Parents & Carers
We all want the best for our children – sometimes the changes in education and the workplace make us feel out of touch and unable to help.
Although you might think you don’t know where to start, and that you need to leave it to others to give this advice, you are a very important part of your child’s thinking about their future – what you say or do matters to them.
We often have quite a limited idea of jobs from what we do, television programmes or friends and neighbours. Try to help them look at all the things they could do and see how getting more qualifications can help them get a job with better pay and a good future.
See our publications for ideas on how to do this to do this and see the useful links to fun websites where they (and you) can look to the future!
Talking to someone
Have a chat with a Personal Adviser in your child’s school or college, or in our Connexions Centres - they are up-to-date with all the options in work and education, what’s happening in the labour market, help with applying to university and money matters.
We don’t just look at jobs and careers though, as we know personal problems might be worrying young people and their parents, so Connexions are there to help with this too, and youth work in the area means young people have somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to.
Freephone 0800 980 9877 to get in touch
“Learning pays! Wages of those who go to university are typically 60% more than those with no qualifications”. Have a look at our Wages Poster to see the average hourly wages for different jobs that employees were paid in 2008.
