Careers

Miss V Pears (All Saints work experience and careers officer) can be contacted at the west office between 11am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

My name is Susan Stewart and I work for Calderdale and Kirklees Careers as a personal adviser specialising in careers advice and guidance.

I work at All Saints Catholic College and am usually in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

My role is to help all Year 11 move onto a positive destination at the end of the school year whether that be work, education or training.

I continue to work with Year 11 even when they have finished school right through to the September to ensure they are settled and our service is also available in the local colleges and training centers and also at the local Connexions offices whether that be Huddersfield, HALIFAX OR Dewsbury.

My work starts in Year 9 where I am at hand at parents evenings, options evenings to help Year 9 think through those early decisions about options and the impact of these choices on the future.

I start to interview each student individually from Year 10 (Easter time) onwards so that by Christmas I aim to have seen most of the then year 11 at least once individually but also help some students considerably more.

I also come to all year 10 and year 11 parents evenings and am happy to answer any questions parents may have.

Career is often thought of as a job and a successful job at that but Career really means the progress of an individual through learning and work. Nowadays this probably means moving through education and probably a series of jobs but could also mean a gap year or voluntary work. It is not necessary to identify a particular job that the young person is interested in but to make decisions to keep options open or to move broadly into areas that interest them . Most young people move onto further education but a small minority do move into work at 16.

It is about helping young people through the process of decision making. It certainly is not telling them what to do but seeking to explore behind what a young person says they want in order to gain an in depth understanding of what motivates and interests them in order to be happy with the decisions they make and to ensure that their plans will work out.

It is helping them make choices and consider the consequences of their decisions.

For help and information for students and parents why not visit our website ? There is everything from general information to CV writing to job vacancies

Young people from year 8 onwards can access a range of information and advice on their career planning, download careers information, compose a cv and even view job vacancies (part and full time) and much much more. There are many useful links to websites related to education work and training and there is a special section for parents.

All Saints Catholic College Careers Convention held on Thursday 11 October 2007 6pm to 8pm was very well supported by students and their parents who were pleased with the range of opportunities available for them to refer to in their search for further and higher education and career routes.

Personnel from twenty seven different organisations were available for consultation, with exciting displays to engage visitors. Personal Advisors from Calderdale & Kirklees Careers Ltd were also in attendance to give help and advice to students and their parents/carers.

Several Year 8 students volunteered their help during the evening – giving assistance before and during the event by helping to set up displays, welcoming representatives, parents and students to the Convention and acting as ambassadors for the college.

Val Pears, Careers Coordinator at All Saints said “The Careers Convention proved to be a very successful and informative evening for students and the college would like to thank all those who contributed to its success”.

Valerie Pears Careers Co-ordinator

Careers

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