Leading and coordinating careers

The annual Teacher and Adviser, Careers, Education and Employability SfYP conference, in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, will be on Friday 21st June 2024 at the College Lane Campus.

The conference will include keynote speakers and interactive workshops to inform, update and inspire attendees.

Confirmed keynotes include Laura Knight; AI and the Future Skills: How to Prepare Young People for the New Era, and UCAS. A wide variety of workshops will include SEND best practice, updates on the Local Skills Improvement Plan, the apprenticeship twin-track toolkit, careers policy developments, quality in the careers curriculum, an admissions tutor panel, the University Alliance, and Student Finance England.

Please register your attendance now.

Inclusion and Skills conference 21^st June 2023

Presentations:

Hero Slinn Inclusion and Skills keynote

John Ambrose Complete Careers LLP

Learning Difficulties and Disabilities LDD 2B

University of Hertfordshire Liaison Offer

Services for Young People Preventative Programmes

Services for Young People Duke of Edinburgh

Public Health Future Prospects

HCC SfYP IAG WRL Conference on Microsoft Teams- Enabling Young People to Succeed. Wednesday 29th June 2022

Please find the presentations from the conference below-

 Showcasing Best Practice Delivery Models with local Special Schools

T Level - Technical Qualification in Education and Childcare (Level 3) 

Herts for Learning - study programme funding

Destination Data

Hertfordshire Young Peoples Survey

The CDI Framework in Context

T Levels - DfE

Careers strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents.

Careers guidance and access for education and training providers

Destinations data: good practice guide for schools

The Gatsby Benchmarks have been refined to better align with the needs of young people in college

Schools wishing to assess their careers programme against the Gatsby benchmarks can use the free Compass audit tool, created jointly by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Careers & Enterprise Company.

Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People (SfYP) offer can help schools and colleges meet the benchmarks

The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) aims to support the government’s long-term economic plan by helping young people consider all the options available to them

The latest statutory guidance, states that careers guidance will continue to be considered during Ofsted inspections, as set out in the Education Inspection Framework and Common Inspection Handbook:

Education Inspection Framework

School Inspection Handbook

The Quality in Careers Standard is the national quality award for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in schools, colleges and work-based learning.  Governmental statutory guidance recommends that all schools should work towards this award.

Working towards this award supports the learning provider by:

• Raising the standard of the management and delivery of careers education, information, advice and guidance
• Raising the profile of careers related education in the wider curriculum
• Improving outcomes for young people and facilitating successful transition from learning to work
• Supporting preparation for Ofsted
• Providing a framework for meeting statutory guidance requirements

If your organisation is interested in following the recommendations in the statutory guidance and gaining recognition for good practice in careers-related education, please visit Quality in Careers for more information.

The CDI launched the New Career Development Framework (thecdi.net) on April 21st 2021. The launch includes the publication of the following resources:

A two-page poster highlighting the six learning areas by key stage 

A one-page handout or poster explaining the Framework for learners and clients

A 12-page guide to the Framework for careers practitioners

A 24-page handbook for secondary schools, focusing on using the Framework to support career education and guidance in secondary schools/colleges (Key stage 3 - post-16)

A paper detailing the development of the Framework

Further new resources:

Career Development Audit against the CDI Framework

Career Development Plan against the CDI Framework

Case studies

Every school should appoint a named person to the role of Careers Leader to lead the careers programme 

For independent impartial guidance services and support for teachers in developing the careers programme from SfYP please see Establishing a Stable Careers Programme and Careers curriculum and information support, or contact SfYP.IAG@hertfordshire.gov.uk

For a guide to understanding the role and information on available training www.careersandenterprise.co.uk