Who is this qualification for...

The Careers Strategy (2017) and recent White Paper (2021) recommends that schools and colleges appoint a named Careers Leader. This course provides a professional qualification to support this role.

This Certificate has been designed for practitioners working in schools, colleges, SEND or alternative educational provision who lead and develop careers provision in an education environment. (Note this course does not qualify you to deliver 1 to 1 personal guidance).

The Careers and Enterprise Company offer a bursary of £1000 to schools and colleges whose Careers Leader has achieved this qualification. Registrations for this course must go through The Careers and Enterprise Company website   https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/careers-leaders/careers-leader-training/

The certificate covers 3 of the optional units from the Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance and Development:

• Unit 17 - Lead and manage career development work in an organisation
• Unit 18 - Continuously improve career development work in an organisation
• Unit 19 - Plan and design career-related learning programmes

Please follow the link to OCR to see units 17, 18 and 19 for this award: L6 Diploma in Careers Guidance & Development https://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/vocational-qualifications/career-guidance-and-development-level-6-diploma-04664/units/

How is it delivered...

Courses start in May, September, November, and January with groups of up to 15 learners.

The programme will be delivered live online via Microsoft Teams over an average of 27 weeks, depending on how school holidays occur.

There are five 3-hour workshops (09:30 – 12:30)

• Workshop 1 - Career Development Sector (Roles, Organisations, Activities).
• Workshop 2 - Review Careers provision (Programme, Policy, Strategic Plan)
• Workshop 3 - Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Careers provision (Programme, Policy, Strategic Plan)
• Workshop 4 - Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Careers provision (Programme, Policy, Strategic Plan)
• Workshop 5 - Working with and developing others (Internal and external)

Prior to each workshop, learners will be provided with links to a range of additional resources including, sector organisations, legislation and frameworks, templates, reports, websites, videos, worksheets, case studies and examples of good practice. To further support their learning, assessments, and practice.

The course aims to accommodate a range or learning styles and assessment preferences through a blended selection of methods and approaches. Including written, verbal, visual.

We estimate a commitment of 60 hours (average 3 hours per week) for self-study by the learner.

Assessments methods include.

• Assignments (between 1500 – 2500 words).
• Reflective Logs (written, or verbal, or visual).
• Professional discussions.
• Work products.
• Presentations / visual illustrations.

We estimate a commitment of 60 hours (average 3 hours per week) for self-study by the learner.

Each learner will have a minimum of 4 meetings with their assessor using Microsoft Teams.

Progression...

This course can be used as a progression route to achieve the full Level 6 Diploma in Careers Guidance & Development as it covers 3 of the optional units required to complete the qualification.

Learners could choose to go on and complete the 7 mandatory units (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). The additional 7 units combined with the 3 units (17, 18 and 19) obtained from the Careers leaders course would enable you to obtain the Full Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development. That would also qualify you to deliver 1 to 1 personal guidance.

More information about the Level 6 Certificate in Careers Leadership can be found in this Youtube clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-tofrNGqg

 

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