1. Careers Wales North West
Keypal Pilot
Sarah Jones-Morris

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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