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Symposium: Devolution and Diversification

Symposium: Devolution and Diversification. University of Derby Friday 17 th March 2006 (St. Patrick’s Day). Career guidance in Northern Ireland: retrospect and prospect. Moira McCarthy & Rob Millar University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Londonderry. The Careers Service. Careers Service.

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Symposium: Devolution and Diversification

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  1. Symposium: Devolution and Diversification University of Derby Friday 17th March 2006 (St. Patrick’s Day)

  2. Career guidance in Northern Ireland: retrospect and prospect Moira McCarthy & Rob Millar University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Londonderry

  3. The Careers Service

  4. Careers Service • Early Years: Education / Employment • 1948 Belfast Youth Employment Service • 1951 Youth Advisory Service • Result 2 Interviews: Guidance & Placement • 1962 Youth Employment Service • (Ministry for Labour & National Insurance) • 1965 Ministry for Education NI (1975)

  5. Careers Service • 1974 Re-organisation of Vocational Guidance • Administration support service • For Schools & FEC • Training Careers Teachers, room space • Careers Education Advisors (in ELBs) • Appointment of Careers Inspectors • 1975 Employment Service Careers Service

  6. Supporting Labour Market • Late 70s Early 80s High Unemployment • Introduction Youth Training Guarantee • Department of Manpower Services • Careers Central Lubricant • Criticism Careers Officer Focus? • Client, Programme, Vacancy? • Remains dominated School Work • GAIN ENTRY?

  7. Supporting Labour Market • 1990s YTP not a major success • Introduction of Jobskills in 1995 • Increase skills for knowledge-based economy • Shift emphasis from vacancy to education, training to secure future job! • Introduction of NVQs, New Deal • GAIN ENTRY

  8. Jobskills • 2004 National Audit Office Report • Retention, achievement, mismatch skills • Careers Adviser focus? • Difficulties in Careers Service • Retention, recruitment, training, CPD • Change agents; peace, devolution, New Labour focusing agenda, labour market

  9. Careers Service • 2002 NI reports high rates unemployment • Economy significantly improved! • New Taskforce set up • Guidance identified with key role to play • Careers Service requires single focus • Fulton Report • Restructuring

  10. Careers Service • Corporate identity • Dedicated management structure • 3 key responsibilities; IAG policy • Operational Management, Procurement IAG Adults • Universal / focused Service • Dedicate services according to need! • New developments

  11. Careers Education in Schools

  12. Careers education in schools: The Northern Ireland Curriculum • Core areas of study: religious education, creative & expressive arts, English, environment & society, mathematics, language studies, science and technology • Six cross-curricular themes: cultural heritage, economic awareness, education for mutual understanding, health education , ICT, & careers education

  13. Effective careers education provision • Six core components (DENI, 1996) • Timetabled lessons • Cross-curricular provision • Individual careers guidance • Careers information • Experiences of work • Personal career planning

  14. Impact & progress • Progress towards including & strengthening the six core components has been variable • Responsibility for ensuring the calibre of programmes rests with the school • Providing all the requirements requires partnership arrangements between schools and the Careers Service, formalised through Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

  15. Adult Guidance Services

  16. Adult Guidance • Evolution 1967 • Not-for-profit organisation • Funding from DEL & DENI • Community-based, progressive; non-traditional learners • Lifelong learning agenda • Learn Direct

  17. Adult Guidance • EGSA very prominent • FEC • HEC • Formulation of a coherent IAG strategy for Northern Ireland

  18. Issues and challenges

  19. Staffing issues • Absolute quantity • Continuity of staff • Sufficiently qualified staff & implications for the provision of recognised professional training for all levels of service delivery

  20. Evaluation and effectiveness • Conspicuous by its absence • Mainly survey type reports • Lack of empirically designed research • Reliance on soft rather than hard evidence • Low profile of research in careers guidance within departments’ published research agenda

  21. Targeting and meeting need • Why? • How? • Who gets what? • Who delivers it? • Negotiated integration of service delivery between key providers

  22. The positioning of the Careers Service • Stability, continuity, & standardisation of service delivery • Professional identity • Civil service policies & public access

  23. Conflicts of interest & accountability • Departmental targets or client-focused services • Professional principles or bureaucratic convenience?

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