How schools can help
The clickable options below explain what your schools and colleges should be supporting you to do to get ready for employment.
Years 9 & 10 (Ages 13-14)
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- This is when you choose your options at school.
- Think about what you would like to do as a job. You can find help at the National Careers Service.
- Think about what sort of work experience you might like to do and contact businesses.
- View the information on this page for help on your options.
Year 11 (Ages 15)
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- Southampton post 16 service can support you to explore employment opportunities. You can complete the referral form or email post16education@southampton.gov.uk
- Flying Start can also help you plan the next stages in your education or training. Find out more about Flying Start
- Learn interview skills
- Start to think about whether you want to do an Apprenticeship or apply for jobs
- Start to apply for jobs towards the end of the school year
Year 14 (Age 17)
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- Think about volunteering and who you might like to volunteer for.
- Learn how to look for employment/work experience opportunities.
- If you have an Education, Health & Care Plan – think about what do you want to achieve.
- Find out about which benefits you could claim and how you claim them.
- If you want to go to work now you can begin sending job applications.
Post Year 13 (Age 18 onwards)
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- Explore who can support you and where to look for a job/work experience.
- Find out about supported internships and see what they are and how they work. You can also think about how you could work as a volunteer and who you would like to volunteer for:
- Decide what you want to achieve and add this to your Education, Health and Care Plan.
Where can you go to get more help
Grow People
Grow People is Southampton City Council’s careers guidance section. Here you can find lots of information about who you can speak to about apprenticeships, employment support and different types of careers as well as details of jobs in the city that might interest you.
Visit Grow People.
Other useful links
- Apprenticeships – you can learn how to do a job that you want to do and go to college as well while earning a wage.
Jargon buster
You can find out more about what certain terms mean in our jargon buster.
Contact the Southampton post 16 service
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Referrals are currently closed
We are unable to take referrals at the moment Instead, our drop in locations are open weekly:
- Mondays 12pm-3pm in Central Library
- Tuesdays 1.30pm-3.30pm in Testlands hub, Millbrook
Contact the Southampton post 16 service - UNDER REPAIR
