​Welcome to Careers at Sandfield Park

ACE Post-16

Sandfield School

Aim to Work
Sandfield Park School ‘Aim to Work’ Employability Strategy provides students with a stable programme of careers activities and opportunities, develop skills, interests and talents and build employability skills.
Sandfield Park School is part of the Liverpool Careers Hub and is working towards the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance. We complete 3 Compass returns per year and work closely with our Enterprise Co-ordinator and the Liverpool Careers Hub.
Our vision, is to support pupils to develop their own ideas of what their future should look like; which may include employment and opportunities to progress to further education and vocational training. We endeavour to provide the right support to help pupils to prepare for adult life, future destinations, achievable aspirations and live happy fulfilled lives.

All pupils access a careers development programme which is adapted and embedded within the school curriculum, the programme includes work experience opportunities (within the school environment or external placements) mini enterprise/pre internship work experience, Sandfield Creations, work experience at Sandy Park Café, and Supported Internships.
  
Supported Internship Programme working with local employers.
The Careers Programme, Aim to Work provides a person centred, holistic careers programme which connects learning to employability skills.
We have a planned careers programme based on Talentino ‘Careers at Every Level’ Careers Programme for Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 and work to the Gatsby Benchmarks.

Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

The aim of CEIAG is to prepare students for successful transition to the next stage of education or employment through appropriate provision. We are committed to provide person centred, unbiased advice, support and guidance which actively promotes equality and challenges gender stereotypes. We support pupils to engage in activities to develop talents and skills, help raise motivation and attainment, build work experience, develop knowledge, skills and understanding of vocational and qualification pathways. We support pupils to make informed decisions when considering their next steps through access to personalised, impartial careers, advice and guidance information, this may include paid employment, volunteering, further education, training or apprenticeship

Sandfield Careers Programme

Aim to Work
The careers programme is embedded and delivered through associated activities through the school curriculum. The careers programme is reviewed on a regular basis.
Example of programme activities

• Personalised one page profile, vocational profile/action plan.
• Develop a CV /accessible CV (Video CV)
• Enrichment activities
• Visiting speakers
• Personalised 1-1, impartial Career Advice and Guidance sessions to identify goals, explore, discuss and consider future options.
• Prepare for transition pathways.
• Establish links with parents/carers and support to consider next steps and future options.
• Participate in work related learning and visits to places of employment (employer encounters/engagement which includes online learning, visits and speakers)
• Participate in work-based experiences (internal school/external work experiences for example with the schools own community café
•  Enterprise projects tailored to match and suit pupil interests.
• Opportunity to take part in additional and extracurricular activities that build skills and experience to support employment aspirations.
• Opportunities to develop transferable life and social skills which support careers, enterprise and employability.
• Supported Internships programme
• Career Assemblies and speakers

• Transition support – support with application process
• Travel training
• NHS Cadets
• National Citizen Service
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Inclusive Apprenticeships

 

What is LMI (Labour Market Information?
Understanding the local labour market is key to identifying potential career pathways and employment opportunities for the future. LMI helps to understand what industries and jobs are increasing or decreasing, skills and qualification requirements.
We work with various organisations to find out about new opportunities and to ensure we can support pupils to gain skills and experiences.

Further Information:

www.growthplatform.org/sectors/

Liverpool Local Offer Liverpool
Local Offer is an information Web site for children and young people up to the age of 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers. College and post school providers, post school options, careers information and course information. 

Liverpool City Council SEN Department 0151 233 3000

https://fsd.liverpool.gov.uk/kb5/liverpool/fsd/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=7&localofferchannel=7

Careers Impact

The School will assess the impact of its careers programmes on students by completing an annual student survey and recording and analysing destinations data. In addition, parents will be surveyed after key events e.g. EHCP annual review and transition meetings. 
To measure and assess our careers provision, the school has used Compass+ Evaluation Toolkit, SEND Gatsby Benchmarks Toolkit.
The programme is regularly reviewed.

Provider Access

Introduction
This policy statement sets out the school’s arrangements for managing the access of
providers to the school for the purpose of giving them information about the
provider’s education or training offer. This complies with the school’s legal
obligations under Section 42B of the Education Act 1997.

Pupil entitlement
All pupils in years 8 to 13 are entitled:

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

For pupils of compulsory school age these encounters are mandatory and there will be a minimum of two encounters for pupils during the ‘first key phase’ (year 8 to 9) and two encounters for pupils during the ‘second key phase’ (year 10 to 11). For pupils in the ‘third key phase’ (year 12 to 13), particularly those that have not yet decided on their next steps, there are two more provider encounters available during this period, which are optional for pupils to attend.

These provider encounters will be scheduled during the main school hours and the provider will be given a reasonable amount of time to, as a minimum:

• share information about both the provider and the approved technical education qualification and apprenticeships that the provider offers
• explain what career routes those options could lead to
• provide insights into what it might be like to learn or train with that provider (including the opportunity to meet staff and pupils from the provider)
• answer questions from pupils.

Meaningful provider encounters
One encounter is defined as one meeting/session between pupils and one provider. We are committed to providing meaningful encounters to all pupils using the Making it meaningful checklist.
Meaningful online engagement is also an option, and we are open to providers that are able to provide live online engagement with our pupils.

Previous providers
In previous terms/years we have invited the following providers from the local area to speak to our pupils:

• Knowsley Community College, City of Liverpool College, Greenbank College, Activate College, Apprenticeships Providers, SWRAC.

Destinations of our pupils
Last year our year 11 pupils moved to the following provider in the local area after school:
Sandfield Park Sixth Form
Last year our year 14 pupils moved to range of providers in the local area after school:

• Including Activate College, Petty Pool College, Greenbank College, Myerscough College

Management of provider access requests

Procedure
A provider wishing to request access should contact Sarah Spoor, Careers Leader,
Email: s.spoor@sandfieldpark.liverpool.sch.uk  Telephone: 0151 2280324

Opportunities for access
The school offers the six provider encounters required by law and a number of additional events, integrated into the school careers programme.
We will offer providers an opportunity to come into school to speak to pupils or their parents or carers.
Please speak to our Careers Leader to identify the most suitable opportunity for you.
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Pupil entitlement
All pupils in years 7-14 are entitled to independent and impartial careers guidance. In school we will provide pupils with opportunities to develop pupil aspirations.

• to find out about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships opportunities, as part of a careers programme which provides information on the full range of education and training options available at each transition point;
• to hear from a range of local providers about the opportunities they offer, including technical education and apprenticeships – through options events, assemblies and group discussions and taster events;
• to understand how to make applications for the full range of academic and technical courses.

Providers are welcome to leave copies of their prospectus or course literature and we will distribute them to appropriate students, parents and carers.

Employers Can you help?

Do you work in a business that could help provide work experience or opportunities for our students?
Sandfield Park School has an excellent track record of supporting businesses and young people with learning difficulties into paid employment.
We believe more employers should be encouraged to support and employ more young people with a learning disability towards creating a more inclusive workforce.

We are always looking at building partnerships to support our employability programme, we would love to hear from any employer or organisation who may be interested in supporting Sandfield Park School to share skills and develop our Aim to Work offer:

• Guest speaker talks and presentations
• Workplace visits
• Practical workshops
• Work Experience
• Supported Internships
• Traineeships
• Apprenticeships
• Representation at parents evenings and careers fairs
• Mock Interviews

If you could help please contact:  Sarah Spoor
s.spoor@sandfieldpark.liverpool.sch.uk

Thank you

Gatsby Benchmarks 

What are Gatsby Benchmarks?

The Eight Gatsby Benchmarks

Sandfield Park School is an active member of the Liverpool City Region Careers Hub. We are working towards the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance.
The Gatsby career benchmarks are a framework to support the organising of careers provision at school and help schools identify what ‘good’ looks like across all eight benchmarks.

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experience of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal Guidance