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The need for specialist advice and guidance has never been greater and young people are clear that they value a face-to-face service provided by a professional careers adviser. Changes in the qualifi cations framework, pathways into employment, the number of young people in the cohort and the labour market, set against diffi cult economic conditions, create challenges and uncertainty for young people.

Young people are at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about the contribution that we can make towards their achievement and that drives us to seek continuous improvement. Our Careers Advisers are highly professional, carefully selected, qualifi ed to QCF level 6, CRB checked and extremely reliable.

We aim to work in partnership with all types of schools and colleges (including independents and special schools). We tailor the support that we offer, understanding and responding to schools’ needs by delivering an increasingly rich range of activities.

As a not-for-profi t company and a registered charity, we have opportunities to lever in additional resources through our local, regional and national work. We will continue to bid for additional funding for work to support our offer – a direct benefi t for partner schools.

We are happy to talk to you about any of the products and services in this brochure and can work with you to tailor a package that suits the particular needs of your school or college.

Katharine HorlerChief Executive

A great service, value for money and a vital resource for young people to ensure a positive transition from education to employment and training.Head of Careers

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‘Careers Advice’ is Advizza’s careers service to sschools and colleges. Advviza is a charity inspiring people to make better decisions that heelp them progress in leearnning and work. OOur purpose and our passsion is to deliver high qquality support to young people and others mmaking important decisioons in their lives, especially those who are vulnerrable.

We deliver a range of projects on behalf of local authorities, other public bodies and charities. Some of these projects target particular groups who may require more support than others to move their lives forward. We offer professional careers services which are bought by local authorities, state-funded and independent secondary schools. We also sell one-to-one careers guidance sessions direct to young people, graduates and parents/carers, with a bursary scheme in place for those who cannot afford to pay. We have a track record of providing high quality careers guidance services which goes back many years.

We are good at what we do and this is recognised in the feedback we receive from schools and colleges, young people and parents.

For further information visit: www.adviza.org.uk

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What we offer How it helps

Careers guidance which equips students with clear career goals

Access to high quality careers information

Career related learning programmes equipping students with decision making skills

Targeted support for those who have diffi culties in engaging

Parent/carer involvement in career decisions

Better engagement with learning both pre– and post–16 and the achievement of positive destinations

More informed decision making

Informed choices of progression routes

Reduced drop-out rates.

Better support and encouragement from home

Improved motivation of students and better examination performance

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TThe Education Act 2011 changed the responsibilities of schools, colleges and local aauthorities for the provisioon of careers guidancee. It set out the new leegislative framework that gives schools greater freedom and fl exibilitty to exercise their proofesssional judgement in determining the most aappropriate careers guidance for their pupilss.

Local authorities are no longer required to provide universal careers services to young people and schools now have a duty to secure and fund access to independent careers guidance for their pupils. The act states that: face-to-face careers advice and guidance must be provided by someone who is not employed by the school and be presented in an impartial manner, to include all options available. From September 2013 this duty covers Years 8 to 13, including young people in colleges.

There is a range of Government guidance available to help you meet your responsibilities which our staff are happy to talk you through. We are fully conversant with the current quality monitoring arrangements such as Ofsted and destination measures and can help provide you with evidence to meet these requirements.

TThe continuing role of the loccal authorityLocal authorities retain their statutory duty to ‘encourage, enable or assist young people’s participation in education and training’. They also continue to support vulnerable young people to engage in education and training, intervening early with those at risk of disengagement.

Local authorities also retain their duty under section 139A of the Learning and Skills Act 2000. This places local authorities under a duty to arrange for an assessment to be conducted for all persons in respect of whom they maintain a statement of Special Educational Needs and who they expect to leave school at 16 - 19 to receive post-16 education, training or higher education.

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WWe have a stroong track recoord of deliverrinng high qquality servicess

We are extremely experienced, having delivered services to schools, colleges and young people since 2002

We are the chosen provider for many local authorities

We hold the Matrix Standard which validates the quality of the information, advice and guidance we provide to young people

WWe have highly qualifi ed annd professionnal staff

All our Careers Advisers are carefully recruited, CRB checked and fully conversant with safeguarding procedures, data protection regulations and local LMI

All are qualifi ed to QCF Level 6 in Careers Guidance and Development and are therefore eligible to join the professional register

Our support to staff engenders their loyalty; they stay with us and are part of wider professional networks

OOur organisatiion provides vvalue for monneey

We are a registered charity and a not-for-profi t organisation. Every penny we earn goes back into improving services for young people

We successfully raise additional funds through the projects that we bid for and re-invest this in our partner schools. E.g. Our Energise project, offered in our partner schools, is fully funded to provide one-to-one support for 14 and 15 year olds

WWe can tailor oour services too meet your neeeds

We work with all types of schools and colleges, including special schools and independents

We provide a wide range of tried and trusted options and can develop bespoke services to respond to your requirements

Our local knowledge means that we can confi dently advise on different progression routes

We work with partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors to bring a wider range of inputs for young people

WWe demonstraate innovative delivery andd uundertake ccontinuous devvelopment

We deliver a large number of relevant projects across the region bringing benefi t to our partner schools

We provide an out-of-hours and holiday time service foryoung people through telephone support and web chat

We use a variety of the best web-based careers tools with access to employment, training and volunteering opportunities for young people

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Adviza has a very strong and clear culture and is passionate about what they do.Local Authority Partner

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Services to Schools & Colleges

I didn’t really understand apprenticeships until I came in and Alison told me exactly what it is like.Young person

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IIn order to mmeet your reequirements,, we will pprovide a freee initial coonsultation seession. WWe will use our professional expperrtise and tthe knowleddge we havve of your scchool or ccollege and what is woorking elseewwhere, to ddevelop a service with you tailorredd to the nneeds of your students..

OOnce we arre clear about your rrequirementss, we will pprepare a prriced ddelivery proposal for you to agreee. The nnext step is tto prepare detailed ddeelivery pplans and foollowing aggreement, drraw uup a contracct. We will schedule inn ttermly reviewws so that tthere is pleentty of oopportunity to closely mmonitor thee ddelivery oof services too ensure it is workingg ffor both pparties.

OOur chargesAs you would expect from a not-for-profi t company and registered charity, our charges are calculated on a cost-recovery basis. Charges are based on a daily rate for Careers Adviser time. We are confi dent that our charges are refl ective of the quality of the input that you and your students will receive. Our front line service stands or falls by the quality of our team of Careers Advisers. We recruit them carefully, invest in equipping them with the latest information and resources and manage them in a way that enables them to be effective.

Our prices are sustainable and we can assure you that we are not offering a cheaper initial deal with hidden future price rises. We are aware that budgets are tight and schools and colleges often start with a fi xed sum in mind. We are happy to work with you to design a package that enables you to get the best service for your students and get the most for your money.

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Services to Schools & Colleges

Professionnal developpment for sstaaff- Support for new Careers Teachers- Support for Form Tutors (including with student HE applications)- Inset for whole school staff

Special neeeds- Additional support to work alongside local authority statutory duties- Support for transition, college visits, attendance at additional review meetings, attendance at transition events and parents evenings

Support foor parents and carerss- Careers Adviser attendance at parents evenings- Additional support through our Parents Adviza service- Support through the transitions process for parents of young people with special needs

Psychomeetric testing- Morrisby and other leading profi ling tools available

Destinatioon measurees- Bespoke reports on your student cohorts

WWe offer manyy other servicees, please conntaact us to ddiscuss your reequirements.

OOur range of seervices includees:

Careers guidance- One-to-one guidance interviews- Common interest group guidance interviews- Pre and post 16 options workshops (option choices in Years 8/9, HE student fi nance, university applications, personal statements)- Careers information product workshops (including Kudos, Real Game, Passportfolio)- Results Re-think services

Employabbility- CV and application form workshops- Interview techniques- Understanding the workplace- Developing resilience

Targeted ssupport- Intensive support for individual students who have multiple or complex needs (mental health, substance misuse, behaviour, self-esteem or family issues)- Packages of support for individuals or groups of young people- Programmes of sustained support based on individual needs- Support available in school holidays

Curriculumm support sservices- Careers education development consultancy- Support towards Quality in Careers Standards- Careers library development (paper or online)

We are able to provide a comprehensive range of careers services to help all types of schools whatever their requirements. Many of these services can be delivered in a variety of different formats and we would aim to ensure delivery is matched to your precise needs.

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The service that we receive from Adviza is consistently professional, student-centred and effi cient. Best of all it is fl exible to our needs. I would highly recommend it.PSHCE Co-ordinator