Your advice guarantee
Monday 26 October 2009
There are lots of education, training and work opportunities that you can explore:
- Apprenticeships
- the Diploma
- Foundation Learning
- GCSEs
- A levels
- university
- learning at work
Which of them could be right for you?
Choose wisely to make the most of your skills and abilities, and you can look forward to a happy future.
But the world of work is changing fast. How can you find the right path? To make the right decisions, you’ll probably need a bit of help. There’s lots of support on offer and a new government-backed ‘guarantee’ will make sure you get the help you need.
What help will I need?
When you’re planning your future, trained advisers will be able to give you:
- reliable and up-to-date information about choices in your personal life and your learning and career options
- advice on where to get help that’s relevant to you and how to apply it to your own life
Your adviser will also help you:
- work out what you really want to do
- understand what you can achieve
- sort out any problems in your life
- find your way to a bright future
The IAG Guarantee
The Information, Advice and Guidance Guarantee is a government promise that any help you need with your education, learning and career choices will be available whenever and wherever you need it.
From Year 7
From Year 7 onwards, you can get:
- support from a Personal Tutor who knows you well. Your Personal Tutor will help you get specialist advice when you need it, and tackle any problems that get in the way of your learning
- high-quality careers education to help you to plan and manage your career
- impartial information and advice about learning and work options, including Apprenticeships, Diplomas, Foundation Learning and GCSEs/A levels
- information and advice about the opportunities and benefits of higher education, and about what you need to do to get into university
Years 10 and 11
In Years 10 and 11, you can learn more about the world of work, giving you a feel for what it’s really like.
Your school will usually organise this, but it’s up to you to decide what sort of career path you want to find out more about.
This work-related learning could be:
- work taster sessions
- visits to your school by employers
- experience of working in a real workplace
Help from a careers expert
Everyone between 13 and 19 years old also has access to:
- one-to-one advice and support from a local Connexions adviser
- information and advice by telephone and online every day from Connexions Direct
- information about local support services for any personal, social, health or financial problems from your local authority
- information on all local learning programmes for 14-19 year olds in your local online prospectus
Send n2k your own career tips
Was choosing a different type of qualification the best thing you ever did? Has anyone in your family passed on some advice that you found really useful?
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