Career Support at Colleges

Though the Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit for Colleges [Size: 3.9 MB, File: PDF] are not a statutory framework. Colleges by adopting them, can be confident that they are complying with the career's guidance requirements set out in their funding agreement.

Further Education Colleges also have Student Support Services which offer Information, Advice and Guidance on careers, employment and training options and can include also support with work experience and job opportunities as extra.

Here is a list of the Career Information, Advice and Guidance services at Local Further Education Colleges (including work experience support):

Support for Moving on From School

The Careers and Enterprise Company has helpful information to support your child or young person’s career journey and helpful tips on questions to ask during school and college parent’s evenings.
Contact has some helpful Information to support when a child turns 16 years old.
Cambridgeshire County Council has a SEND Hub with Parent and Carer information.
The SEND Hub has useful information about Employment.
Targeted Services can support Young People’s Workers, or a Senior Transition Adviser working with young people, to overcome the barriers and issues they face.
Careermap has a Career magazine to help parents and carers support their young person.
Together Matters has a helpful booklet to start thinking about the world of work.
Talking Futures has pathway options.
Information for parents about apprenticeships at Amazing Apprenticeships.
A useful toolkit by National Development Team for Inclusion called Better Off to Work [Size: 347 KB, File: PDF], including case studies and benefit information.
Turn2us has a online Benefits Calculators that can help you work out how much you would get from being in work.
We have produced an Employer Toolkit [Size: 1,828 KB, File: PDF] which talks about What a reasonable Adjustment is and Access to work.

Resources and Tips

Post-16