Information for Students
This information will help you find out about your Career and future options.
You will use this page in your Vocational and Digital learning sessions in college, and you can also access it outside of college.
You can always ask for more information from the Careers Team.
Careers activities and information that you can request:
- Careers Action Plan meeting
- Guest speakers in college
- Industry visits to businesses
- Work Experience - internal and external
- Careers Guidance with a Careers Adviser
- Enterprise learning and self-employment
- Further education options, Internships and Apprenticeships
To request any of these activities, please complete the Request Form
Information about pathways and destinations:
Supported Internships - a 1-year work-based pathway for young people with an EHCP:
- Project SEARCH Mid Yorkshire Hospitals - Wakefield and Kirklees
- Lighthouse Futures Trust - Leeds
- Prospects Shaw Trust - Wakefield
Further Education colleges - providing a range of Level 1 and 2 courses:
If you need more information about these pathways towards employment, please ask Kristi or Raph from the Careers Team.
Finding Jobs - websites about finding work:
Information in my Local Authority:
The Local Offer pages have information to support SEND young adults, and a focus on Preparing for Adulthood pathways towards your future destinations.
Careers Learning and Education:
Click on the tabs below for more information
Labour Market Information tells you which industry sectors are growing and have good opportunities for getting work.
The report can be useful to help you find out about work opportunities: ask for support to read and understand it
Here is the West Yorkshire Labour Market Report
If you would like to find out about your strengths and your Employability Skills, try out the assessment below:
Are you a Tiger, a Bear, an Octopus or something else?
The Buzz Quiz asks you questions about yourself and helps identify your strengths and personal abilities.
This activity and booklet will help you explore the range of roles and jobs within each Industry Sector:
Careers Guidance
- Suzanne from C&K Careers provides careers guidance in college: either request a meeting using the Careers Activity Request form, or speak to Kristi or Raph from the Careers Team .
- The National Careers Service - information about careers guidance.
The Careerometer
This can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers.
It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.
Simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.
