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Advice for: Students, Parents and Carers | College Applicants | Apprentices
Dover Technical College provides a free, confidential and impartial Information, Advice and Guidance service to past, present and potential students.
Our Level 6 qualified Careers and Progression Officer, Katie Jones, can provide the following services to help you choose your next step and find a career that suits your skills and abilities.
To read about Katie's journey to Careers Officer click here Katie's Bio
Careers and Employer Engagement Officer offers the following:
For current Dover Technical College students, we offer:
In addition to this, there is a planned careers programme which runs throughout the academic year.
The Statement of Service is available on request by emailing katie.jones@eastkent.ac.uk
Gatsby Benchmarks
Throughout our subject pathways, we embed career guidance and education to ensure all students are prepared to take their next steps. We do this by following the eight Gatsby Benchmarks, which ensures our career guidance is world-class and accessible to all students.
An embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood.
Access to high-quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities.
Addressing the needs of each pupil at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support tailored to each of these stages.
Pathways built around preparing students for their chosen career. Teaching staff link curriculum learning with careers throughout the students study.
Opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace.
First-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience.
Encounters with further and higher education providers to understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available.
Personal guidance with a Careers Adviser for all pupils and timed to meet their individual needs.
Summary of the sessions offered and timetable for the careers programme plan
As the parent/carer or guardian of a current student, we want you to be able to have discussions with your child about their future career:
Parent/carers and guardians are a major influencer in the decision making of young people when it comes to their career planning. Talking Futures have created A Parent's Toolkit for Careers Conversations to help support you with this, click here to access the website TALKING FUTURES or go to www.talkingfutures.org.uk
For parents who have children applying to university after they finish college and you want to know more about the process, UCAS has a wealth of resources for parents, click here UCAS or go to www.ucas.com
If your child is interested in progressing onto an apprenticeship after college and you want to know more the Amazing Apprenticeships website has a pack with information for parents, click here Parent Pack
Not Going to Uni is great website for both parents and their children to use together. This is a link to the Parents Page where you find links to some really interesting resources.
Don't forget, current students can access the Careers page on the college Moodle site where they will find further information and advice and resources such as CV templates and interview tips. Details on how they can book a guidance session and where to find the careers office is also on there.
Please email our Careers and Progression Officer if you have any further questions on katie.jones@eastkent.ac.uk
At Dover Technical College we are always keen to work with local employers and organisations.
Our dedicated Industry Liaison Officers work with local employers to find suitable students to undertake work experience with them. They can be contacted via email in the first instance Sara.fernandez@eastkent.ac.uk, Tanya.Conyers-Silverthorn@eastkent.ac.uk and Theo.lawless-hughes@ekcgroup.ac.uk
We are also keen to hear from any employers who:
If you are interested in any of the above, please email us for more information.
All services are part of the EKC Group's Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Strategy.