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Supporting young people’s choices for the future

Want a better understanding of career opportunities in the West Midlands for now and the future? Join our live events and access our huge bank of pre-recorded resources as we use our connections with employers to inspire young people with the best careers advice possible.

West Midlands Combined Authority recognises the importance of employer engagement with students, parents, careers leaders and teachers, especially with the ever-changing world of work. New technology is defining and creating many job roles while others have disappeared completely.

We work with business and schools to link into the delivery of programmes co-funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company. By accelerating the achievement of the eight Gatsby benchmarks we can improve the careers provision turning ‘what looks good’ in careers education to ‘what is excellent’.

We also have a strong link between external organisations offering training and apprenticeships across a variety of sectors, with many job roles some young people may not be aware of.

We change and enhance young people’s and employer’s perceptions of the workplace, by:

1. Aiming to increase the number of encounters every young person has with the world of work
2. Striving to enhance each young persons’ employability
3. Providing schools with local labour market information to support curriculum delivery and
development
4. Aiming to inspire the next generation to look forward to their future careers

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Join us LIVE Monday 19th June – Thursday 22nd June from 12:30pm for the Around My Town Broadcast Series

Monday 19th June @12:30pm – Around My Town – Walsall

Tuesday 20th June @12:30pm – Around My Town – Wolverhampton

Wednesday 21st June @12:30pm – Around My Town – Sandwell

Thursday 22nd June @12:30pm – Around My Town – Dudley

Around My Town – helping young people to understand the local labour market.

Helping learners understand labour market information can be tricky! It’s a dry subject, often presented using graphs and charts.

At the end of summer 2022, we asked groups of young people what employers, sectors and jobs they knew about that were on their doorstep, they were unable to speak with any real knowledge, this was despite many of the schools achieving 100% on the labour market Gatsby Benchmark, obviously this information is not
being digested and recall of information is poor.

We want to produce a resource that’s easily identifiable by our young people and provide local labour market information in a way that is memorable and has impact.

 

Swap Don’t Drop

In partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority, this event is aimed at those who are considering dropping out of education. The message is simply ‘Swap Don’t Drop’; it’s ok to change your mind and there are alternative option for you to consider.

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New Year, New Job

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2022 ‘Build the Future’

The event aims to provide young people, parents and carers with information about apprenticeship opportunities in the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull. The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership are working with key partners and employers to provide an insight into apprenticeships and live vacancies in the area. Topics include:

For young people:

Hearing directly from apprentices themselves – what is an apprenticeship?
Live vacancies in the area – showcasing the variety of opportunities available
Support available for young people – where to look for an apprenticeship, how to apply, what makes a good application

For parents:

Why take the apprenticeship route? – perceptions of apprenticeship programmes
Hearing from employers – the importance of apprenticeships, what they can lead to
Support available for parents and carers – benefits, opportunity to ask questions to apprentices, partners and employers in the area

Black Country Creative Industries

An overview of performing  and visual arts –

As part of our Creative World of Work Week this session will introduce students to the performing and visual side of creative.

 

Black Country – My Future Skills – For young people with Special Educational Needs or disabilities

12 key employability or future skills you can develop now to support you to gain access to work in the future

Key insights from employees who have special needs or disabilities , what skills they have and how they developed them.

 

Black Country – Brighter Futures

The project seeks to understand the barriers to accessing Apprenticeships facing our local young people from BAME communities. It is a critical project which is working with parents and young people to achieving its aim of motivating, inspiring and supporting young people in schools to make informed choices about their future and help them achieve towards their choices. It will involve a combination of workshops and activities for these young people and their parents to take part in which will take place in and out of school.

Black Country Give Back Get Ahead Broadcast

This broadcast aims to provide useful information about how volunteering can help young people gain and develop skills necessary for the job market such as team work, communication, problem solving and time management.

We have understandably seen a decrease in the amount of young people able to secure work experience opportunities throughout the pandemic. As such, many young people are going to be leaving school without any face-to-face experience of the workplace. Work experience provides a chance for young people to develop employability skills that they can relate to work, use on CVs and in application forms and interviews. It’s also a great way for young people to explore a variety of job roles. Volunteering is a great way for young people to develop employability skills and explore the world of work whilst helping other people and the community around them and can be a good alternative to work experience whilst employers are still returning to the workplace.

Exploring Apprenticeships in the Black Country broadcast

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2023

The event aims to provide young people, parents and carers with information about apprenticeships in the Black Country.  Topics include:

  • What is an apprenticeship?
  • Hearing directly from local apprentices representing a variety of sectors and roles
  • Learning about Training Providers – how they support apprentices and the variety of apprenticeships they offer
  • Why take the apprenticeship route? – perceptions of apprenticeship programmes
  • Hearing from employers – the importance of apprenticeships and what they can lead to

Black Country Careers Hub National Careers Week Broadcast

National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. Our aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways in the Black Country

Exploring Apprenticeship Vacancies in the Black Country Broadcast 

During National Apprenticeship Week we provided a generic overview of apprenticeships, also challenging stereotypical thinking. This broadcast specifically aims to provide young people with details of local live vacancies and how they go about applying.

This broadcast will cover:

Apprenticeship vacancies in the four boroughs of the Black Country
How young people find apprenticeship vacancies
Employers endorsing apprenticeships
Hints and tips on applying for an apprenticeship
What apprenticeships can lead to

Teacher Encounters – Helping you to Support Young Peoples Choices for their Future

We know that teachers are often a source of support for both students and parents, in terms of careers information, advice and guidance and yet the majority are doing that based on lived experience alone. The world of work is changing constantly, as is the labour market and the educational pathways. New technology is defining and creating many job roles while others have disappeared completely.

It is more important than ever to create a strong link between schools and businesses and this Teacher Encounters series created in a collaborative project by all 4 West Midlands Careers Hubs (Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry & Warwickshire and Solihull) will allow you, as educators:

• the opportunity to have an exposure to connect with more employers and be able to engage with them after these sessions.

• to have a better understanding of current and future job roles across a wide sector spectrum.

• to identify how you can deliver careers in the curriculum (Benchmark 4), link your curriculum areas to real up to date LMI and source potential industrial opportunities for your students (BM2).

We would like to invite you to take part in a Pre Broadcast Poll & Post Broadcast Poll to gain an understanding of you knowledge and bridge any gaps.

Broadcast Dates for Solihull Careers Hub:

 

Teacher Encounter Session – Public Services Sector. Delivered by Solihull Careers Hub 

Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday Wednesday 21st June 

 

Broadcast Dates for West Midlands Combined Authority:

Teacher Encounter Session – Retail & Hospitality Sector. Delivered by West Midlands Combined Authority

Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday 7th June 

 

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