Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
Are you currently in education and planning for the future?
What is Careers Advice?
CEIAG refers to the range of support to help an individual develop their knowledge, understanding and skills to make informed choices about their future or next steps. This happens in a variety of ways including assemblies, workshops, talks, skills sessions, one to one advice, employer visits/engagement, work experience, mock interviews, careers fairs and events.
When should I get it?
There is a legal requirement for all education settings to provide independent careers guidance to all 12 to 18 year olds and students aged up to 25 with an education, health and care plan. Each school or college will decide how they will offer careers, this could be an external company or a qualified member of staff.
Where should I get it?
Information on the embedded careers plan or careers lead for the school or college should be published on their website. CEIAG should be impartial, informative, and best meet the needs of the student.
If you would like to know more about what your Halton school or college offer related to careers, please find below links to career’s plans.
- Riverside College Careers and Enterprise Programme
- Riverside College CEIAG Mission and Delivery Statement
- Ashley School Careers Programme
- Careers Education at Cavendish School
- Careers Education Chestnut Lodge
- Careers Education at Wade Deacon
- Careers at Saints Peter and Paul
- CEIAG Ormiston Chadwick Academy
- Careers at The Bridge School
- CEIAG at The Heath
- CEIAG at The Grange
- CEIAG at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
- Careers Information at Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
- CEIAG at St Chads
Are you a young person, parent or carer looking for resources to explore your career ideas?
The Be More Portal is the one-stop online solution to kick-start your career in the Liverpool City Region. A comprehensive app and website linking people at all stages of their career to labour market information, careers resources, apprenticeships, jobs, training and much more.
The National Careers Service provides free information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities. The service offers confidential, helpful and impartial advice, supported by qualified careers advisers. From developing your CV to improving your interview skills, its website has lots of useful tools to help you make the right choices about your future. NCS Poster
National Apprenticeship Service
Find out how to become an apprentice, what apprenticeships are available, which employers offer them and information about starting your apprenticeship.
Explore careers – icould
icould.com uses the power of personal stories to inform young people’s career choices. Free and simple to use, icould.com features over 1000 videos of people talking about their careers – explaining their job role, career path, and how different factors have shaped their direction.
Whether you’re deciding what to study, taking your exams, planning a career, or just curious, we’re here to explain the world of work, with advice from people who’ve found the right path for them.
All about school leavers is an online careers advice service and contains articles, CV and interview tips as well as a jobs board where you can find apprenticeship vacancies and more with various top employers. They’ve also got advice for school leavers in each of these areas, as well as dedicated sections for parents and employers. Check out their career test a valuable resource to help school leavers match their personalities and interests with appropriate careers.
Youth Employment UK – Free skills and careers activities
Resources designed for young people aged 14-24 including those in education, employment & training and those looking for work.
Talking Futures – For parents, carers and guardians 
When it comes to education and careers, parents, carers and guardians are the biggest influence in young people/s lives. Talking Futures is a resource created to help you have informed and constructive conversations with your child about the different training and education pathways available to them.
Are you not in education, employment or training aged 16 to 19 or up to 25 with an EHCP?
Halton Borough Council’s Young People’s Case Workers (16-18 and 19-25 years with an EHCP)
Young People’s Case Workers information and online Contact Form
- Young People’s Case Workers support young people that are Not Engaged in Education or Training (NEET) to move (transition) into education or training.
- The Council reports these activities on a monthly basis to the Department for Education
- The team review and assess information and liaise with partners to make appropriate referrals for young people to provision/services. The team conduct follow ups on referrals to review whether they have been appropriate and involve other agencies if necessary
- If you are working with a young person who is NEET aged 16 to 18 or for those young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged 19 to 25 – please contact the team to ensure appropriate provision and support is in place.
Contact details for the team:
| Jean Ward | jean.ward@halton.gov.uk | 01515118791 |
| Kathy Slater | kathy.slater@halton.gov.uk | 01515117847 |
| Debbie McCartney | debbie.mccartney@halton.gov.uk | 01515117478 |
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