Careers Advice Service, Work Experience & Work-Related Learning Activities for Brampton Manor Trust

The Trust is looking to appoint a provider with a proven track record of supplying quality provision across all specified services, based upon established knowledge/relationships with local education institutions and both local and national businesses and training providers. Combined service provision will be expected to present added value and be underpinned by supporting data.

Careers Advice Service

The work will be delivered by qualified (enhanced DBS checked) Level 6/7 Careers Advisors, providing relevant impartial, independent careers advice on the range of opportunities available locally and beyond.

The supplier will provide nominated Careers Advisors up to 1 day per week direct delivery during term time. This will total 70 days in each academic year. 35 days are to be delivered at Brampton Manor Academy and 35 days at Langdon Academy. Additional days may be required which would be paid in addition to days specified in the contract.

The careers guidance services offered by the supplier should be tailored to meet the needs of the academies and provide a range of careers activities to support the academies in meeting its statutory duties with specific reference to Gatsby Bench Mark 8.

The supplier will arrange the following:

• Individual careers guidance interviews and transition planning for pupils in Years 8 -11
• Action plans and an on-going programme of support targeted at young people identified at risk of NEET, or of not making a post-16 transition
• Support with post-16 applications
• In-school support on GCSE / results days.
• Career clinics in the form of informal drop in sessions should be made available by the supplier to all pupils with careers guidance questions and issues. These can complement and/or follow up the individual guidance interviews.

Targeted support for vulnerable, SEND and disadvantaged groups will include the following:

• Interviews for those at risk of becoming NEET, (including regular meetings with the EWO);
• Focused individual support for those not wishing to continue in full time education post 16, - exploring apprenticeships and employment with training.

Work Experience

The supplier will provide an assigned experienced work experience broker who will be the main contact throughout all work experience processes.

The supplier will liaise with each academy prior to the contract period to discuss and agree the number of pupils to be placed

The supplier will prepare a timetable of critical dates, to be agreed with each academy, when forms must be completed and returned where appropriate.

The supplier will provide a sufficient number of quality work experience placements.

The supplier will ensure that each work experience provider is visited by an approved IOSH trained, experienced member of staff in line with their stringent visit/revisit process.

The supplier will ensure that all work experience providers enter into an agreement and have Employers Liability Insurance in place, giving adequate insurance cover for pupils to the same extent as the provider's own employees.

The supplier will ensure that work experience providers have the appropriate risk assessments and policies in place to safeguard all pupils.

The supplier will endeavour to ensure that the provider completes a report of the pupils' performance during the placement.

The supplier will be required to produce certificates for all successful pupils completing their work experience.

The supplier will liaise with the School to identify students with SEN/additional needs to ensure that a suitable placement is secured for those as a priority.

The supplier will provide access and ongoing support with the Core+IYSS Online Portal to the school co-ordinator to enable them to readily view placement information/details on students' choices, placement allocations and visit sheets for teachers to use during placement period.

Students will also be given access to the Online Portal to allow them to view placements and make between 4 - 10 choices.

The supplier will provide the school with Work Experience Logbooks for the number of agreed students taking part in work experience, which the students will complete during their placements.

The supplier will provide evaluation forms for all students to complete at the end of their placements, with all feedback shared with school upon completion.

The supplier will arrange a review meeting with schools once placements are completed to discuss any queries/concerns/suggestions for improvement.

Employer Engagement Days

The supplier will arrange employer engagement days, developing key employability skills through face to face engagement with business professionals.

The purpose of days such as these is to introduce pupils to key employability skills.

The employability seminars arranged on these days will be delivered by trained business volunteers, giving chance for pupils to meet and interact with professionals from the world of work.

There will be two employer engagement days across the trust. 1 day for Brampton Manor Academy and 1 day for Langdon Academy. Additional days may be required, which would be paid in addition to days specified in the contract.

Year Group Activities

The delivery method on offer should range from assembly talks, through to more interactive sessions with small groups. Topics on offer should include but are not limited to:

• Options/ Choices at Year 9 and 11;
• Apprenticeships;
• Occupational Areas;
• Targeted sessions for specific groups e.g. EAL.

Parent's evenings

The supplier will provide advisor(s) for attendance at parents' evenings in Years 9 and 11, providing information and advice to help parents/carers support their son/daughter in their decision making.

This will be for 4 parents' evenings in total. 2 at Brampton Manor Academy and 2 at Langdon Academy.

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