Schools & Colleges
Connexions - Cheshire & Warrington Limited is a statutory service working with schools, colleges and other organisations to provide information, advice, guidance and support to all young people between the ages of 13 and 19 and up to 25 for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
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 Personal 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 2009 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.
Key Stage 4 Engagement Programme
The Key Stage 4 Engagement Programme is running for a second year in Cheshire East
and Cheshire West and Chester. Managed by Connexions Cheshire & Warrington Limited on behalf of the local authorities, the initiative is aimed at pupils in years 10 or 11 who are at risk of disengaging from school. Please see our Spring 2010 update for more details.
