Careers
Careers leader - Gill Clark
Email: gillian.clark@elms.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01304 201964
Elms School Career Strategy
Careers Education, information, advice and guidance
At Elms school we are committed to providing our pupils in our Primary and our Secondary phase with a careers programme that is centred around their needs. The careers programme is integrated into our pupils’ experience of the curriculum
Our aim is to:
- Encourage all pupils to consider their future careers through KS3 and KS4
- Encourage all pupils to develop decision making skills
- Inspire as well as inform and guide
- Provide pupils with impartial advice
Careers programme: Year 7 ‘exploring the pupils’ interests’
- Tutorial PSHE to help pupils understand more about themselves (self-development)
- Know where to look for information (careers exploration)
- Plan for their future (careers management)
Careers programme: Year 8 ‘exploring the pupils’ interests’
- Tutorial PHSE help pupils to self-evaluate their ‘strengths’ and ‘areas to develop’ to make decisions for their ‘options’
- Pupils have access to impartial careers guidance through KSent special schools network (careers management)
- Pupils visit the in-house annual careers fair
- Following on ‘research’ from the visit to the in-house annual careers fair
Careers programme: Year 9 ‘focus on building aspirations’
- Tutorial PHSE to help pupils form a deeper understanding about themselves and their future (hopes, interests and ambitions)
- Pupils have access to impartial careers guidance through KSent special schools network (careers management)
- Pupils visit the in-house school annual careers fair
- Complete research
- Pupils have support planning college courses
- School employees visit school to discuss their job
- Early visit to local college ‘mini-taster’ days with careers lead
- Early planning for work experience opportunities
Careers programme: Year 10
‘Addressing self-presentation’ and focus on what employers want’
- Tutorial PHSE to help pupils form a deeper understanding about themselves and their future (hopes, interests and ambitions)
- Prepare CV
- Mock interviews
- Subject teachers to give a presentation ‘My subject can …’
- Pupils have continued access to impartial careers guidance through KSent special schools network (careers management)
- Pupils attend the in-house school annual careers fair
- Pupils have support researching, planning college courses
- Early visit to local college ‘mini-taster’ days with careers lead
- Visit to the job centre
- Visits to external employers to discuss their job
- Early planning for work experience opportunities with a work experience opportunity
Careers programme: Year 11 ‘practical focus on making plans’
- Tutorial PHSE to help pupils form a deeper understanding about themselves and their future
- Employment trends, challenges to stereotypes
- Visit by the Department of Works and Pensions
- Pupils have continued access to impartial careers guidance through KSent special schools network (careers management)
- Pupils attend the in-house school annual careers fair
- Pupils make applications for college courses
- Visit local college ‘taster’ days’ and/or ‘open days’ with careers lead and parents
- Visit to external employers visit to discuss their job
Preparation for work experience placement with an employer for a period of a week. While you are working there you will find out what kinds of skills employers look for. The completion of the work experience ‘journal’ will be a useful record for your future.