Career Leaders Insight Consultation

What is this project about?

Whatever the situation at your school or college with regard the resourcing and funding of career services, we (the CDI) are asking Career Leaders to for their insight, to close a critical knowledge gap.

This critical information will allow us (the CDI) - and other stakeholders we work with (e.g. Gatsby, CEC) - to understand the extent and nature of current risks and challenges with delivering career services (whether with resourcing levels, or something else).

Therefore, if you are a Career Leader, we would love to hear from you.

Anonymity

Please note: All information submitted will be anonymised i.e. at no time would we associate responses with individuals or their organisations.

Q. What motivates this project? A. A critical data gap....

The motivation for this study is because: 

1) Feedback: We (CDI) receive anecdotal feedback and survey results that indicate various recurring areas of concern from practitioners. However, we haven't related these to resources.

2) Policy discussion: We are also engaged with Government departments, championing the sector, so need to reflect the true situation in these discussions. There could be a risk to policy delivery if resourcing is not sufficient, or other barriers exist, that hinder delivery of career services.

3) Other signals: We have seen other relatively recent research (e.g. the Youth Census, BDO) that suggest only a fraction of students are getting individual career support through school.

While we now have many metrics about career services in schools and colleges from the CEC, we are nonetheless unclear about the level and variability in resourcing.

We are looking for Career Leaders from all types of schools and colleges to complete this exercise, to provide a better picture for everyone.

We believe Career Leaders are very positioned to give this view, given their role and remit.