COMPASS Helps Dillon to Gain a Basic Skills Qualification and Explore Career Options Dillon moved to the UK from South Africa having not completed his secondary education and without any formal qualifications. He completed a range of work experience in South Africa including various building and site works roles and mechanics experience; he was keen to…
Career guidance for young people with SEND: Some pointers for good practice This article was originally published by Indigo, here. Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, Senior Career Development Consultant. Despite what the title might suggest, this article is not aimed solely at careers leaders and careers advisers working in special schools or other…
With 2022 on the horizon, it’s time for you to launch an upskilling revolution and place you and your employees in the forefront of the training movement! Upskilling is vital in replacing outdated skills that are no longer relevant to today’s ever-changing job landscapes. Change is inevitable, there’s nothing we can do about it. COVID-19…
COMPASS Participants Learn About the Cornish Coastal Environment COMPASS programme participants had a great day learning about the Cornish coastal environment in November as part of the practical opportunity days held by our partner Newquay Orchards; funded by the European Social Fund. Accompanied by Newquay Orchard Change Coach Jenny Rogers the young adults went to…
Writing a winning application form Written by David Roe, Partnership & Delivery Manager I’ve been a manager with CSW Group since 2014 and have been involved in a number of recruitment drives over the years. During this time, I’ve read a lot of application forms and wanted to give some advice on how to complete…
UAM Recycle Challenge Have you ever thought about what it would be like to travel in a flying car? Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is the future of transportation, and it is coming sooner than you imagine! Urban Air Mobility is the concept of transporting people and goods around cities and towns using aerial vehicles. This…
CSW Welcomes Two New Community Engagement Advisers Welcome Beth Pegler and Sarah Clark As new members of the Community Engagement Advisers Team, we thought we would take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and let you know about our experiences with CSW to date. Prior to this role, Beth worked as a Pre-release Practitioner for HMP…
#Focus5 Referrals are OPEN! As the world gets back to its ‘new normal’ #Focus5 is here to help young people develop the skills to progress into employment, education or training. The team of key workers are ready and excited to continue delivering our services across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay. We need more young people! If…
CSW, Keeping In Touch with Young People The CSW Client Relations Advisers work on the Transitions contract which is funded by Local Authorities across Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset*. The aim of the contract is to provide targeted support for the most vulnerable young people to ensure successful transition to their post 16 destination.…
SMART SKILLS Meet Skills Demands SMART SKILLS have been supporting Devon based businesses with bespoke training solutions to meet their individual needs. SMART Partner, City College Plymouth, have been providing bespoke training through business engagement. The college delivered two different formats for training local businesses in October. The first was to support business members of…
Digital Skills in the Workplace SMART SKILLS Partnership and Engagement Manager, Sean Gibson, talks about digital skills in the workplace. “The past 18 months have been an interesting period for businesses where many have been tested and all have been required to operate in a more flexible way. For many years we have all faced…
Get To Know Karen Crosby, Services to Education Manager I joined CSW Group in September 2018 after relocating from South Yorkshire where I had worked as a Careers Coordinator in a secondary school for 11 years. During this time I ran the Careers Department delivering 1:1 personal guidance, arranging careers fairs, parents evenings and other…
Young People Impact Key Workers Lives too The work done by #Focus5 it isn’t just the keyworkers who impact the lives of the young people we work with, it goes the other way too. Young people can impact our Key Workers lives in amazing ways. A young person working with Grace has taught her an easy strum…
A brief guide to the Updated Statutory Guidance for Careers 2021 This article was originally published by Indigo, here. Written by Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP, Senior Career Development Consultant. Most Indigo readers will be aware that the Government’s influential Careers Strategy expired in December 2020. While we await confirmation on whether a replacement Careers…
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