Practitioners

Information for practitioners

This section contains links to information of relevance to practioners working with young people in Portsmouth.

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This part of our website is divided into three sections:

Information, Advice and Guidance is for practitioners whose role is helping young people make the right learning and career choices and enabling them to make a successful transition into adulthood. It contains links to information on sector skills, labour market informaiton, the 14 - 19 reform, including statutory guidance on the delivery of impartial careers guidance and other useful information.

Positive Activities is for practitioners whose role is providing young people with positive things to do and places to go according to the national standards, including educational, cultural and recreational activities; sports, volunteering and participation.

Targeted Youth Support is for practitioners whose role is to support vulnerable young people who may not meet traditional thresholds for statutory or specialist services but who, without help, are at future risk of further problems such as substance misuse, youth offending, teenage pregnancy and homelessness.

Find out what's happening in the Integrated Youth Support Service by reading our latest newsletter. or previous newsletters

May 2010

April 2010

Resources

IYSS has a Professional Practice Library containing curriculum resources, careers guidance and relevant information on all issues affecting young people. If you are a partner organisation, we are happy for you to loan our resources in order to access if you would like to purchase copies of your own: Download our catalogue of resources.

Listed below are websites which offer free or downloadable resources.

Resources are available to download from Teachernet but some documents will be available to download here:

Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation

Raising the Participation Age: supporting local areas to deliver

In addition to the downloads available in our own publications library visit the following websites for resources for all areas of work with young people:

• Children & Young People Now - have you struggled to find fun and relevant games or quizzes for group work? The CYPN youth work resources website has activities on themes including alcohol, sexual health and financial literacy.
• Teachernet Online Publications
• Apprenticeship Support Pack - The National Apprenticeship Service has created a resource pack aimed at improving levels of understanding around Apprenticeships. The pack, which contains teacher resource sheets and case studies, is suitable for young people, advisers, school IAG staff or teachers
• Apprenticeships support site for practitioners - Find out how to help your candidate up and running, how to search and apply for a vacancy, get vacancy alerts by text or email and how to manage applications.
• Drink Aware resources and factsheets about alcohol and it's effects aimed at professionals who work with under 18 year olds.
• Personal Financial teaching resources
• Connexions, Local Authorities and other Careers Advisors information pack containing information on:

Raising the Participation Age (RPA)
The September Guarantee
The January Guarantee
Young People’s Guarantee
Foundation Learning
e2e is changing
Apprenticeships
The Diploma
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
Care to Learn
Qualifications Guide
Changes in the LSC
WorldSkills London 2011