Information for School Leavers

Connexions: Providing Information, Advice and Support at College

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Connexions Personal Advisers are available to provide all students under 20 years of age (up to age 25 for some students with learning difficulties & disabilities) with up to date information, advice & support. They are here to help you make decisions about your future and help you deal with things that are going on in your life.

This help could include help with:

  • Choosing the right career path for you
  • Making choices for after your course finishes (e.g. apprenticeships/training, further education courses, university, gap year, jobs)
  • Job hunting (where to find job vacancies, writing CV’s, interview skills)
  • Money (including money for studying and benefits)
  • Housing
  • Relationships
  • Health
  • Volunteering
  •  Leisure activities

Connexions Personal Advisers can talk through your options and help you make decisions without deciding for you. They provide confidential and practical support in 1 to 1 meetings/appointments and through group sessions on your course.

Connexions Personal Advisers also work with staff in the college (such as: tutors, College Nurse, Student Welfare Officer, Student Finance Officer, Counsellors) and organisations outside college (e.g. Youth Advice Centres, local Connexions Centres, Local Authority Housing Departments) to get you the help that you may need.

PERSONAL ADVISERS AT THE COLLEGE ARE:

Phil Garnett                                                                                                                                    Louise Evenden 

How to See a Connexions Personal Adviser in The College?

North Road, The Link

Phil:          Tuesdays and Wednesdays                                                                                       Louise :    Mondays and Fridays

Lansdowne Student Unions' Building

Phil:           Mondays and Fridays                                                                                         Louise :    Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Arrange an appointment....

 ......by completing a Connexions self-referral form and putting it in the Connexions post box at: The Link, North Road, The Link Lansdowne site or at the Students' Union Building, Lansdowne site or...

Phone us:-  The Link, North Road 01202 205267                                                                           Phil:  07879686637     Louise: 07900678504

Email us:-  garnettp@ansbury.co.uk    louise.evenden@ansbury.co.uk

Or drop in to see us....

......at The Link, North Road and Students' Union Building, Lansdowne ,                     Monday to Wednesday and Friday, 12 noon to 1pm

You may also get help from your local Connexions Centre:

BLANDFORD:          01258 454454                                                                                      BOURNEMOUTH:   01202 315331                                                                                                   POOLE:                     01202 677557                                                                                             WEYMOUTH:            01305 755160

Visit the local Connexions website (www.connexions-bdp.co.uk)

                                                                           

 

Information – Where To Get It

The College Learning Resource Centres, The Link at North Road and Lansdowne (near main reception) hold a range of information resources.  This information  includes careers/jobs, university, college courses, health issues, finance through course guides, books, leaflets and computer software such as KUDOS and CAREERSCAPE.  You should also be able to access KUDOS and CAREERSCAPE via The College network.  You can also log onto both these programmes online via www.kudos-online.co.uk.

Go to the 'Create New Users' section and enter Licence Name of: c12050 (Lansdowne site), and then etner the Licence Code of: pawsbusy12.  For Poole site students enter the Licence name of: c19474 and Licence Code of abletips67.   Then click on the 'Launch Kudos' or 'Launch Careerscape': online icons.

JOBS4U WEBSITE:   Very useful and easy to use careers database, you can use the A-Z Search to look for information on any career ideas you may have.  www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u

For more information on Apprenticeships visit: www.apprenticeships.org.uk

For more information on volunteering in the Dorset area visit:: www.do-it.org.uk

Online guide to further education courses across Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole visit: www.lookingahead.info

For more information on Higher Education visit: www.ucas.com and www.aimhigher.ac.uk

 

CONNEXIONS DIRECT

Connexions Direct is a service for young people, where you can obtain confidential advice/information from advisers on any issue of concern such as: health, money, relationships, and careers.  Connexions Direct is available 7 days a week, from 8am to 2pm, via phone, text or internet.  Phone 08080 013219, webchat at: www.connexions-direct.com, text at: 07766 413219, MINICOM at: 08000 688336.   

Ansbury delivers the local Connexions Service on behalf of the lcoal authorities of Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.

 

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