Services for Schools & Colleges
Connexion’s Services
Connexions is a specialist provider of services for young people and adults. Our services support personal development and informed decision making that promotes positive life choices and outcomes for people at key transition points in their lives.
We offer comprehensive packages of support for schools and colleges including:
- Encompass – tailored careers education and guidance services
- Engage – individual and group support for those struggling to achieve their potential
- Education Business Plus – services linking education and employers
- Involve – client consultation, representation and democracy education services
- Duke of Edinburgh's Award – fully personalised programmes
- Open Space – outdoor education services, including D of E and other accreditations
- MadetoMeasure - A tailored curriculum with measurable outcomes
Drawing on our broad menu of services, we work with you to agree and deliver a support package that is right for your school or college and your pupils/students.
We aim to:
- Help young people make the right choices for a successful transition into adult life,
- Identify those young people who may need additional help to overcome personal difficulties and obstacles to learning and progression,
- Maximise the number of young people participating in education, employment and training, and access activities to help them make the most of their free time.
General Connexions Support
- With professionally trained Careers Advisers and Youth Workers working together to offer group work activities, individual interviews, outreach work and community based activities in youth centres and the Hub @ Connexions,
- Connexions Centres offer support once young people leave school, along with a drop in centre for resources,
- Support for schools and colleges to achieve Investors in Careers, an up to date information resource area, and free publications at transition points for young people and their parents & carers.
Our staff work closely with:
- Educational establishments
- Training providers and employers
- The Local Authority’s Children’s and Young People’s Services teams
- Learning and Skills Council
- Jobcentre Plus
- Youth Offending Teams
- Counselling services
- Housing services
- Benefits agency
- Voluntary agencies.
Connexions provides impartial information, advice, guidance and support on:
- Careers
- Education and training – courses and routes
- Employment opportunities and help applying for jobs
- Labour Market Information
- Housing
- Relationships
- Health and sexual health
- Substance misuse and addiction
- Money
- Leisure and personal development opportunities
- Young people’s rights
- Diplomas
- Apprenticeships
- EBP
- Stemnet
- Diplomanet
- SEAS
- CRCI
- Careers libraries
- Parents evening involvement
- Youth work in schools
School Leaver Destinations
The Destinations 2010 publication gives details of the first permanent destinations of young people leaving Cheshire and Warrington schools in July 2009. Statistics provided conform to the Department for Children, Schools and Families definitions and include:
Destinations of Year 11 Leavers
- Destinations by Job Areas
- Male/Female Analysis
- Destinations of Year 13 Leavers
Guidance For Practictioners
Guidance for Practitioners is available for all those who have responsibility for delivering information, advice and guidance (IAG) services to meet the new national quality standards.
Education Maintenance Allowance
The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is soon to be abolished and will be replaced by the Learner Support Fund.
EMA closed to new applicants in England from January 2011. Learner support funds will be available through schools, colleges and training providers to help students who most need it to continue in learning. For more information click here.
Key Stage 4 Engagement Programme
The Key Stage 4 Engagement Programme was directed at pupils who may be at risk of disengaging from school in Years 10 and 11 and who would benefit from a personalised curriculum.
The programme has been operating in selected Cheshire schools since
September 2008. In the academic year 2009/2010, twelve schools in the newly
formed Cheshire East and ten schools from Cheshire West and Chester have
been involved. The programme has been coordinated through Connexions Cheshire
and Warrington Limited.
