For Students

For CEIAG, students can speak to the CEIAG lead Steve Hogarth

To speak about work experience and employment opportunities students can speak to Employer engagement officer Tara Thomas

All students receive impartial careers advice and guidance through individual meetings organised annually. Students are able to request further meetings at any point throughout the year.

Breaking down the barriers to employment

Ascent College strives to ensure that every young person is inspired and prepared for the world of work. Students achieve this through the provision of taster opportunities and bespoke visits to local employers/businesses, work experience, enterprise education, independent travel training, access to leavers who act as role models and inspiring speakers.

Our robust employability/careers programme (including work experience) provides our young adults with an understanding of the world of work and empowers them to gain the knowledge, skills, understanding and most importantly the resilience to achieve (wherever possible) work-related post-college destinations.

Ascent College breaks down the barriers to accessing work through its excellent collaborative partnerships with local businesses and community groups. All students take part in real-life work experience opportunities and work towards identified personalised accreditation outcomes within their programme that will develop the skills needed for progression onto identified ambitious post-college destinations.

Embracing a diverse range of partners from all occupational areas helps us share an understanding and knowledge of autistic young adults, benefiting all parties by breaking down barriers to employment, reducing students’ vulnerability and increasing their resilience. 

Find out more about supported internships here.

The Careers and Enterprise Company Resources Directory

• https://resources.careersandenterprise.co.uk/all-resources-all-one-place – lessons plans, templates, information sheets, presentations and videos
• “My Skills, My Future”: Careers & Employability Resources for teachers of SEND learners – templates, lesson-plan ideas, videos, information sheets and presentations

Guides & Toolkits – Embedding Careers into the Curriculum

• Good Career Guidance – An overview of the Gatsby Benchmarks.
• SEND– Liverpool City Region (LCR) Careers Hub Guide to Gatsby Benchmark 4 (SEND)

• https://lcrbemore.co.uk – Comprehensive LCR Labour Market Information, apprenticeships, training, opportunities, jobs and more.
• https://www.skillsbuilder.org
• https://nationalcareersweek.com/
• https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/

Labour Market Information

BeMore (lcrbemore.co.uk) is a one stop destination for careers support across Liverpool City Region. This includes: job vacancies, apprenticeships, live labour market information, careers advice, employer support and training opportunities. To reflect the talents, needs and interests of all students, ensure that pathways information is comprehensive.

Portal – Lancashire Careers Information – Lancashire Careers Hub

Regional Labour Market Information and data is covered extensively here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/regionallabourmarket/latest