Career Connect - Education and Business Team

14/04/2026

Do you work in careers in an SEN or specialist provider setting?

Get Connected is a cost-effective way to support your SEND learners with careers education.

It's easy for students to use, offers a broad range of careers content, supports staff with monitoring and intervention logging, and helps evidence the Gatsby Benchmarks! 🤩

Want to see it in action? Join a live platform demo:
Mondays at 8:30am - https://ow.ly/we8Z50YBHxb
Wednesdays at 3:00pm - https://ow.ly/I6pG50YBHxi

08/04/2026

The Get Connected Intervention Log is now live!

We're excited to introduce the Intervention Log, designed to help schools track, monitor, and evidence careers guidance with confidence and consistency.

Get Connected is our digital platform that brings together careers information, employer encounters, resources, and activity tracking in one easy-to-use system.

Schools use Get Connected to manage and record CEIAG activity and give students access to careers information anytime. The Intervention Log makes it even easier to:
✅ Record personalised CEIAG interventions
✅ Evidence the Gatsby Benchmarks
✅ Track student progress, next steps, and outcomes
✅ Provide consistent reporting for Ofsted, SLT, and governors
✅ Build a clear picture of every learner's career journey

Want to see it in action? Join a live platform demo:
Mondays at 8:30am - https://ow.ly/IkPY50YBBt1
Wednesdays at 3:00pm - https://ow.ly/iSOe50YBBsY

27/03/2026

We all saw the careers adviser segment of Last One Laughing with Bob Mortimer and David Mitchell and think we can agree that Bob is not Level 6 qualified! 🤭

Our careers advisers are fully qualified and 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 know about the creative industries.

Whether you're a school, college, or training provider and you're looking for a qualified career adviser to work in your setting to raise aspirations and discuss options with your students, reach out to [email protected]. 📨

No guarantees they'll be as funny though!

06/03/2026

We hope you've all had a great National Careers Week - we know we have!

Meet Megan - one of our amazing school and college careers advisers. In this blog, Megan gives us an insight into her career in careers, what she loves about the role and how she works with employers to open up new worlds for students - read more on our website: https://ow.ly/y53o50Yqa9O

And if has got you thinking about your careers programme - we can help!

Visit our website for our range of services for all educational settings: https://ow.ly/OMrW50YqagE

Explore the rewarding career as a Careers Adviser during National Careers Week. Discover insights from Megan Jezzard's journey.

26/02/2026

Smarter careers learning. Powerful insights. That’s Get Connected.

Get Connected is a digital platform that provides students with access to interactive careers lessons and allow staff and advisers’ to log interventions and monitor aspirations all on one platform. 🤯

Students benefit through content tailored to year groups and transition points, easy access to engaging videos, articles, modules, and quizzes, and the combination of careers planning merged with personal development.

Staff benefit from bringing careers activities, monitoring, and analysis together in one place, a dedicated zone to track students' progress and trends, and alignment with Gatsby Benchmarks 1,2,3 and 4.

Don't believe us? See it for yourself. Book in a demonstration with [email protected] and see how connected your career programme can be! 💻

17/02/2026

Our advisers were busy in schools last week running all sorts of exciting events during Apprenticeship Week! 🤩

Ranging from class-based activities, information sharing around supported internships and career-oriented games in Abbots Lea, to curated information handouts and workbooks around apprenticeship degrees and vacancies, and our Women in Business Challenging Stereotype event in Bellerive FCJ Catholic College.

What activities did you take part in for ? 💭

13/02/2026

Booking Now: Careers Webinar Series – starts March 2026

Our new six-part CPD webinar series is designed to help schools and colleges embed careers education across the curriculum and meet statutory guidance – including the DfE’s recent incorporation of Gatsby Benchmarks.

Delivered by experienced careers professionals with extensive knowledge of Gatsby Benchmarks, OFSTED requirements, and whole-school careers leadership, you will gain:

* Practical strategies for implementing careers education
* Tools and templates for immediate use in school
* Confidence in meeting statutory requirements and OFSTED expectations
* Access to a community of practice for peer support and idea sharing

Book by the end of February and take advantage of a 20% discount!
Book today and discover more at our website.

Enhance your school’s careers education with our careers webinar series for schools. Book now for effective strategies and essential insights.

11/02/2026

Are you a student aged 16-24 and living in Greater Manchester or Merseyside?

The Career Connect Youth Ambassador Programme stands out on CVs and UCAS forms and can help give young people new skills, opportunities to get involved in projects and more.

To find out more, email [email protected]

Or, visit our website: https://careerconnect.org.uk/get-involved/participant-voice/become-a-youth-ambassador/

09/02/2026

Are you between age 16-24 living in the Northwest of England?
Do you want to make a difference to the lives of other young people in your area?
Do you want something for your CV that will help you to stand out to employers?

The Career Connect Youth Ambassador Programme gives you new skills, an opportunity to help shape decisions that affect young people in the North-West and more.

To find out more, you can email [email protected]

Or you can visit our website: https://careerconnect.org.uk/get-involved/participant-voice/become-a-youth-ambassador/

05/02/2026

Backed by research, we're warning that to tackle the crisis, the government must focus attention on reforming the support available for young people facing social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) challenges.

Our findings show that young people with an EHCP and an SEMH support need are five times more likely to experience time spent NEET in Year 12 compared with young people with no EHCP or SEN Support.

In this piece for , our CEO Sheila Clark identifies early intervention and the transition period to post-16 provision as critical, arguing that it requires urgent attention, joined up data-led working, and listening to young people's needs to re-shape the system.

https://www.fenews.co.uk/exclusive/why-early-semh-support-must-be-a-priority-in-tackling-the-neet-crisis/

14/01/2026

Get your Careers programme Ofsted ready! 📢

Our ‘Understanding Ofsted’ CPD removes uncertainty around:
- Changes to the Report Card and grading system
- The Education Inspection Framework
- Gatsby Benchmark updates
- Ofsted’s expectations of careers in the new framework
- And more…

Book on to our ‘outstanding’ online session on the 28th Jan now! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understanding-ofsted-get-ahead-of-the-inspection-curve-tickets-1976744943338