Transcript National Careers Council report

The National Careers
Service for Londoners
WELCOME
Brenda Cabras
Director of Employment and Training
Laurie McMcLoughlin
Lead Adviser National Careers Service
OVERVIEW
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Employment and skills: individuals, jobs and growth
Challenges: economic, social and cultural prosperity
Careers policies: tidal waves, turbulence and transformation
National and local careers support services: where next?
PUBLIC POLICY
Policies seek to change attitudes and behaviours:
 Increased jobs, growth and productivity
 Skills and capabilities of people
 Extension of working life
 Welfare reform
GOVERNMENT CAREERS POLICIES
 Statutory guidance: the duty to secure independent and impartial
careers guidance for young people in schools (DfE, March 2013)
 Extend the duty on schools to secure access to independent and
impartial careers guidance down to Year 8 and up to age 18, with
effect from Sept 2013
 Raising of the Participation Age
 Youth Guarantee
 Destination Measures
NEW – CAREERS ACTION PLAN FOR ENGLAND
NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE
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BIS - £84.4m
MOJ - £14m
DfE - £4.7m
DWP - £1.5m
National Careers Council report (P.13)
PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CAREERS
SUPPORT SERVICES ACROSS LONDON
 London Councils – pioneering careers work in London
 GLA Economy Committee – tailor-made: improving adult careers services in
London
 Education Select Committee Report
 Ofsted – Going in the Right Direction?
 National Careers Council – an Aspirational Nation: creating a culture
change in careers provision
 Pearson Think Tank – a Cloudy Horizon: careers services in England
What really makes a difference?
 A strong leadership focus on careers work
 A clear ‘line of sight to learning and work’ opportunities
MAKING THIS WORK
 High impact delivery and co-working between a range of community
institutions
 Careers insights – more links to employers / employees
 Careers guidance – qualified professionals
 Greater involvement of employers
 Training and support for leaders, managers and practitioners –
‘careers in the 21st Century’
 Dedicated funding for national and local careers support and
employability services
NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE IN
LONDON : IN COMMUNITY
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Universal Service: face-to-face
Up to three sessions for priority groups
Extensive labour market information
Web-based service
Telephone advice and guidance
NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE IN
LONDON: IN CUSTODY
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Deliver service in all London prisons
Focus on resettlement
Joint work with JCP, Probation, local authorities and the VCS
14,500 sessions last year
NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE IN
LONDON: THE FUTURE
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Re-procurement 2014
LEP and GLA priorities
Role of the National Careers Service with young people
Impact of Universal Credit (OECD Report 2013: untapped
workforce)
THANK YOU
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