Our Careers Programme is designed so that you develop the skills, confidence and experience needed to achieve career goals, build your aspirations and help you make informed decisions about your future.
Throughout the year, all students will have access to:
- a qualified careers adviser for personal and impartial career guidance
- careers education sessions designed to help you identify your strengths and aspirations and support you to explore opportunities and make positive choices
- support from a Personal Tutor
- internal work experience opportunities that link to your goals and area of study
- external work experience opportunities that link to your goals and area of study
- support to create a CV
- support to practice taking part in interviews to build your confidence
- opportunities to find out about apprenticeships and further education courses and help applying
- inspiring guest speakers and workshops
- visits to inspire your future career choices
- annual careers event where you can meet people from local colleges, employers, training providers and community organisations to get information about career options and support services
Gatsby Benchmarks
Our Careers Programme is based on the eight Gatsby Benchmarks to ensure we offer good career guidance to all our students.
They eight Gatsby Benchmarks are:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information.
- Addressing the needs of each student
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
To download a copy of our latest Compass Evaluations, please click on the links below:
Who to contact about careers?
- Amanda Tozer is the Career & IAG Lead at Greenbank and she holds a Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Career Development. Her role is to provide impartial career guidance to our learners, support with applications, CV writing and mock interviews and to coordinate the planning and delivery of our careers programme through staff training, audits and workshops.
- If you wish to book a guidance meeting or speak to Amanda, you can pop in to Room G32 or send her an e-mail: amanda.tozer@greenbank.org.uk
- Sophie Preece is our Recruitment & Work Placement Coordinator. If you wish to discuss work experience opportunities, you can contact her on: sophie.preece@greenbank.org.uk
Useful Links
Greenbank College Careers Strategy