When your child is starting to think about next steps after school, there are lots of different options to explore in education, training and starting a career. Even if they want to do something different to what you’ve done, there are ways that you can help them to think through what’s next.
There are a range of different websites that can help you help your child with their options after school, have a look at them:
BBC ~ 5 tips to help your teen apply for an apprenticeship
The Graduate Project ~ How to help your children get their foot in the job market
Youth Employment ~ How to help your child choose a career
Parentkind ~ Helping with careers advice
Barclays Life Skills ~ How to decide what to do after school
National Careers Service ~ Get the Jump
When thinking about how you can support your child in their life after school…
What are you already doing that you want to carry on doing?
What have you learned that you could try today?
What do you want to do next?