Careers
Here at The Pioneer Special School we offer careers education, information, advice and guidance to ensure that students leave with the right tools and values to help them to prepare for adulthood.
Here at The Pioneer Special School we offer careers education, information, advice and guidance to ensure that students leave with the right tools and values to help them to prepare for adulthood.
We support students to start to think about their future options when they leave Pioneer and how their skills and experiences fit with life after Pioneer. We prepare students for their preferred transitional pathway whether that be college courses, employment, training or independent living.
Here at The Pioneer Special School we offer careers education, information, advice and guidance to ensure that students leave with the right tools and values to help them to prepare for adulthood.
We support students to start to think about their future options when they leave Pioneer and how their skills and experiences fit with life after Pioneer. We prepare students for their preferred transitional pathway whether that be college courses, employment, training or independent living.
Giving all our students the opportunity to gain meaningful and relevant experience of work enables them to experience the world of the working environment outside the school setting. The work experience activities are normally greatly enjoyed by everyone who takes part and allows students to develop key skills such as communication, teamwork and social interaction.
Where students are able to access work experience opportunities we try, where appropriate, to provide these in either very small groups or individually. We currently have opportunities at local shops, Essex Wildlife Trust, ACL, Basildon Volunteer Service and Local Church Cafes. We have experience of work opportunities on site where the pupils work with the onsite cleaning team, build outside garden projects, Enterprise café and through art and craft sessions where students sell items they have made in the pop up shop. Other students are given experiences of work through community visits and Pioneer based tasks or placements.
Giving all our students in FE the opportunity to gain meaningful and relevant experience of work enables them to experience the world of the working environment outside the school setting. The work experience activities are normally greatly enjoyed by everyone who takes part and allows students to develop key skills such as communication, teamwork and social interaction.
Where students are able to access work experience opportunities we try, where appropriate, to provide these in either very small groups or individually. We currently have opportunities at local shops, The Ashley Centre, ASDA, Essex Wildlife and a Jamie Oliver Cooking qualification for some students will be offered. We have experience of work opportunities on site where the pupils work with the onsite cleaning team, and build outside garden projects, the onsite Enterprise café and through art and craft sessions where students sell items they have made in the pop up shop. Other students are given experiences of work through community visits and Pioneer based tasks or placements.
Essex County Council "Local Offer"
Pioneer School Careers Roadmap
Writing a CV and Preparing for a Job Interview
Chelmsford College Extended Learning
A Day in the Life of a Police Community Support Officer
Do You Know Different Uniforms
Lots of employers come to our annual careers week and some offer our students work experience.
If you think your company can offer your services or to make enquiries as to how you can volunteer or support our careers curriculum, please email admin@liftpioneer.org
We would like to give special thanks to McDonalds, Tui, Trinity Methodist Church Basildon, Essex Wildlife Trust, Pizza Express, the local emergency services and Basildon Co-op for their continued support with our careers programme.
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