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Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership
Supporting Young Peoples Choices for the Future.
The Black Country LEP recognises the importance of employer engagement with students, parents, careers leaders and teachers, especially now with the ever-changing world of work. New technology is defining and creating many job roles while others have disappeared completely. It is more important than ever to create a strong link between schools and businesses and to use employers to inspire young people to strive to be the best version of themselves. The events hosted on our platform support schools to ensure Careers Professionals, School Leaders, Teachers, Parents and Students have a better understanding of current and future job roles in the Black Country across a wide sector spectrum. Coupled with this we provide an excellent library of supporting resources available to all schools and colleges that showcase all pathways for young people. We also have a strong link between external organisations offering training and Apprenticeships across a variety of sectors, with many job roles some young people may not be aware of.
The Black Country Skills Factory and Careers Hub works with business and schools to link into the delivery of programmes co-funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company. By accelerating the achievement of the 8 Gatsby benchmarks we can improve the careers provision turning ‘what looks good’ in careers education to what is excellent.
Schools engagement is a vital strand to the Skills Factory/Careers Hub. Working with volunteers from the world of work, we work together directly with schools and college leaders to bridge the gap between employers ensuring young people get the best careers advice.
Under the following aims, the Skills Factory/Careers Hub works to change and enhance young peoples and employer’s perceptions of the workplace.
1. We aim to increase the number of encounters every young person has with the world of work
2. We strive to enhance each young persons employability
3. We will provide schools with local labour market information to support curriculum delivery and development
4. We aim to inspire the next generation to look forward to their future careers
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Join us LIVE on Wednesday 24th May @1pm for the Exploring Apprenticeship Vacancies in the Black Country Broadcast
More details to follow
Swap Don’t Drop
In partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority, this event is aimed at those who are considering dropping out of education. The message is simply ‘Swap Don’t Drop’; it’s ok to change your mind and there are alternative option for you to consider.
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New Year, New Job
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2022 ‘Build the Future’
The event aims to provide young people, parents and carers with information about apprenticeship opportunities in the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull. The Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership are working with key partners and employers to provide an insight into apprenticeships and live vacancies in the area. Topics include:
For young people:
Hearing directly from apprentices themselves – what is an apprenticeship?
Live vacancies in the area – showcasing the variety of opportunities available
Support available for young people – where to look for an apprenticeship, how to apply, what makes a good application
For parents:
Why take the apprenticeship route? – perceptions of apprenticeship programmes
Hearing from employers – the importance of apprenticeships, what they can lead to
Support available for parents and carers – benefits, opportunity to ask questions to apprentices, partners and employers in the area
Black Country Creative Industries
An overview of performing and visual arts –
As part of our Creative World of Work Week this session will introduce students to the performing and visual side of creative.
Black Country – My Future Skills – For young people with Special Educational Needs or disabilities
12 key employability or future skills you can develop now to support you to gain access to work in the future
Key insights from employees who have special needs or disabilities , what skills they have and how they developed them.
Black Country – Brighter Futures
The project seeks to understand the barriers to accessing Apprenticeships facing our local young people from BAME communities. It is a critical project which is working with parents and young people to achieving its aim of motivating, inspiring and supporting young people in schools to make informed choices about their future and help them achieve towards their choices. It will involve a combination of workshops and activities for these young people and their parents to take part in which will take place in and out of school.
Black Country Give Back Get Ahead Broadcast
This broadcast aims to provide useful information about how volunteering can help young people gain and develop skills necessary for the job market such as team work, communication, problem solving and time management.
We have understandably seen a decrease in the amount of young people able to secure work experience opportunities throughout the pandemic. As such, many young people are going to be leaving school without any face-to-face experience of the workplace. Work experience provides a chance for young people to develop employability skills that they can relate to work, use on CVs and in application forms and interviews. It’s also a great way for young people to explore a variety of job roles. Volunteering is a great way for young people to develop employability skills and explore the world of work whilst helping other people and the community around them and can be a good alternative to work experience whilst employers are still returning to the workplace.
Exploring Apprenticeships in the Black Country broadcast
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2023
The event aims to provide young people, parents and carers with information about apprenticeships in the Black Country. Topics include:
- What is an apprenticeship?
- Hearing directly from local apprentices representing a variety of sectors and roles
- Learning about Training Providers – how they support apprentices and the variety of apprenticeships they offer
- Why take the apprenticeship route? – perceptions of apprenticeship programmes
- Hearing from employers – the importance of apprenticeships and what they can lead to
Black Country Careers Hub National Careers Week Broadcast
National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. Our aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways in the Black Country
Teacher Encounters – Helping you to Support Young Peoples Choices for their Future
We know that teachers are often a source of support for both students and parents, in terms of careers information, advice and guidance and yet the majority are doing that based on lived experience alone. The world of work is changing constantly, as is the labour market and the educational pathways. New technology is defining and creating many job roles while others have disappeared completely.
It is more important than ever to create a strong link between schools and businesses and this Teacher Encounters series created in a collaborative project by all 4 West Midlands Careers Hubs (Black Country, Birmingham, Coventry & Warwickshire and Solihull) will allow you, as educators:
• the opportunity to have an exposure to connect with more employers and be able to engage with them after these sessions.
• to have a better understanding of current and future job roles across a wide sector spectrum.
• to identify how you can deliver careers in the curriculum (Benchmark 4), link your curriculum areas to real up to date LMI and source potential industrial opportunities for your students (BM2).
We would like to invite you to take part in a Pre Broadcast Poll & Post Broadcast Poll to gain an understanding of you knowledge and bridge any gaps.
Broadcast Dates for Solihull Careers Hub:
Teacher Encounter Session – Public Services Sector. Delivered by Solihull Careers Hub
Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday Wednesday 21st June
Broadcast Dates for Black Country Careers Hub:
Teacher Encounter Session – Retail & Hospitality Sector. Delivered by Black Country Careers Hub
Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday 7th June
Broadcast Dates for Coventry & Warwickshire Careers Hub:
Teacher Encounter Session – Utilities Sector. Delivered by Coventry & Warwickshire Careers Hub
Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday 19th April
Teacher Encounter Session – Transport & Logistics Sector. Delivered by Coventry & Warwickshire Careers Hub
Join us LIVE from 9:30 am on Wednesday 10th May
Broadcast Dates for Birmingham Careers Hub:
Teacher Encounter Session – Digital Sector. Delivered by Birmingham Careers Hub
Join us live from 9:30am on Wednesday 3rd May
Teacher Encounter Session – Green Jobs. Delivered by Birmingham Careers Hub
Join us live from 9:30am on Wednesday 17th May