Article from Career guidance for social justice, TRISTRAM HOOLEY Sticking with them: How a targeted careers service in the South West responded to Covid-19 Oliver Jenkin is a Career Consultant who works for the social enterprise CSW in the South West of England. In this piece he looks at how careers practice has changed since the pandemic…
To all young people in Year 9 or above who have an Education Health and Care Plan. This year Cornwall Council and CSW Group will be releasing a series of podcasts/videos. These will be from a wide range of post-16 settings so you can see what the options are when you finish school. This is…
What’s going on? The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) are offering a whole range of options for young people to be a part of our Great British Beach Clean this year. There will be FREE online lessons for pupils, youth groups and their supporting teams to introduce the Source to Sea project, self-lead activities with resources…
We are delighted to announce that in partnership with the Career and Enterprise Company and Heart of the South West LEP we will be delivering a series of ten, 20-minute webinars called My Choices. The sessions are completely free and targeted to help young people that are electively home educated that are just finishing year 11…
NEW – Skills Launchpad Plymouth goes live 12 August 2020 With so much uncertainty surrounding grades, jobs and employment at the moment, it is understandable that this could be causing some anxiety or confusion for teenagers and their parents. With exam results due to be released this week, please don’t panic as there is local…
New support service launched to help apprentices who have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 outbreak to find new opportunities. Apprentices to also get help to access financial, legal, health and wellbeing support as well as careers advice. Employers encouraged to take advantage of new cash incentives to take on apprentices and help more…
Case Study: Overcoming a turbulent homelife to find the next steps in education L was not fulfilling her true potential at school, with low attendance, mental health challenges, family issues and a lack of direction all becoming a greater worry. This cocktail of concerns meant that her school had identified L at risk of becoming…
CSW group staff have been researching and working with partner agencies to ensure young people can still gain employability skills while keeping safe during social distancing. Supporting young people during this difficult time is important for their journey into employability, education and training and for their mental health and wellbeing. We are encouraging all young…
CSW Group are delighted to announce that we are the new contract holder for SENDIASS Cornwall. SENDIASS Cornwall provides Information, Advice and Support to parents and carers of children aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We also directly support young people with SEND. A change but the same The same experienced, well…
Written by David Roe, Contract Manager As a manager of a service that helps young people into employment, education and training I have been very worried about the impact of Covid-19 on the economy as a whole and the implications for the young people we support. There has been grim reading on this subject with…