Careers Wales North West Keypal Pilot Sarah Jones-Morris
Careers Wales Umbrella name for the 6 career companies in Wales Funded by the Welsh Assembly Government (also some ESF funding) Careers Information, Advice & Guidance – All age Education Business Links & Enterprise Work with disaffected young people – Youth Gateway & Keeping In Touch (KIT) Work with employers – recruitment, workforce development
The e-portfolio tool www.careerswales.com Vision - A virtual, all-age, bilingual, guidance and information service that also enables everyone in Wales to develop their own e-portfolio Registrations – in the first year 78,000 people registered in Wales
Keypal Pilot Youth Gateway Project aims: engage 16 and 17 year olds in education,employment or training build confidence & motivation in clients. Project includes: 5 day initial assessment programme 1-2-1 mentoring
Using the e-portfolio Via 1-2-1mentoring Giving tasks for young people to do in their own time. Running a full day session on the YG Initial Assessment Program. (5 hours) Half day job club sessions ( job search sessions 3 hours)
Future Plans Use e-portfolio during all initial assessment programmes to record what young people have learnt about themselves Use the inbuilt CV wizard Create application letters & personal statements Use the interview games & quizzes