Help your child plan their future - Information for parents & carers - 25 August 2016 Joan Radford - Turnbull High School

Help your child plan their future -
Information for parents & carers

25 August 2016 Joan Radford

Contents
• Introduction to Skills Development Scotland
• Career Management Skills
• Post-school choices
• My World of Work
• The changing youth labour market
• Helping you to help your child.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS)

• SDS is the national skills body supporting people and
 businesses to develop and apply their skills
• we work in partnership to enable people to reach their potential
• we support people to develop effective career management skills
• developing effective career management skills will enable people
 to make informed career choices throughout their life.

www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk

Career Management Skills

Post-school choices

• foundation apprenticeship

• further education

• further training

• higher education

• modern apprenticeship

• employment.

Further Study
• 5 local colleges – City of Glasgow, Glasgow Clyde, West College Scotland, Glasgow
  Kelvin, NCLAN.

• Apply online from January for courses starting in Aug/Sep.

• Introductory level/Access – entry with no or national 4 or lower.

• NQ courses – usually 1 year long.

• Entry requirements = National 4 or 5 depending on the level of course. Some courses are
  Level 4, 5 or 6. Can progress from on to another eg Childcare, Business, computing,

• HNC/D courses – entry with 1-2 Highers (sometimes 3). Can go straight from school or
  do NQ college course first.

• Can gain entry to year 2 or 3 of a related degree with a good pass in HNC/D

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Modern
Apprenticeships
What’s a MA?
• Anyone aged 16 or over can become a Modern Apprentice. But what exactly is an MA? It
  means you'll:

• Get a job – it’s a proper job with an employer. There are more than 80 types of MA, in all
  kinds of businesses – you could be working in anything from cyber security, TV
  production or tourism, to lab work, engineering or game keeping

• Get paid – Modern Apprentices must be paid at least the minimum wage. The average
  weekly gross pay for an apprentices in Scotland is £249

• Get qualified – you’ll come out of your apprenticeship with a qualification, as well as
  gaining skills and hands-on experience

• Kick-start your career with a Modern Apprenticeship at apprenticeships.scot.

• My World of Work is Scotland’s careers information and
advice web service
• it can support you as a parent / carer for careers advice and
information, as well as helping you help your child
• your child will be introduced to My World of Work in school
and will be supported to set up their individual user account.
This will give them access to a wealth of career information,
resources and tools.

      myworldofwork.co.uk

Have a look on My World of Work – myworldofwork.co.uk

The changing youth
labour market
• the youth labour market has changed massively over the last couple of
decades

• there are fewer entry-level jobs for school leavers and much more competition
for them

• there are many and varied routes into work for young people; including Modern
Apprenticeships, college, university or further training

• the average person has 10 – 15 jobs in their lifetime

• 80% of jobs are not advertised

• this means young people have to be very well prepared for the world of work

• for localised information on job trends in your area (including employment rates
and useful local contact information) have a look at SDS’ website:
skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/in-your-area and put in your postcode.

Helping you to help your child
Online:
myworldofwork.co.uk
apprenticeships.scot
Face-to-face:
Visit an SDS careers centre to talk to an Adviser. Visit
centres.myworldofwork.co.uk to find your nearest centre

Telephone:
SDS Kirkintilloch 50 Southbank Rd, Kirkintilloch
0141 777 5860
Call us to free speak to an Adviser on 0800 917 8000

Useful resources
Produced in partnership with National Parent Forum Scotland, and written by parents
for parents and carers, this guide to Career Education in Scotland sets out the
opportunities your child will have and details SDS’ input at each school year.
Download it at:

npfs.org.uk/career-education-a-world-of-possibilities

Follow us!
Facebook: SDS East
Dunbartonshire

Facebook: My World of Work

Twitter: @mywowscotland

YouTube: My World of Work