Local services

1. Helping people of all ages in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan make informed choices about careers, education and training courses.
2. Helping employers find suitable young people to fill their vacancies, develop the skills of their current workforce or play their part in developing tomorrow's workforce.
3. Supporting schools and colleges with their curriculum and professional development needs.

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1. Helping people of all ages in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan make informed choices about careers, education and training courses.

• Careers Wales Cardiff and the Vale helps people of all ages make decisions about careers and learning opportunities - whether you're in school, college, working, studying or looking for a job or training.
• That means anyone living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan can contact us and get free, impartial information, advice and guidance from experienced careers advisers with access to the very latest information.
• Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale provides a free recruitment service for employers who want to recruit young people so if you've just left school or college we can tell you about jobs and training vacancies and help you apply for them. If you've recently left school or college and aren't sure what you want to do, or need more support to get a job, training or education course then you might be interested in Youth Gateway, run by Careers Wales to help young people find what's right for them.
• We have Careers Centres in Cardiff and Barry and also work in schools, colleges and community centres across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
• Our Centre Libraries have free information on careers, qualifications, courses, voluntary work, starting your own business, working abroad and financial help. We can help with completing CV's, application forms and interview techniques. You can access the Internet at our Centres for free information on jobs and careers.

Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale provides a free, confidential service that can save you time, money and effort and help build your business.

To help you find the best employees for your business we:

• offer a free recruitment service for school and college leavers
• advertise vacancies at Careers Centres, schools, colleges and outreach centres
• screen all suitable candidates
• supply and collect application forms
• offer interview facilities at Careers Centres
• provide advice on when to recruit to get the best applicants
• advise on suitable training for employees and methods of funding.

We are happy to take vacancies over the telephone. Tel Cardiff 029 2090 6700 or Barry 01446 410600 or email careerswales@cardiffandvale.org.uk

Are you getting the best from your workforce?
Would improving their skills help you?

• Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale Workforce Development Team offers information, advice and guidance to employers and their employees on training and learning opportunities. The initiative aims to increase the skill levels of employed adults and improve access to learning, especially those with little or no qualifications and/or low paid.
• Advisers are also trained to help with redundancy counselling.

For further information contact Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale. Tel 029 2090 6700 or e-mail careerswales@cardiffandvale.org.uk

Interested in helping to develop tomorrow's workforce today?
Today's students are your future workforce. Education business activities can help you and your employees play a part in raising the standard of your most important business resource.

• Improve your company profile by showing its commitment to the local community.
• Provide excellent personal and professional development
  opportunities for your employees.
• Help raise standards in key and basic skills and provide a context for work related learning.

Working alongside Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale, employers can get involved by supporting:

• work experience placements for young people in school and college. Our online work experience database can be accessed via www.work-experience.co.uk/cardiff
• business mentoring programmes
• initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, enterprise and business awareness such as the Welsh Development Agency's Dynamo Project
• teacher/lecturer placements
• employer support for the curriculum - making it more relevant to the needs of your business
• initiatives to enhance the teaching of science and technology
• initiatives to support the development of vocational subjects such as hospitality and catering, engineering and manufacturing, construction and the built environment, leisure and tourism, media.

For further information contact Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale, St Ina House, Field Way, Cardiff CF14 4HY. Tel 029 2020 3700 email careerswales@cardiffandvale.org.uk

3. Supporting schools and colleges with their curriculum and professional development needs.

Whether you work in local primary schools, secondary or special schools, Further or Higher Education and whatever your subject area, Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale can help you with curriculum and professional development needs.

We:

• provide support and training for careers co-ordinators and other teachers and lecturers involved in careers education programmes
• co-ordinate placements for teachers and lecturers in business and industry
• support schools and colleges working towards the Careers Wales Quality Award in Careers Education and Guidance
• offer financial support to develop and maintain school and college careers libraries
• support work experience by providing schools and colleges with an up to date on line database of employers prepared to offer placement to students. The work experience database can be accessed via www.work-experience.co.uk/cardiff
• co-ordinate initiatives between employers, schools and colleges to promote entrepreneurship, enterprise and business awareness such as the Welsh Development Agency's Dynamo Project, industry and enterprise days
• co-ordinate initiatives between employers, schools and colleges to promote student motivation and improve understanding of the skills and attitudes required for working life
• co-ordinate initiatives between employers, schools and colleges to enrich the design and delivery of the curriculum especially science and technology and vocational subjects such as hospitality and catering, engineering and manufacturing, construction and the built environment, leisure and tourism, media.

For further information contact Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale, St Ina House, Field Way, Cardiff CF14 4HY Tel 029 2020 3700 email careerswales@cardiffandvale.org.uk