The Careers Department provides impartial information, advice, guidance and support for all students at St. Anselm’s College. The aim is to empower students to reach well-informed, reasoned decisions about their future education, training and occupations.

 

The employment market is changing in ways that makes it more important than ever for students to take personal responsibility for managing their own career development throughout life. For this they need to develop the skills to manage their own career including the abilities to reflect and review, to plan and make decisions, to use information resources effectively, to create and to take opportunities.

 

Through Careers Education all students are given the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to manage their own learning:

 

Self-Development

• Evaluate themselves honestly and realistically

• Interview techniques to build confidence and demonstrate excellent communication skills

• Match personal skills, abilities and interests to careers aspirations

 

Career Exploration

• Find out about opportunities and progression routes, including entry requirements, skills, qualities and the experience required

Labour Market Information

Labour Market Information provided courtesy of the Office for National Statistics NOMIS

Career Management

• Decision making

• Reviewing progress

• Goal and target setting

• Making applications

 

The Wider Careers Programme 

Provision and Focus Includes:

·     Careers Fair visits (Year 9)

·     Workplace visits (Focus Year 11 – 13)

·     Presentations from Employers, (who might address small groups of individuals, Year Group or Whole Key Stage Assemblies) (Focus all Year Groups including Year 7 and 8 ‘Meet the Employer’ Days)

·     Practice interviews (Focus Year 10 – 13)

·     Conferences (such as the HE day) (Focus Year 11 – 13)

CEIAG is also delivered as a component of the PSHE syllabus in each academic year as follows:

·     Year 7 – Living in the Wider World

·     Year 8 – Work and the impact of obsessive behaviours.

·     Year 9 – Job applications.

·     Year 10 – Work Experience – making a choice, how to behave in work.

·     Year 11 – Individual Careers interviews – Apprenticeships as paths to employment

·     Year 12 – Which way forward? Considering alternative paths to employment

·     Year 13 – Individual support and guidance as required

Any student who wishes to meet with our Careers Advisor, Kim Dickson ( kim.dickson@careerconnect.org.uk) for help, support, advice or guidance related to careers and future pathways can make an appointment to see her via email or through Mr McGowan. She will also be available at most Parents’ Evenings at the College and appointments to meet her can be arranged for this too.

 

The Careers Library is open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtime. This is located between the two main ICT suites (Rooms 212 & 213) in the main building. Individual appointments can be made as required with Mr McGowan or Kim Dickson (Careers Adviser).

 

Mr McGowan, the College Careers Leader can be contacted on 0151 652 1408 (ext. 228) and by email at  jmcgowan@st-anselms.com

 

H.E. Advisor: Dr C. Cooper ( ccooper@st-anselms.com)

 

Please click the following link to register for the Career Connect portal.  https://careerconnect.org.uk/login-register/

 

Career Connect Team (Wirral)

GMCP

Strand House

21 Strand Street

Liverpool

L1 8LT

 

Tel: 0151 243 1800 or 07790 921 262

 

Governor in charge of Careers: Mrs Dianne O’Connor