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Career Guidance in Wales

This text explores the development of career guidance services in Wales post-devolution, emphasizing the WAG's establishment of an all-age, bilingual framework. It discusses the integration of career services within publicly funded education and learning initiatives, such as the Learning Pathways 14-19 program, which envisions a comprehensive delivery of education and training. It also addresses the role of Learning Coaches in supporting young people's transitions, the importance of mediated access to resources, and current challenges faced in implementing effective career guidance.

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Career Guidance in Wales

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  1. Career Guidance in Wales Devolution and the establishment of the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) allowed Wales to move towards an all-age, bilingual service

  2. Issues of Policy and Practice • Revised WAG Structure from April 2006 • Department of Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills links guidance to other key publicly funded services • Youth and Adult Learning Opportunities (YALO) Division covers Careers Wales

  3. The Learning Country • Learning Pathways 14 – 19 “Provides a vision of education and training delivery over a 15 year period from 2002” • Learning Coach “To provide support to young people in periods of transition” –cf ‘PA’, ‘Keyworker’ ? • Learning Pathways 2 Update of strategic overview in 2006

  4. Careers Wales On-line (CWOL) • All-age relevance • Integration of Progress File • Learning Grid of formal, non formal and informal learning opportunities • Inclusion of 14 – 19 learning opportunities • Differentiation to widen use • Subject of an Estyn thematic inspection

  5. CWOL and e-guidance – areas of current concern • Dynamics of the interview • Mediated / unmediated access? • Availability of connection • Out of hours access

  6. Links to Labour Market • Assembly’s vision of the role of EBP • Work with KS 1 & 2? • Work with 16 / 18+ labour market? • Work experience – compulsion or choice? • The changing role and status of career co-ordinators • TLRs and ‘Lightening the Load’ – more pressure on the role?

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