CEIAG for NEETs, FE/WBL Learners & Adults (Manchester)

We are also running this event in London on 17th April, for details please click here

Confirmed Speakers:

• Steve Stewart, CSWP, Chief Executive
• Andrea Cowans, Learner Support Manager, Leeds City Council & Jenny Cryer, Senior Operations Manager, Prospects Services
• Gary Longden, Deputy Chief Executive, Nottingham Futures
• Chris Waterman, Director of Design, Reduced Policy Company (chair)

The Context & Issues:

The National Careers Service goes live in April 2012, but there are significant question-marks hanging over its ability to cater for NEETs, students and adults. Effectively implementing the NCS will only happen if careers advice providers, colleges and local authorities receive adequate support, work innovatively within financial constraints and establish stronger partnerships.

Key issues to be addressed at this Policy & Practice Briefing will include:

• Careers services for FE students: how will cuts to Connexions affect the availability of careers advice & guidance?
• Changes to statutory duties for careers advice & guidance: assessing the impact on 16 – 19 year olds & adults, gauging the response of councils, local authorities and the NCS
• The new National Council for Careers: how will it make a difference?
• The Youth Contract: what service will it provide, who will it target and how will it operate?
• Securing high quality CEIAG: can the Quality in Careers Standard make a difference?
• Career development: what does the future hold for the careers profession?
• DWP and Jobcentre Plus: how will they fit into the new policy framework?
• The effect of the Education Act: what will it mean for young people leaving school?
• Case studies of collaboration between colleges, Jobcentre Plus and the NCS
• Online service and the use of social media: web-based provision in action

Objectives and Outcomes:

Develop your understanding of Government policy. The ‘Current & Future Policy’ session will give you the chance to discuss the implementation of the NCS and its probable impact on colleges, local authorities and career guidance businesses.

Learn from organisations that are successfully putting policy into practice. The Policy into Practice session will provide a chance for you to examine early NCS-college partnerships and hear how local authorities and careers guidance businesses are responding to funding and budget cuts.

Who Should Attend?

Delegates will be drawn from a wide range of stakeholders, including: local authorities, colleges, universities, careers advice providers, professional bodies, employers, charities and relevant central Government departments.