AREA OF LEARNING

Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance

INTRODUCTION

Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) has a central role to play in supporting the development of the knowledge, attitudes and skills required by young people in their adult working life.

The overall objective of CEIAG provision is to enable learners to become effective career decision makers, empowered to manage their own career development successfully, confidently and with due respect and care for their own needs, those of others and of their wider communities. There are three aims needed to realise this objective.

Aim 1: Self-Awareness and Development - identifying, assessing and
developing the skills and qualities necessary to choose and implement an appropriate career plan.

Aim 2: Career Exploration - acquiring and evaluating information, and
reviewing experiences to identify and investigate appropriate career pathways and learning opportunities in education, training and employment, locally, nationally and internationally.

Aim 3: Career Management - developing skills in career planning, and
employing effective career decision-making strategies to manage transition and make suitable career development choices, with the appropriate support, advice and guidance

CEIAG is made up of five core areas.

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The DEL Careers Service plays an important part in this process.

The Careers Service can provide a range of support activities for schools/pupils including

• introductory class talks on careers service;
• advice sessions for group of learners;
• one to one guidance interviews;
• psychometric assessment; and
• attendance at parents evenings and careers events.

The most recent guidance on CEIAG programmes based on the following documents:-
Entitlement Framework Initial Guidance – DE -2005
Delivering The Entitlement Framework – DE- 2006
Survey on CEIAG in Post Primary Schools – ETI – 2006
Preparing for Success – DE and DEL - 2009