Have you signed up to DYW's free training session on 24th October?

Whether you’re mentoring young people through work placements, apprenticeships or jobs this free training workshop offers practical insights and guidance to hone the skills required.

During the session you will explore key mentoring skills and tools, including the GROW model, and have an opportunity to practice these skills with guidance and support from an expert facilitator.

This workshop is designed for individuals responsible for supporting young people on work placements as well as individuals responsible for managing apprentices or young employees within their organisation.

Tuesday 24th October from 14:00 - 16:30

Click here to register

Our STEM West event is back!

Our flagship 2023 STEM West event will return on 20th & 21st November at West College Scotland, Clydebank campus.

The aim of the event is to inspire young people to choose STEM subjects at school and have employers showcase their company/industry

If you're an employer who is interested in showcasing at this event please complete this quick form ➡️ https://buff.ly/3PBa4Qb

For any more info please email info@dywwest.co.uk

Have a look at this list of upcoming September webinars that may be beneficial to you or someone you may know.

Click each webinar to find out how to register

Get The Gen: Reverse Mentoring

Developing Meaningful Work Placements

How to use the F4S platform

STEM in Food & Drink

Butchery Careers: Employer Information Session

Good news, once again, in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills), Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is delighted to deliver Creative Careers Week 2023.

This year. Creative Careers Week 2023 will run from 2nd-6th October, with 3 key aims and 4 main strands of activity. We very much hope your organisation can get involved in any of the strands. To register your interest, complete this FORM and read on to find out more about the programme. 

Aims:

• Raise awareness amongst young people, educators, parents/carers and careers' influencers of the breadth of roles and range of pathways available within the creative and cultural industries.
• Inspire young people to consider a career in the creative and cultural industries by highlighting the breadth of roles and range of pathways available
• Encourage and support employers across the creative and cultural industries to engage with young people and education through Creative Careers Week 2023.

Activity

1. Local employer-led activity (DYW Regional Groups): build new and develop existing relationships between DYW regional groups and local creative industries’ employers for the delivery of employer-led activity in/for local schools.
2. Creative Careers Week 2022 social media campaign: raise awareness amongst young people, educators, parents/carers and career influencers of the breadth of roles and range of pathways available within the creative and cultural industries by: celebrating the sector and the opportunities available; sharing content digitally including e.g. case studies, videos; signposting to supporter organisations; encouraging participation from employers and wider partners; creating a campaign toolkit to support partner participation using hashtags #CreativeCareersWeek23 and #NoWrongPath.
3. Signposting to partners and supporter resources and activities.

We would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who participated in this years #NoWrongPath Campaign.

We loved seeing everyone get involved and tagging us on their socials!

What a great way to help inspire young people as they received their results and let them know that there's #NoWrongPath.

Mentoring a young person can have a life-changing impact and is an invaluable way for young people to develop the skills, confidence and aspirations they need for their future success. It also raises awareness of your organisation with local young people and schools

If your business or organisation is interested in mentoring then this workshop can help you. It was designed in partnership with MCR Pathways and Career Ready to aid employers looking to learn about the introduction of mentoring young people in their organisations.

 Thursday 10th August
 0900am

Click here to register
 

For employers, engagement in schools and colleges provides access to a diverse pool of future talent and enables industry to take a lead role in inspiring young people and shaping the future workforce.

This engagement helps to build young peoples skills for both work and life, adds relevance to their academic work and raises the career aspirations amongst Scotland’s future workforce.

This free DYW training workshop will increase your confidence in discussing your industry with a young audience

 16th August
 2pm-2.30pm

Click here to register

Are you receiving your exam results soon?

Whatever results you receive, expert careers advisers can help you explore your options.

The SDS Results Helpline opens at 8am on Tuesday 8th August

Call the Helpline on 0808 100 8000 or click here to read more
 

Going into S5 or S6?

Set yourself up for a big future with a Foundation Apprenticeship

Foundation Apprenticeships give senior phase pupils an inside view of Scotland’s thriving industries.

Pupils can combine a recognised qualification with valuable experience in industries where there’s a rising demand for a skilled workforce.  

If you’re going into S5 or S6, you still have time to apply for a Foundation Apprenticeship to get work experience with some of Scotland’s top employers.

Visit apprenticeships.scot/foundation to find out what’s available in your school and apply online.

#NoWrongPath is back and the messaging of the campaign is more important than ever.

Not only should we provide inspiration and reassurance to young people receiving their results, it’s vital that Scotland’s young people are aware of the options that are available to them. Developing the Young Workforce is inviting businesses, organisations and professionals from all over Scotland to help share this message of reassurance, help educate young people about the options that are available to them and demonstrate that there is #NoWrongPath to success.

Make sure your industry is represented by getting involved on social media this Results Day (Tuesday 8th August 2023).

For information on how you can get involved, visit https://www.dyw.scot/nowrongpath or contact info@dywwest.co.uk