West Midlands Combined Authority

All-Age Careers Strategy

The WMCA is working with Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE in the design and development of a regional all-age careers strategy. We are mindful there is much to celebrate across the West Midlands when it comes to good/interesting approaches to careers work.

Careers work covers "a range of individual and collective activities (online or offline) relating to information, advice and guidance, competence assessment and the teaching of career learning, decision making and career management skills." Adapted from the Council of the European Union, Council Resolution on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies (November 2014)

We would value 10 - 15 minutes of your time to complete this survey. There are a small number of questions, many with multiple choice options so your time commitment is minimal. By completing this survey you are giving your consent to participate in this research. The survey closes on 31st May 2018.

Deirdre Hughes will then analyse the results and prepare on behalf of the WMCA an 'All-Age Careers Strategy: - Summary Fact Sheet No.1' to help inform ongoing consultations

Many thanks for your help.

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* 1. Where is your organisation primarily based in the West Midlands?

Greater Birmingham and Solihull

The Black Country

Coventry and Warwickshire

Other

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* 2. Which Local Authority area do you primarily work in?

Sandwell

Birmingham

Coventry

Solihull

Walsall

Wolverhampton

Cannock Chase District

North Warwickshire Borough

Redditch

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Rugby

Shropshire

Herefordshire

Dudley

Tamworth

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* 3. Please indicate the focus of your careers work?

Mostly young people

Mostly adults

All-age

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* 4. Do you have good/interesting examples of careers work in any of the following areas?

Linking curriculum learning to careers

Addressing the specific needs of individuals

Work with young people not in education,employment and/or training (NEET)

Labour market intelligence/information (LMI)

European or International career models and/or frameworks being applied in practice

Digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Encounters with employers and employees

Direct learning in the workplace

Personal guidance

Encounters in primary schools

Encounters in Further and Higher Education

Sector specific initiatives

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Pupil Referral

Prisons

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Please identify an exemplar(s) that you have tried and tested and are confident this works i.e. specify target group(s), focus and insert any link(s) available for review

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* 6. Using any of the following channels, do you have examples of high quality tried and tested careers provision? Please tick ALL BOXES THAT APPLY

online i.e. website(s)

mobile app(s)

telephony

webchat

gaming

classroom materials (work with adults)

classroom materials (work with young people)

parental/carer engagement

resource packs

groupwork

face-to-face

one to many e.g. webinars, MOOCs etc.

work with vulnerable groups

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Please provide a brief descriptor(s) and/or link(s) to any of the above tried and tested approaches.

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* 8. What are the three main steps that need to be taken to develop an all-age careers strategy? Please ONLY TICK 3 BOXES

Having a vision statement

Developing clear principles

Consultation workshops

Exemplars of good/interesting policies

Webinars

Leadership 'buy in'

Career Champions

Career Partnerships/Hubs

Sector Specific Careers Clusters

Involving Community Groups

Capturing the voices of young people and adults

Greater financial investment

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Would you be prepared to talk to Deirdre further in more depth about this?

Yes

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* 1. Where is your organisation primarily based in the West Midlands?

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* 2. Which Local Authority area do you primarily work in?

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* 3. Please indicate the focus of your careers work?

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* 4. Do you have good/interesting examples of careers work in any of the following areas?

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* 5. Please identify an exemplar(s) that you have tried and tested and are confident this works i.e. specify target group(s), focus and insert any link(s) available for review

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* 6. Using any of the following channels, do you have examples of high quality tried and tested careers provision? Please tick ALL BOXES THAT APPLY

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* 7. Please provide a brief descriptor(s) and/or link(s) to any of the above tried and tested approaches.

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* 8. What are the three main steps that need to be taken to develop an all-age careers strategy? Please ONLY TICK 3 BOXES

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* 9. Would you be prepared to talk to Deirdre further in more depth about this?

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* 10. In order to make contact please provide the name of your organisation, your name, role, email address and telephone number - Thank you!