Careers information for parents

This area of our Careers Website is aimed at helping parents and carers source the information to help support young people in their future decisions. 

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Unifrog

A large part of your child's careers activities will take place on Unifrog which is an online careers platform. Your child will have a login for Unifrog, and you could ask them to log in and use their account or you could contact our Careers Leader, Mr Edge who can get you set up with a parent account. There is a lot of information on careers, college, sixth form, university and apprenticeships on Unifrog, so this would be a great first port of call when looking to help your child with their careers decisions.

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Go to https://www.unifrog.org/sign-in to get signed into Unifrog.

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Educational Options

Helping your child decide their next options whether that be choose their Key Stage 4 subjects, or what to do after completing Year 11 / 13 can be a difficult thing. There are a variety of routes available once your child leaves Joseph Leckie Academy, please click on the links below to find out more.

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Types of Jobs

Students who have a vision of where they want to be in the future may find it easier to plan their next steps more easily. To help students and parents to get an idea of what jobs are out there we would suggest using the Careers Search function on Unifrog and also looking at some of the following websites:

• https://www.careersbox.co.uk/- Useful careers advice videos

• https://www.careeralchemy.co.uk/inspired-teenager.html - infortmation to support you and your child

• https://www.allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk/ -Support finding a job after school

• https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk/ Support finding a job after school

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-parents-guide-to-apprenticeships - A parents guide to apprenticeships

• https://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/ - Advice on alternatives to university

• https://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/ - Careers advice specially tailored for disabled students

• https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/ - Take a Skills Health Check to help your child decide on a future career

• https://icould.com/ - Explore different career profiles

• https://www.milkround.com/school-leavers/jobs/ Careers advice for school leavers

• https://www.prospects.ac.uk/ - Fantastic overall careers advice, with job profiles giving lots of information of different careers

• http://www.futuremorph.org/ - Carer opportunities in science and maths

• https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles - NHS job roles

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Local Labour Market Information

With development in technology there are now numerous jobs that did not exist 10 years ago. It is important to keep up to date with what is happening locally, nationally and internationally. In regards to local industry, the Black Country is a hotbed for engineering and there are many new and exciting opportunities which are available to young people in this sector. For More information about Local Labour Marketing Information and the national picture please use the links below:

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