Purpose of Today

1. Facilitating the Transition into Work and Harnessing High Quality and Appropriate Information Advice and Guidance Learning for Living and Work Summer Conference – 19 June 2013 Youth Connexions LDD Team

2. Explore the importance of good quality Information, Advice and Guidance Provide an update on the work of the Supported Employment Advisory Service and their role in the transition of young people with additional needs into employment Purpose of Today

3. “Careers Education and Information, Advice and Guidance (CE/IAG) provided to students before the end of compulsory school may be essential to allow them to make suitable educational and employment decisions and to minimise the potential costs associated with uninformed and unsuccessful choices. Good CE/IAG can be thought of as aiming to meet two objectives. The first aim is to increase the stock of highly qualified and highly skilled people in the British workforce. The second aim is to encourage disadvantaged young people to aim high. “ The Role of Information, Advice and Guidance in Young People’s Education and Employment Choices. Department for Education, August 2010 Why is CE/IAG Important?

4. In small groups please think for five minutes about what young people need to know about, in order to make informed choices about their future. Activity

5. Themselves What they are interested in What they can do What’s available out there College Work Training Other What do they need to know about?

6. Access to good quality Careers Education Access to good quality, impartial Careers Advice and Guidance Access to appropriate Careers Information Access to college link courses Access to work experience How can we help them?

7. Supporting young people, who have additional needs, to find and retain paid employment Funded through SEND Pathfinder and RPA Two full-time and two part-time advisers who work in designated geographic areas Supported Employment Advisory Service

8. Identifying young people who genuinely want to work Referrals from Youth Connexions PAs, schools and colleges Direct referrals – LDD duty line Other agencies Referrals

9. Getting to know young person – skills, abilities, support needs, vocational interests, previous work experience Gradual process Meetings at home, Youth Connexions centres Observation at school, college, work experience Vocational profile

10. Search for vacancies Contact relevant employers Explain service Market young person Discuss benefits of Supported Employment Employer engagement

11. Free recruitment service – no advertising costs Training and support in the workplace Routine tasks performed with pride and commitment Enhanced Company reputation by demonstrating corporate social responsibility Benefits for employers

12. Conventional job applications and interviews not always appropriate Observe “on the job” in the workplace to assess skills and abilities Agreed period of time Working interview

13. Initial job analysis Small steps – individual tasks – sequential Non verbal training methods Practical demonstration, gestures, visual prompts “Try another way” Training in Systematic Instruction

14. Families kept informed and involved throughout process Information and advice regarding financial benefits Documentation Assistance with transport Travel training Support for young people and their parents/carers

15. Initial support for young person in workplace, then gradually fade Maintain regular contact with employer Attendance at inductions and reviews Advise on reasonable adjustments Support for employers

16. Julie Tripcony – South and West julie.tripcony@hertfordshire.gov.uk Jo McKerrow – South and West jo.mckerrow@hertfordshire.gov.uk Laura Clark – North and East laura.clark@hertfordshire.gov.uk Annie Wood – North and East annie.wood@hertfordshire.gov.uk Supported Employment Advisers

17. Any Questions?