Employers - Careers Guidance

Employers play a vital role in ensuring that we offer a careers programme which prepares our young people for the world of work and the confidence to make progression decisions that are right for them.  Young people need access to quality experiences in order to prepare them for the opportunities, experiences and challenges that the future world of work has to offer.  

• So can you given an hour – face to face or virtually?  
• Would you be able to provide a short video to help our link curriculum learning to careers?  
• Are you to offer a work experience?
• Do you have resources that you wish to share with us?  

No matter whether you are a small, medium or large company; the CEO or an apprentice; all of you will have an influence on our learners. You do not need to have had previous experience in working with young people – sharing your own experience and your own career journey will be invaluable in helping young people to shape their thinking about their career path.  If you are interested in working with us please email: dbeckford@swanshurst.org.

Employers who take an active role in the careers process of young people can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development. (informative detailed guide from CEC & CBI click here).  Before any engagement event we will provide you with a description of the event; intended learner outcome; detailed timetable and the opportunity to complete at the end of the Employer Feedback Key Encounter form. Learners will be well prepared for the event and will also complete the Student Feedback Key Encounter form which the summary results can be shared with you the employer.

Careers provision within the school and sixth form is mapped and gapped against the DfE Careers guidance and access for education and training providers, Statutory Guidance 2018 and also mapped against the Gatsby Benchmarks 1-8 and currently being mapped against the new CDI Framework for careers, employability and enterprise education. Every school should be using the Gatsby Benchmarks to improve their careers provision and these benchmarks are:

1. A stable careers programme;
2. Learning from career and labour market information;
3. Addressing the needs of each student;
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers;
5. Encounters with employers and employees;
6. Experiences of work places;
7. Encounters with further and higher education;
8. Personal Guidance

The programme is reviewed annually and we assess the impact of the careers programme with feedback from students, teachers and employers so that we can continue to provide and improve the quality of our careers provision. Students destinations are tracked to ensure that they can successfully move onto the most appropriate pathway for them

For further information, including a copy of our information provider policy, please contact the school and ask for Mrs Beckford, Careers Leader.

We are constantly reviewing the delivery of our careers programme and as we progress through the academic year we will expect to see some amendments as opportunities are made to us.