Careers Advice
The College Careers Service consists of a team of qualified career guidance professionals who are dedicated to helping people to progress successfully into further, higher education, employment or Apprenticeships. The need for specialist careers advice and guidance has never been so important. It is vital that people of all ages have access to good quality, realistic and impartial information, advice and guidance for them to make informed decisions for their future.
The Careers Team are:
- David Richards – Careers Service Manager
- Jane Findlay – Careers Adviser (Solihull Campus)
- Jas Lall – Careers Adviser (Woodlands Campus)
Mission
Our mission is to make the Careers Service fully accessible to College students as well as the wider community by providing impartial information, advice and guidance that is fully integrated, accessible and highly regarded. We aim to encourage successful transition into further study, training or employment.
The College has developed a careers explorer that will help you work out the career for you and the course to get you there. Take a look:
Fast Forward
Resources
Documents
Careers Leadership Team
Solihull College & University Centre has established a Careers Leadership Team. The team meets at least once a term and oversees the effective implementation of the careers, advice and guidance at the college.
The members of the Careers Leadership Team include:
- Director of Student Services (Careers Leader)
- Careers Service Manager
- Assistant Principals
- Heads of School
- Additional Needs Manager
- Heads of Personal Progress and Development
Accreditations, Memberships & Partnerships
Solihull College & University Centre has been recognised for its outstanding careers work and has been awarded Gold level in the National Quality in Careers Standard, awarded under licence by Prospects. The Quality in Careers Standard is awarded to schools and education providers who can demonstrate the importance they place on careers and how they support students to make decisions about their life after college.
Solihull College Student Services is a Matrix accredited service. The standard is the unique quality framework for the effective delivery of information, advice and guidance.
OFSTED is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.
Following a recent OFSTED inspection of Solihull College in 2016, the Careers Service was highlighted for providing an effective service:
Career advice and guidance are effective. Learners are placed on the level of study that best suits their skills and interests, so that the vast majority complete their courses and move on successfully to further study, apprenticeships and employment.
Learners and apprentices quickly develop a broad range of good personal, social and employability skills, as well as positive attitudes to learning, that prepare them well for their future careers.
