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1. Career services in Estonia kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

2. career education • career counselling • career information It contains • educational organisations • community sector • private sector Where? kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

3. face to face and distance sessions • individually or group How? • assessment • self-assessment • counselling interviews • work search programmes Methods kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

4. Ministry of Education and Researchis responsible for providing service among young people in education. • Ministry on Social Affairs is responsible for providing service among adult people ( unemployed, jobseekers and employed) kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

5. Service provision • In general education Professional Career is cross-curricular theme • Professional Career is supported by non-formal education • Higher education institutions have established career centres on their own initiative and without any central regulation. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

6. Since 2005, there are three professional standards for career practitioners in Estonia: career counsellor, career information specialist and career co-ordinator. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

7. Tasks of a career councelorare co-operation with regional youth information and counsellingcentres (YICCs) and class teachers, supporting subject teachers in the implementation of the cross-curricular theme. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

8. Career information specialist. The aim of the work of a career information specialist is helping to fulfil the target groups’ need for information concerning education,labour market and professions. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

9. Career co-ordinatoris a specialist whose main activity is planning and coordinating career training in school. A school career co-ordinator may work in generaleducation schools, vocational educational institutions and high schools. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

10. Quality assurance in providing services. During the programme called “Development of Career Services in Estonia 2004-2007” have been composed an important document- “Standard of counselling youth” containing several criteria of providing career services. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

11. Providing career services in vocational schools is a new trend. The reason of it is high level of dropouts, dissatisfaction with jobs and the fact that career services in general educatoin is insufficient. kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720 

12. FUTURE • Aims of the new programme “Development of Career Services in Estonia 2008-2011” are • Developing the methods of career services • Composing the training system for career practitioners • Providing career services • Composing the quality assessment system of career services • Coordinating and integrating of different career services with principles of lifelong learning kool@jkhk.ee JÄRVAMAA KUTSEHARIDUSKESKUS TALLINNA 46 PAIDE72720