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Below you'll find some useful contacts and websites to help provide the information you need to start your career.
Skills Development Scotland - Careers Adviser
Skills Development Scotland - Careers Adviser
Banff Academy's dedicated SDS Careers Adviser is Kay Oluwaremi
Email: Kay.Oluwaremi@sds.co.uk
Tel: 01779 479345
Mob: 07501 507827, 07517 362334
Microsoft Teams: 01414 687929
Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba
9 Marischal Street, Peterhead, AB42 1BS
Support Contacts
Support Contacts
Career Management Skills
Career Management Skills
Career Management Skills
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/career-management-skills-and-how-they-can-help-you
Leaving School
Leaving School
Career Jam webinars for your young person
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/careerjam-webinars
How your careers adviser can help you
Interview hints and tips
Applying for college
University
Employment and the labour market
Support for secondary pupils and school leavers
Apprenticeships, Employment and Self-Employment
Apprenticeships, Employment and Self-Employment
Getting a Job
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/getting-a-job
Job Hunting
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/job-hunting
Apprenticeships
https://www.apprenticeships.scot/
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/apprenticeships-0
Apprenticeships in a Nutshell
https://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/edd/2018/02/Feb2018NPFS_apprenticeship_1801_E.pdf
Self-Employment
College
College
Course Search
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/learn-and-train
Information about College and University
www.myworldofwork.co.uk/college-and-university-0
Advice on course applications
www.myworldofwork.co.uk/applying-courses-0
North East Scotland College
University
University
Course Search
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/learn-and-train
UCAS
Open Days
Information on when to apply and advice on late applications:
https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/ucas-undergraduate-when-apply
Clearing
https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/results-confirmation-and-clearing/what-clearing
Offers
https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/after-you-apply/ucas-undergraduate-types-offer
Volunteering and Year Out
Volunteering and Year Out
Training
Training
Employability fund
https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/what-we-do/employability-skills/employability-fund/
Free online training courses
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/learn-and-train/find-free-online-courses
Kickstart Scheme
https://jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/kickstart/
Young Person’s Guarantee
Staying on at school
Staying on at school
Career Options
www.myworldofwork.co.uk/my-career-options
Foundation Apprenticeships
www.apprenticeships.scot/become-an-apprentice/foundation-apprenticeships/
Information for Pupils
www.myworldofwork.co.uk/pupils
NESCOL - School Links
www.nescol.ac.uk/students/new-applicants/school-links
Next Steps
Next Steps
School Qualification Results
School Qualification Results
Results Helpline
All candidates will receive information about our Results Helpline (0808 100 8000) when they receive their results.
Information from SQA on revised model for school qualification results 2021
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/96763.html
Qualifications 2021 SQA news
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/93778.html
How to Help
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/how-help-your-child-when-they-receive-exam-results
Advice for Parents and Carers
Advice for Parents and Carers
My World of Work
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/parents/topics
Career Conversations in a Nutshell (The National Parent Forum of Scotland)
https://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/edd/2017/04/career_conversations_JAN17_E.pdf
Funding
Funding
Benefits
Benefits
Child Benefit
https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit-16-19
Social Security Scotland
https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/benefits
Universal Credit
Qualification levels - SCQF
Qualification levels - SCQF
Scottish Certification and Qualifications Agency (SCQF)
Information on Qualifications available in Scotland
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/qualifications-0
Additional Support
Additional Support
Wellbeing support
www.myworldofwork.co.uk/wellbeing-support
Rights at work
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/your-rights-work-0
ParentLine Scotland
0800 028 2233
www.parentingacrossscotland.org/info-for-families/helplines/
Accessing routes and pathways: useful links
Additional Support Needs in Work resources
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/additional-support-needs-work-0
Additional Support needs in Learning resources:
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/additional-support-needs-learning-0
Reasonable adjustments
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/reasonable-adjustments-at-work
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/reasonable-adjustments-college-university/
Access to work
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Job start payment
www.mygov.scot/job-start-payment/
Princes Trust development awards
https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/help-for-young-people/get-funding-train-learn
ASN for learning award
Disabled student allowance
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