Below you will find the links for each of the workshops for this day! Just click on the button and it should open up the correct Zoom room for that session. If you have any issues or questions, you can contact Toby on toby@talentinocareers.co.uk or 07809 422 980. There will be a 15 minute gap in between sessions to allow moving from one to another. Enjoy!
08:00 – 08:30
Breakfast & Relaxation with Kiki Kirby
09:15 – 10:00
Welcome & Introductions
Keynote Speaker: John Yarham, Deputy CEO, Careers & Enterprise Company
10:00 – 10:45
Making Work Experience Work
Vicky O’Connor Careers Leader Westminster School
Enterprise for all – The Rolling Scones
Lucy Roche Deputy Head Fairfield School
How to manage Transition effectively
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager
11:00 – 11:45
Increasing Employer Engagement
Julie Grant Careers Leader Brookfields School
Creating inclusive high quality careers resources and delivering Careers Advice to SEND students
John Paley RCDP Careers Adviser (Resourceful Careers / Careers Wave)
SEND pupils in mainstream – an introduction to the MORE programme and curriculum and Q and A
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager Talentino
12:00 – 12:45
The Gatsby 10 year Review report is out – highlights and developments around Inclusion
Jenny Connick Founder Talentino
Improving Parent and Family engagement
Brandon Mills Retired Head Teacher Brookfields School
Enteprise and SEND – Peter Jones Tycoon Enterprise Competition SEND
Bill Muirhead CEO Peter Jones Foundation
12:45 – 13:45
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:45 – 14:30
Find out about Supported Entrepreneurships
Jethro Picton – SEND Strategy and Innovation Targeted Employment, Children and Young People with Disabilities Services Essex County Council
An Interview with Jenny Connick and Alexandra Price Senior Commissioning Editor, Trotman Publishing – Introduction to The Big Inclusive SEND Careers Handbook
Fingers crossed for the new PSE Qualification for Career SEND Group One
Amanda Cheney National SEND Careers Manager
14:45 – 15:25
Changing Lives, one job at a time
Maurice George CEO Ways into Work
National Grid’s Employability and Supported Internship Programme
Louise Saunders Group Safety & Health Project Manager & EmployAbility Programme Lead National Grid
A family perspective
Ruth Pearse CEO Parenting Special Children
15:25 – 15:30
Closing Comments
Happy to share my e-mail address: louise.saunders@nationalgrid.com for any further enquiries about our supported internship programme or the National SEND Employment Forum.