JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Career services in Estonia

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE career education career counselling career information It contains Where? educational organisations community sector private sector

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE face to face and distance sessions individually or group How? Methods assessment self-assessment counselling interviews work search programmes

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Ministry of Education and Research is responsible for providing service among young people in education. Ministry on Social Affairs is responsible for providing service among adult people ( unemployed, jobseekers and employed)

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Service provision In general education Professional Career is cross-curricular theme Professional Career is supported by non- formal education Higher education institutions have established career centres on their own initiative and without any central regulation.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Since 2005, there are three professional standards for career practitioners in Estonia: career counsellor, career information specialist and career co- ordinator.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Tasks of a career councelor are co-operation with regional youth information and counselling centres (YICCs) and class teachers, supporting subject teachers in the implementation of the cross-curricular theme.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Career information specialist. The aim of the work of a career information specialist is helping to fulfil the target groups’ need for information concerning education, labour market and professions.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Career co-ordinator is a specialist whose main activity is planning and coordinating career training in school. A school career co- ordinator may work in general education schools, vocational educational institutions and high schools.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Quality assurance in providing services. During the programme called “Development of Career Services in Estonia ” have been composed an important document- “Standard of counselling youth” containing several criteria of providing career services.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Providing career services in vocational schools is a new trend. The reason of it is high level of dropouts, dissatisfaction with jobs and the fact that career services in general educatoin is insufficient.

JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE Aims of the new programme “Development of Career Services in Estonia ” are Developing the methods of career services Composing the training system for career practitioners Providing career services Composing the quality assessment system of career services Coordinating and integrating of different career services with principles of lifelong learning FUTURE