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1. WEX Briefing25th November 2013

   Employability Health Checks Rajmund Brent
2. Would you like . . . your students to benefit from an employability skills programme? your excellent employability skill programmerecognised? to develop your employability skills programme with free support?
3. Brockhill said yes
4. What are Employability Skills? Students should have the opportunity to develop these skills within the curriculum: numeracy working with others literacy resilience IT perseverance self discipline Communication DfE
5. What are your chances? Grade in Maths and English Chances of a level 3 B 4 in 5 C 3 in 5 D 2 in 5 E Westminster Briefing, OCR
6. So, what do we want to do in Kent? We aim to achieve full youth employment, put in place better systems for local employers and learning providers to work in partnership secure the higher levels of skilled young people we need in the key growth sectors relevant to the Kent economy have every young person participating in high quality learning or training that is relevant to their needs, until the age of 18, with a good outcome 14 – 24 Learning, Employment and Skills Strategy 2013 – 2016
7. This strategy, what’s it about? This strategy is designed to set out the overarching ambitions and outcomes that we and our partners intend to achieve to link the world of learning to the world of work more successfully to bring about more rapid transformation in young people’s skills, qualifications and employability
8. Educating for Employability Framework consists of three themes …. aspiration the role of careers education attitude the role of work related learning achievement the role of qualifications
9. …and three elements aset of outcomes a specification for assessment an audit tool to identify the key elements of the Educating for Employability Framework
10. Outcomes2009 The Employability Challenge positive approach using numbers effectively using language effectively using IT effectively self management thinking and solving problems working together and communicating understanding the business
11. Specification for assessment Recognise, develop and apply their skills for enterprise and employability Relate their own abilities, attributes and achievements to career intentions and make informed choices based on an understanding of available options Develop an awareness of the extent and diversity of opportunities in learning and work Use their experiences of work to extend their understanding of careers and work
12. Specification for assessment Learn from contact with people who work Learn from contact with people who work Engage with ideas, challenges and applications from the business world
13. The audit tool
14. what to do next get in touch with Rajmund Brent 07717507160 rajmund.brent@kent.gov.uk