Your child has their whole life and career ahead of them!

Help them make good choices and find a career that will make them a happy human.

You:

Are you a parent of a teenager who is in year 9-11 or is a sixth former (year 12 - 13)?

Is your son/daughter enthusiastic and eager to understand their career options?

You want solid advice that could help your teenager draw a career plan for their future.

So you’re doing everything that’s possible to help your child:

You are attending career fairs and parents' evenings but leave with little or no information about how to support your son/daughter with bespoke career advice or information.
You have spoken to the school about support to help with colleges and apprenticeships but have had little support about how to apply.
Want advice and up to date details about apprenticeships and options outside of going to university. For example what is a degree apprenticeship? etc.
Want more resources and research about the different types of careers out there and how the world of work is changing rather than just generic careers like medicine, law etc.
Have spoken to a careers adviser or head of careers at your son/daughters school but still haven’t had much support about the stages of progression and advice around applications.

However, you might feel that there is too much outdated and sometimes confusing information out there.

So you often find yourself:

Confused about what option is right for your son/daughter?
Overloaded with careers information leaflets and talks?
The advice and support you have received already was not bespoke to what your son’s/daughter’s needs?
Let down by the lack of support you have to help your child?
Your son/daughter needs someone impartial to support them and answer questions you can’t?

You now just want someone to help with the following:

Impartial Careers advice
Practical tools and resources
Providing Careers Research and how to apply to courses
Bespoke information about different careers
Different routes to education and training.

Me:

I am a qualified and experienced Careers Adviser with a Postgraduate in Careers Advice, Degree in Psychology and a member of the CDI as well as being on their professional register see link here for further details.

As a qualified careers adviser, I will support you in an impartial way to understand:

How subject options in Years 9 and 11 are important
Looking beyond a degree with regards to career options
Addressing why looking at apprenticeships and not going to university could be an option for your son/daughter
Helping you research and look into careers and degree choices that are new and still being developed
Identify careers that are STEM focused but are not Medicine, Dentistry. IT etc.
Changes in career development and starting a business after leaving school.

I will help you to feel more confident about the options available for your child regardless of their ability.

This could involve me helping you research a specialist course at college, degree level or apprenticeship depending on what your son/daughter wants
Many young people are choosing alternative routes like degree apprenticeships or doing their degree later. So my role would be about providing you with hands on Information, advice and guidance( IAG)

I have also helped past clients with specific career advice and research around different careers and helped their son/daughter think more openly about their options so they have more awareness of their choices.

HOW I WORK

I will help you to feel more confident about the options available to your son/daughter regardless of their ability.

This could involve me helping you research a specialist course at college, degree level or apprenticeship level depending on what your son/daughter wants.
Many young people are choosing alternative routes to degrees like taking a year off etc. So my role would be about providing you with hands on Information, advice and guidance( IAG)

Helping young people understand more about working life and looking at how they can gain real-life experience or work towards something more practical other then just a degree

You have two services to choose from:

Parental Consultation

This includes a telephone or Zoom call to discuss your questions and Careers Information pack and mini plan

Learn more about Parental Consultation

Career Advice Service

This is a more comprehensive support service which includes an interview with your child, research and provides you with a Careers Research Report

Learn more about Career Advice Service

Case Studies

Case Study 1

Apprenticeship Year 13 (upper sixth)

This student is predicted ABB for his A levels. He is smart, enthusiastic and wants to explore the world of work straight away. The teachers are encouraging him to apply for a degree in a Russell group university but he wants to do something different.

It’s important to note many young people with great predicted A level grades may decide not to go to university there is no wrong or right here.

This student didn’t want to go to university right away, instead, they applied for a high-level apprenticeship/ degree apprenticeship to pursue a career in finance at a bank in central London.

This example highlights that you don’t have to do a degree if you want work experience and financial independence but also you can learn whilst you work too.

Some companies that offer degree and high-level apprenticeships include Sky, BT. British Gas, TFL KPMG etc.

Case Study 2

A-levels and Career Exploration (Year 10)

A smart inquisitive young man in year 10 was very keen to learn and explore different STEM based careers out there. This young man also wanted to learn more about what the world of work was and really wanted to know why university plays a big part in your career and work life.

It was important for him to learn and know about this at 14 because he felt confused and overwhelmed by the all the information out there. He also wanted someone impartial and non-judgemental to support him. That’s where I came along.

We looked at the following

1. Career ideas and aspirations

2. Different degrees they were interested in

3. What the world of work is really like

4. Specific STEM occupations that weren’t medicine or dentistry

Some of the ideas discussed here included careers in engineering, science research, Bio Genetics, Artificial intelligence etc. We used different career advice tools and also psychometric testing to support him through this.

Case Study 3

Careers Advice and choosing the right degree (Year 12)

This young lady was confused about how to apply for her degree and wanted advice about how degrees work and the information out there.

She wanted a course that provided good employability prospects for her. Her predicated grades were CCB but was anxious about if this would be enough to get her a degree in a university with a good reputation and course.

We looked at different careers linked with Finance and Accounting as well as Economics and Business. With good universities that offered international placements and good employability prospects.

A lot the research was about finding a good university that catered to their needs but also allowed the client to feel they could get some workplace experience like a placement or sandwich course. The idea was to help her be open to careers in Finance through experience and learning.

Case Study 4

College and Careers Advice (Year 11)

This young women wanted to pursue a career in Beauty. She wanted a course that would develop her passion for this industry and had an aspiration of working in central London.

We explored several colleges and she eventually applied for the London College of Beauty Therapy and applied for a Level 2 course in Beauty Therapy. This young girl had predicated grades Grade 5(B) for English and Grade 4 (C) for Maths and 5 other grades 5-3 grades.