Jane Lane School

Pupils recently attended a SEND Mini Careers Fair and explored lots of options for the future.

Click below to find out more about apprenticeships,

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The Parent Perspective is a new careers podcast from Amazing Apprenticeships. This exciting new podcast series for parents and carers will support listeners to explore their child’s careers options and will call on the insight of expert speakers and a brilliant parents’ panel.  Click the image above to access the podcast

Careers at Jane Lane School 

 Jane Lane School are committed to Careers Education as a vital means of giving all students the skills, knowledge and understanding to manage their own lifelong learning and career development.  Careers Education will prepare students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of education, training and employment and also the challenges of adult life.  

 Our Objectives  

1. Self-development – to increase self-awareness and gain confidence in making decisions and choices concerning education, training and work. Students need to be able to assess their strengths, limitations and potential to facilitate sensible decision-making.
2. World of Work – to access and examine sources of information so that they are aware of the range of courses and progression routes open to them at 16+. This will involve group and individual guidance and pupils will be encouraged to use a range of websites and use an online       psychometric careers assessment tool from the Careersoft JED computer package.
3. Career Management – students will create a career action plan with smart targets in Key Stage 4 Basic Skills lessons. This will enable them to negotiate the key transition to employment or training.
4. Transition – students will be effectively supported to deal with their key career decision making transition points at Years 9 and 10, Year 11 and onwards. This support will be provided during Careers lessons, at Careers events both within and outside of school, Careers meetings with the Advisor and by the Careers Lead.

Links

Please click the links below to explore options for your child's future

SEND My Choices Guide

Supported Internships and traineeships - parent guide

Your Future Black Country

Skills Tank

Walsall College

The Transition Hub Brownhills

Wolverhampton College

Sandwell College

South Staffordshire College - Rodbaston Campus

South Staffordshire College - Supported Learning

Queen Alexandra College  - Birmingham

Birmingham Creative Institute

South and City College - Birmingham

Hereward College

Heart of Birmingham Vocational College

NACRO

Juniper Training

Nova Training

Walsall Works

Connexions Sandwell

National Careers Service

icould - contains video information on a variety of careers

Bitesize careers 

Natwest Careersense

Council for Disabled Children

United Response

Disability Rights UK

National Grid Supported Internships

Evenbreak - accessible job search

Please click this link for traineeship vacancies from Juniper Training

Black Country Skills Factory - My Choices 

Information on the local labour market can be downloaded below: 

Our Careers Leader is Miss Michele Strangward who can be contacted on 01922 721161 or mstrangward@jane-lane.walsall.sch.uk