1. The Henry Box School Parent Forum Careers Development Day
Ask the senior string group to play as students are entering
On your paper please write down at least three reasons why it is important for your children to talk to employers while they are still at school

2. Careers Development Day
Claire Wells: School Leader – Social Science Amanda Dickson: Careers Coach at The Henry Box School, employed by Talentino Nicola Blackford and Natalie Hopkins: Everyman Legal
10 minutes: Claire to introduce and run through slides 3-7 including teaching video.
10 minutes: Amanda to talk about her work at HBS. Parents given time to write down and ask questions.
10 minutes: Employer to talk about what they are looking for in young people today. Parents given time to write down and ask questions
10 minutes: Claire to lead discussion on how parents can support Career Development at home.

3. Careers Development Day
Why is it important for young people to talk to employers while they are still at school? Research shows that by Year 6 students have a set idea of what careers are available to them based on their gender, background, parents job, etc. Meeting employers is one way to encourage young people to explore their own potential and possibilities.
Picture challenges the assumption that only women can be early years workers

4. Careers Development Day
Why is it important for young people to talk to employers while they are still at school? It is an opportunity to network with local employers who may have part time employment opportunities available, work experience or apprenticeships.
We have had over 90 employers in school today

5. Careers Development Day
Why is it important for young people to talk to employers while they are still at school? Employers continually tell schools that students leave and are not employment ready. The more opportunities young people have for meaningful interactions with employers the more opportunities they have to develop the skills needed.

6. Careers Development Day
Why is it important for young people to talk to employers while they are still at school?
In the UK today, thousands of young people are falling outside education and employment.
Young people are nearly 3 times more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population.
Interactions with someone from business make it 5 times LESS likely that young people will end up ‘NEET’ i.e. not in employment, education or training.

7. What or who inspired your tutor to become a teacher?
This link takes you to a series of videos – you want the second one down ‘DfE get into teaching’. You will need to cut and paste it into the web browser.
Then discuss briefly with your class what inspired you to become a teacher.

8. Amanda Dickson: Careers Coach
Talentino!™ is a Career Development organisation working across England. We are instrumental in national policy and are the Strategic Lead for special needs for the Careers and Enterprise Company. We have been working with Henry Box for 3 years.
Encourage parents to ask questions

9. Our Core Passion
Our passion is to ensure that all young people have a dynamic early career development experience resulting in them making smart career decisions that will make them happy.
We involve all stakeholders – young people, parents/carers, school staff and employers in the critical process of early career development.
WHY: Young people today face the best career possibilities globally but the fiercest competition so getting in front early is critical.

10. HOW
We offer a face to face early Career Development coaching programme (research shows this is what our young people want) for the whole school; providing a continuous coaching process to help students navigate through the critical career decisions.
Students will be encouraged to ‘write their own careers story’ by:
Identifying their core passions
Exploring the widest range of possible career options at every stage
Learning how to compete for the career of their choosing
Developing skills and abilities employers are looking for

11. Why use terms like Career Development and Coaching?
Career Development implies an ongoing development process in exactly the same way as a professional at work would think about their career development.
Our focus is to empower young people to take ownership of their career goals and plans but with huge support and encouragement from all stakeholders – staff, employers and parents/carers.
The language we use is different for a reason.

12. Student Career Journey
NEW STUDENTS YOUNG CARERS ACCELERATED PROGRAMME – tailored to their needs. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT – identified and offered to students based on need. EMPLOYER ENCOUNTER – one employer encounter each year.

13. Year Group
Activity
Outcome
Career Decision 7
Introduction to Career Development during a Personal Development Day
Generate excitement and identify how students want their Careers Education to look like 8
CICO Profiling (Summer term)
Understand core passions and how that relates to different career characteristics
Employer Encounter and linking curriculum through assemblies, class workshops 9
GCSE Exploration card pack
GCSE Choices
Human Library and presentations/workshops
To widen pupil understanding of the local labour market, to explore career possibilities and develop networks
Invitation to the Apprenticeship event and Career Fair

14. Year Group
Activity
Outcome
Career Decision 10
Post 16 Choices and work with the Career Families
Refine career goals.
Personal Development Day Human Library event with Presentations/workshops
Work Experience Week; When I am at Work card set
Invitation to the Apprenticeship event and Career Convention 11
Personal guidance
Options and Labour Market information. Exploration of Apprenticeships, College, Sixth Form, University information
Career decision/next steps
Options and beyond
Apprenticeship Assembly, Workshop
FE Assembly and Workshop, Sixth form taster days
Invitation to the Apprenticeship event and Career Fair
CV writing and Interview Skills Preparation

15. Year Group
Activity
Outcome
Career Decision 12
Work Experience Week
Mentoring programme
University visit and UCAS support offered by Sixth form
Career Exploration card sets to include Apprenticeship, University
Fully understand career decision for Post 18
Post 18 options
Labour Market Assembly and Routes into work
Invitation to the Apprenticeship event and Career Convention
Personal guidance 13

16. Post 16 and 18 Options
Remain in Employment, Education or Training until the age of 18
SIXTH FORM COLLEGE APPRENTICESHIP
Work towards achieving their Maths and English GCSE during this time
Post 18 equal weight given to University and Apprenticeships

17. Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Enterprise Advisor role

18. OxLEP support the school to ………
Understand The Local Labour Market
Connect with local businesses and build partnerships to enable mentoring and employer engagements, etc
Help us to understand what businesses are looking for in young people
You too can be involved…..

19. How can you support your child at home with their career development?
With the person next to you write down as many ideas as you can.
Claire to lead this section.

20. How can you support your child at home with their career development?
Talk to them about your own career path – take them to work for a day!
Encourage them to talk to friends and family about their jobs
Encourage them to pursue their own interests and take part in school and community events
Keep an open mind
A few suggestions – Amanda to add more?

21. Should you encourage your child to work part-time
Should you encourage your child to work part-time? A controversial debate!
A recent study of teenagers found that those who work more hours per week achieve lower grades, spend less time on homework, exert less effort in school, are less involved in extracurricular activities, and report higher rates of drug and alcohol use and delinquency.
The students who worked did not have any advantages, compared to those who did not work, with respect to self-reliance, work orientation, or self-esteem. Other studies have found similar results.
Consider limiting their work to fewer than 8 hours per week. If they work, keep an eye on how it affects their school work and social development.
(source: careerkey.org)
This is controversial and aimed at Sixth Form – be aware some parents financially need their children to work….

22. Evaluation
Please can you fill in an evaluation form and hand it to a member of staff on your way out. Thank you for coming!