Careers Guidance

Careers Guidance at The Mount

To provide students with information, advice, and guidance in respect of sustainable career destinations and opportunities.
To provide students with independent living skills and community inclusion opportunities
To help students make informed choices about their future careers (voluntary and paid employment).

Students will receive impartial face-to-face career guidance from a qualified careers advisor.
Students will participate in weekly Work and Life skills sessions.
Students will participate in weekly internal and/or external work experience placements.
Each student's work experience placement will reflect their individual ability and aspiration to progress them on their path of gaining greater independence and/or obtaining paid/unpaid employment after leaving the College.
Whenever suitable, the possibility for students to access supported internships or supported employment options after leaving the College is explored.
Careers are linked into the curriculum across all subjects through many different activities, including industry visits, role-play, scenario learning, guest speakers, and research.
The PSHE curriculum incorporates work skills learning.
Life and independent living skills, which include travel training, is taught in Life Skills sessions.

Students will receive information, advice and guidance in order to make informed decisions about their future career opportunities.
Students are enabled through a holistic and therapeutic learning approach to make positive personal progression to greater independent living skills.
Students are enabled to work and live as part of a team and thus minimise barriers they face.
Students will develop skills necessary to successfully participate in meaningful, relevant voluntary or paid employment.