Student Careers Advice
Careers Guidance at Seva Education
At Seva Education, we deliver a careers programme which builds on our learners’ unique strengths, raises their aspirations, and provides access to information & opportunities to achieve their potential and thrive in the wider community.
We take a whole school approach to careers with embedded learning though individual subjects, PSHE and Life Skills lessons which provide students with a clear understanding of how their learning relates to both the wider and professional world. Through a personalised curriculum, pupils have the opportunity to build a portfolio of skills they can evidence for use in future applications.
With the support of trained, independent personal advisors, inhouse guidance and the engagement of external providers, our careers programme ensures students are able to make well-informed decisions based on both technical and academic options.
The Gatsby Benchmarks set out a framework for schools to deliver ‘good career guidance’ and serve as the foundation of the careers programme we offer at Seva Education.
| 1. A stable careers programme | We use Compass Plus to track and build on our careers provision. |
| 2. Learning from career and labour market | Employer talks |
| 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil | Careers guidance which explores market information and future opportunities tailored to individual interest areas. |
| 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers | Embedded in curriculum learning and delivered through the PSHE/ Life Skills curriculum, the Talentino Careers at Every Level Programme, assemblies and drop-down days. |
| 5. Encounters with employers and employees | Met through careers talks by employers virtual programmes. |
| 6. Experiences of workplaces | We work in collaboration with families to secure opportunities and facilitate virtual work experience opportunities. |
| 7. Encounters with further and higher education | |
| 8. Personal guidance | Connexions advisors visit to offer independent careers advice in addition to inhouse guidance. |
Careers Advice
We believe that all of our students should have access to relevant careers advice. We achieve this through the following:
- Lessons delivered by teachers through the PSHE Curriculum
- Visits from employers
- Visits from specialist careers advisors (Connexions)
- Information from local authorities and charities
Work Experience
All of our students have the right to explore and gain experience of the work environment. This will look different for each student depending on their needs.
We offer:
- Internal work experience within the wider Seva Care Group
- Work experience with local companies
- Virtual work experience opportunities
We are now using the Compass+ tool, so we can benchmark, manage, track and evaluate our school’s careers provision at an individual student level against the Gatsby Benchmarks. This aim is to ensure our careers provision is continually improving and adapting to be the best it can be, giving consideration to the changing landscape of careers and local market information.
*For more information about our programme or to request access as a provider please contact either Gavin Winters, or Anna Vermond, via the school office.
Email: anna@sevaeducation.com
Tel: 020 8422 2999 / Ext: 204
Click here to view our Careers Handbook
Useful Links & Resources
| Games, and activities which are matched to you to get you thinking about your next steps | http://www.plotr.co.uk |
| The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities. This service is supported by qualified careers advisers. | https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/career-and-job-support-for-people-with-a-disability |
| Listing of work experience opportunities, UK wide, for young people with autism all over the UK. | https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/what-we-do/employment/paid-work-experience/work-experience-opportunities |
| The official government website to find out about apprenticeships. | www.apprenticeships.org.uk/ |
| National database of apprenticeship vacancies. | https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship |
| A free online library of careers related film, news and information. Case study films show real people doing real jobs, helping you to find the right career. | www.careersbox.co.uk/ |
| Real-life career videos & personal insights into jobs and career paths by job type, theme or subject. | https://icould.com |
| Career pilot offers quick videos and impartial information and advice about options and different types of qualifications. | https://www.careerpilot.org.uk |
