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Our one-to-one careers sessions and group work activity encourages and empowers young people to make informed decisions about their learning and career pathways. Our impartial careers advisers, professionally qualified to a minimum level 6, use the latest labour market information to inform their practice and actively undertake continuous professional development to maintain their knowledge and skills. We have experience in supporting students from a wide range of schools and colleges including SEND and alternative provision, both in face to face and virtual settings.

We work directly with schools and local employers to coordinate a strategic, coherent and meaningful work experience (WEx) offer for school and college students. This includes:

• working directly with employers to secure, organise and manage work experience a placement schedule
• completing risk assessments for all employer placements
• monitoring, evaluating and reviewing, including providing impact data (Student and Employer Voice) to schools
• curating and delivering engaging work-related learning events.

Here's how just a few of the students we have supported have benefitted from work experience:

"My communication skills have significantly gotten better and I think I am much more empathetic and a much better listener."

"I feel I have more independence, took responsibility of my time, have more confidence and feel ok about asking for help."

Additionally, our partner employers are supported throughout the process:

"[The student] was an absolute pleasure to have around the office. [They were] super helpful and enthusiastic with an eagerness to learn, and was happy to complete all tasks given. We wish [they] could have stayed longer."

"Our first time hosting a WEx student with EDT and couldn’t have been more supported by the team. It is so rewarding, I would encourage all employers to support the future of these students when they can."

We offer services to enhance and embed CEIAG as well as aligning with teacher standards. As an awarding body for the Quality in Careers Standard, we can also endorse Primary Schools with The Inspiring Careers Award. Our consultants use a “critical friend” approach to support evidence collection and assessment.

"The EDT consultant's support made the process easier. She boosted my confidence and reviewed my work at every stage. I highly recommend EDT to schools pursuing the [Quality in Careers Standard]."

To support Teacher Standards, we provide teacher encounters at schools, colleges, or employer sites. These encounters help educators engage with employers, understand career pathways related to their subjects, and see practical applications in business settings.

Our Bridging the Gap programme offers custom packages, including pre-encounter sessions, employer encounters, and post-support training for teachers. This is also available to Career Hubs supporting their schools.

"Programmes such as Bridging the Gap have significantly enabled me to integrate workplace knowledge into my lessons, better preparing students for the professional environment."

- Teacher from Teacher Encounters

As part of our data management and tracking services, we can help track and analyse career outcomes data to see how young people are progressing in their career, measure the effectiveness of careers guidance programmes and make changes accordingly. Our tracking, follow-up and data reporting services can be tailored to meet the needs of each learning provider and we can help them to keep a comprehensive and accurate record that supports students’ development. The data can be used for both Ofsted inspections and for marketing purposes.