How Would a Demand-Led System Affect the Information, Advice ...
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<strong>How</strong> <strong>Would</strong> a <strong>Demand</strong>-<strong>Led</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />
<strong>Affect</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Information</strong>, <strong>Advice</strong> and<br />
Guidance Available to Individuals<br />
and Employers<br />
Tony Watts
Agenda<br />
Importance of career information,<br />
advice and guidance (IAG) from a<br />
policy perspective<br />
The new adult careers service<br />
Role of career IAG within Train to<br />
Gain and Skills Accounts
Definition<br />
Services intended to assist individuals, of<br />
any age, to make educational, training<br />
and occupational choices and to manage<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir careers<br />
Individual or group; face-to<br />
to-face or at a<br />
distance<br />
Includes career information,<br />
assessment/self-assessment, assessment, interviews,<br />
career education, taster programmes
Public-policy goals<br />
Learning goals<br />
Labour market goals<br />
Social equity goals<br />
All reframed in <strong>the</strong> light of lifelong<br />
learning and sustaining employability
Proactive<br />
‘Services need to be available at times and<br />
in forms which will encourage all citizens<br />
to continue to develop <strong>the</strong>ir skills and<br />
competences throughout <strong>the</strong>ir lives, linked<br />
to changing needs in <strong>the</strong> labour market.’<br />
‘Such services need to be viewed as an<br />
active tool, and individuals should be<br />
positively encouraged to use <strong>the</strong>m.’<br />
- Resolution of European Council of<br />
Education Ministers 2004
Current Provision<br />
learndirect <strong>Advice</strong><br />
nextstep agencies<br />
Jobcentre Plus<br />
Embedded services within universities,<br />
colleges and employers (including union<br />
learning representatives)<br />
Separate provision for young people<br />
(Connexions)<br />
cf. all-age age services elsewhere in UK
Reversal<br />
Prior to 2001:<br />
- Careers Service for young people<br />
- IAG framework for adults<br />
Now:<br />
- IAG framework for young people<br />
- Careers Service for adults
Career<br />
Brings toge<strong>the</strong>r learning and work<br />
Focuses on aspiration and<br />
progression<br />
Owned by <strong>the</strong> individual
New Adult Careers Service<br />
Brings toge<strong>the</strong>r learndirect and<br />
nextstep<br />
Strong links with Jobcentre Plus<br />
Targeted elements, but available to<br />
all<br />
To be trialled 2008-09, 09, and fully<br />
operational 2010-11<br />
11
Possible Contractors<br />
Jobcentre Plus<br />
LSC<br />
learndirect <strong>Advice</strong><br />
stand-alone alone body
Train to Gain<br />
Need for clear distinction between<br />
brokerage and career IAG<br />
Roles of career IAG:<br />
- getting in<br />
- getting on<br />
- moving on<br />
Various sources<br />
Careers Service to be involved in systems<br />
design and capacity building, as well as<br />
service delivery
Train to Gain<br />
employer<br />
skills brokerage<br />
learning<br />
provider<br />
IAG<br />
IAG<br />
individual<br />
support<br />
IAG<br />
support<br />
ULRs<br />
IAG<br />
nextstep<br />
(via LSC)
Skills Accounts<br />
If employers and Government are to<br />
invest in accounts which individuals<br />
control, career IAG is important part<br />
of quality assurance of <strong>the</strong> system
Implications<br />
Stronger LMI<br />
Closer relationship between career<br />
guidance and financial guidance<br />
An all-age age service