NCW Give a Career Insight – Jo Canfield Written by Jo Canfield, Careers Employability Adviser for Health Works for Cornwall. So after being asked to write an article for National Careers Week, my initial reaction was “Great no problem….” Then, next came the reflection and looking back at how my career never was a straight line but…
How to get a job on Mars? Just ASK. Written by: Mike Shail, Senior Careers Development Consultant, CSW Group It is a known thing in careers world that a career is a journey. A decent way of checking on someone’s career journey is to see what has happened and is happening. Even the best Careers…
It is time to gear up for British Science Week 2021 British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of the diverse people and careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths that will be running from the 5th to the 14th of March 2021. British Science Week is coordinated by the British Science Association and is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). British Science Week events can be…
A new year, a new project is getting underway with Health Works for Cornwall Autumn 2020 saw the launch of the new team of CSW Group’s Community Engagement Advisers. CEA’s will ultimately be community based and have been recruited to work specifically with young people aged 16 – 19 who are not engaged in education,…
A new year, a new project is getting underway with Health Works for Cornwall CSW group is delighted to be a sub-contractor on the new Health Works for Cornwall Programme, a major new ESF DWP programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with investment until December 2023. The programme is led by Cornwall Development…
Inspiring Futures Webinars CSW Group are pleased to present Inspiring Futures, a series of 9 webinars covering different aspects of career development, employability, and how to negotiate the world of work. Taking place from Monday 15th March, each webinar is made freely available to young people in schools, colleges, home education, and those not currently…
‘Employees’ Support in Skills’ (ESS) ‘Employees’ Support in Skills’ (ESS) which is part of CSW Groups services for the employed. This service is funded by the European Union via the European Social Fund and Education Skills Funding Agency. ‘Employees’ Support in Skills’ has been designed to target the needs of employees who are over the age…
The Quality in Careers Standard through Investor in Careers “The Quality in Careers Standard is thorough, demanding and one that takes planning to achieve but with the support of experts it will ensure that all Learning Provider staff, the SLT, governors, parents and, most importantly students, will succeed in seeing the connections between learning, external…
#Focus5 scoops big awards at Green Impact ceremony At the start of the last year things were quite a bit different than they are now. People could still get together in large crowds, no one knew what a national lockdown feels like and CSW Group had just started the Green Impact initiative. A lot has…
Care Leavers’ Summer School with Dorset Virtual School As part of the ESF Skills for Young People programme in Dorset, Whitehead-Ross Education delivered a one-off targeted summer school in collaboration with Dorset Council’s Virtual School, which supports young people in care. Over a 4 week period, the summer school was targeted at 9 young care leavers who…
Written by Senior Career Development Consultant, Dr Oliver Jenkin PGCE RCDP The year 2020 has posed unprecedented challenges, both practical and personal, to individuals and businesses globally. No sector has been left untouched by the disruption caused by lockdowns and social distancing measures and, CSW Group, like many other companies in the education and social enterprise…
Written by Sam Ansell, STEM Manager In our last STEM news update we shared that some of our STEM Ambassadors were working on producing short videos to demonstrate what they do for a job and what a typical day looks like. Our first video is now available to watch on our YouTube channel and features…
This autumn saw the launch of our new Community Engagement Adviser team. CEA’s will be community based and will work specifically with young people aged 16 – 19 who are not engaged in education, employment, or training. The new team come from a variety of backgrounds and bring with them a wealth of experience. …
Written for Tristram Hooley, Career Guidance Social Justice David Roe is a manager at CSW Group providing career guidance in the south-west of England. In this post he considers how young people might be making career choices based on their concern for the environment and how, as career guidance professionals, we can (and should!) support…
