Post-16 Transitions: a Longitudinal Study of Young People with ...
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• colleges (33 per cent <strong>of</strong> parents who had sought published<br />
materials did so from colleges)<br />
• the internet (18 per cent)<br />
• Career Service/Connexions (13 per cent), and<br />
• school (eight per cent).<br />
Approximately one-fifth (19 per cent) <strong>of</strong> all parents and carers<br />
also said that they had experienced some sort <strong>of</strong> problem<br />
when trying to obtain services or advice related to education.<br />
This problem was most <strong>of</strong>ten felt to be due to a general lack <strong>of</strong><br />
information or guidance (42 per cent). Parents also reported<br />
that some <strong>of</strong> these problems stemmed from staff from different<br />
services not working together (22 per cent), or waiting for a<br />
long time for support to be provided (17 per cent). Many<br />
parents and carers also thought that problems accessing<br />
information about education were caused by receiving<br />
conflicting advice from staff working in different services (15<br />
per cent <strong>of</strong> those reporting problems).<br />
Table 6.9: Most helpful source <strong>of</strong> support<br />
6.3.2 Employment and work-related training<br />
Just under one-third <strong>of</strong> all parents and carers (who deemed<br />
that their children were, or would be at some time in the<br />
N = %<br />
Careers service incl. Connexions personal adviser 136 31<br />
College/university staff 109 23<br />
Jobcentre/Benefits Agency 42 8<br />
Friends 35 8<br />
Other college staff 17 4<br />
Employers/local businesses 17 4<br />
Family member 15 4<br />
Through my job/employer 9 2<br />
Voluntary group 8 2<br />
Local Council staff 6 2<br />
SENCO 5 1<br />
Training course/centre 5 1<br />
Other 15 3<br />
None/did not get any 3 1<br />
Don’t know 12 2<br />
N = 452<br />
Note: All percentages are weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated<br />
Source: IES/MORI 2003<br />
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