Impartial careers advice and guidance to young people aged 14-16 years provided by Careers Wales advisers

Recommendations

Careers Wales should:

• Develop systems and appropriate criteria to evaluate the impact that services have on the effectiveness and resilience of young people’s career planning and decision-making
• Ensure that effective evaluation, based on accurate, comprehensive and relevant evidence, informs strategic planning and quality improvement
• Strengthen links with other careers companies to improve opportunities for professional learning and developing good practice
• Continue to ensure that analysis from quality assurance activities is fed back to individual schools to strengthen careers and work-related education
• Ensure that all staff promote young people’s awareness of the value of the Welsh language as an employment skill
• Ensure that all staff understand the company’s arrangements and procedures for the safeguarding of young people