#CreateYourFuture – Teaching Resources
What is #CreateYourFuture?
#CreateYourFuture is a joint campaign between The Careers & Enterprise Company and Youth Employment UK. It aims to provide support to young people who are at key education and employment transition stages.
The campaign is designed to help young people to feel more confident about themselves, the pathways and opportunities ahead of them.
A key part of the campaign involves young people completing activities from Youth Employment UK’s online Young Professional programmes and engaging in additional resources and opportunities to build their knowledge and understanding.
Follow #CECAheadOfTheGame and make sure you are also signed up to our Teachers Newsletter and to the CEC Newsletter to stay up to date with resources.
Young people taking part will gain…
- An understanding of their own needs
- A clear and impartial understanding of all the pathways available to them
- An understanding of where to get support when they need it
- Support to build their skills for life and work
- A virtual experience of the world of work
- Support to choose a future career
- Support to build a CV
- Support to connect with youth friendly opportunities to get ahead of the game
Teaching Resources – Ahead Of The Game
The Careers And Enterprise Company have compiled a range of useful resources for teachers and careers leaders as part of their #CECAheadoftheGame offering.
Click on these resources to support your strategic planning and embed careers within the curriculum.
The topics and resources can work closely with the #CreateYourFuture teaching programme to provide a holistic career-ready experience for your learners.
Ahead Of The Game: Careers Resources
Collecting intended destinations
Intended destinations permission sheet
Measuring student career knowledge And skills
Support for students on Results Days
Support students and key stakeholders to understand all pathways
Support students at risk of NEET
Support students to make a successful transition
Teaching Resources: Using Create Your Future with Your Learners
- Sign up as a Young Professional Provider. To do this, email info@youthemployment.org.uk and request to become a Young Professional Provider. This free service enables you to have Group Management Access to see and evidence the activity of the young people in your network.
- Ensure students will have access to a device and the internet so that they can complete the online activities.
- Ensure that any internet access permissions are applied to allow for access to www.youthemployment.org.uk.
- Pre-register students, particularly those under 16 who will need parent/carers permission to sign up to the Young Professional. As a Young Professional Provider, you will receive full support with this.
- Register with the Youth Employment UK Newsletter for Teachers & Career Leaders
- Register with the Careers & Enterprise Company Newsletter
- Download the Campaign Pack
- Kick off assembly/video
Additional Support for Teachers and Careers Leaders
These resources are freely available for young people aged 14+.
Young Professional Training
Young people aged 14+ can sign up to a free programme supporting their personal and professional confidence, with skills development and early career support and opportunities.
FREE Online Courses
Your students and learners can access a wide range of free online careers education and support programmes covering skills, pathways, next steps, virtual work experience and more.
How to share Create Your Future with young people & parents
EXAMPLE: What you can say to your learners
We’ve teamed up with two national organisations to help support you with information, resources and online learning to help you feel more confident in moving forward in your next steps and choices.
The activities we’ll be covering include:
- Getting to know all your possible next steps and the range of options open to you
- Building up your confidence in your life skills and work-ready skills
- Virtual work experience
- Exploring ways to connect with Youth Friendly opportunities, both right now and in the future.
This information and support is all here to help you create the future you want. The more you put into these activities, the more you’ll get out of it.
EXAMPLE: What you can say to parents
We’ve teamed up with two national organisations – The Careers and Enterprise Company and Youth Employment UK to help support your children with information, resources and online learning to help them feel more confident in moving forward in their next steps and choices.
The activities that we will cover will include:
- Information about pathways and choices available
- Support and information across a range of personal and professional development areas
- Employability and life skills development
- Virtual work experience
- The opportunity to connect with Youth Friendly opportunities.
All this information and support is free to access. The more young people engage with the activities, the more they will get out of the process.
Do you have any questions? Please see our range of parent FAQs to support you in engaging with your children on their journey to future life and work readiness.
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Teachers and careers leaders can now embed free Young Professional skills training with their students and learners in accordance with CEIAG.
Teaching Resources:
Careers Education:
"Excellent for information delivered in both written and visual formats to keep students interested."
Louise Rochford, Careers Advisor