning difficulties or are studying Entry Level or Level 1 qualifications.


• Confidence of handling money and understanding of numbers in a practical context

• Confidence to communicate and interact with people in a variety of situations including working as part of a team

• Understanding and improvement of essential life skills to help with transition into employment or independent living

• Understanding of the world of work and practical business knowledge

• Greater self awareness to identify strengths and weaknesses and what this means for personal development



• Requires commitment of one lead teacher (Centre Lead) in the school

• The role of Centre Lead is to guide the students through the programme and provide the environment and facilities for them to learn and succeed

• Full editable teacher resources are provided to guide the teacher through the process of setting up and running the business


Our visionWe believe that young people should be given the best chance for a rewarding future in work and life – no matter where they start their journey.

Our missionWe believe that the potential of the UK’s young people is unlimited, and an academic education on its own is not enough. Our mission is to empower young people to discover, develop and celebrate their skills and potential. Young Enterprise and pfeg work directly with young people, their teachers and parents, businesses and influencers to build a successful and sustainable future for all young people and for our communities.

Through our hands-on employability and financial education programmes, resources and teacher training we want to eradicate youth unemployment, help young people realise their potential beyond education and empower a generation to learn, to work and to live.

We offer a wide range of programmes for 4-25 year olds, from one day masterclasses to year long projects. Our programmes help young people develop key employability competencies;* each is mapped by level in the Young Enterprise Learner Development Journey.

* Endorsed by findings from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and informed by other

employability skills related research.

We believe the potential of the UK’s young people is unlimited.Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading charity that empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills.


www.young-enterprise.org.uk


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