Career Pathways
Career Pathways
• Individualised transition planning service.
• Aims to support students in:
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Gathering work experiences
Reflecting upon possible disability needs in the workplace.
Exploring career options.
Developing work relevant skills
Developing strategies to manage their disability in the
workplace.
• Primary focus of Career Pathways is working with students
throughout their college journey.
• Complements other employment approaches /
organisations / services.
What does CP
offer students?
• Flexible and individually tailored approach.
• A designated staff member to act as the ‘link’.
• The use of on-line transition planning tool comprising of
specifically designed approaches.
• Focus upon developing life skills and work related skills
through experiences within college journey.
• Support one year post graduation.
• Opportunity to explore ways to manage disability in the
workplace and transfer skills developed in college.
• Access to peer and employer networks.
Process
Exploring
a Career
Building a
Career
Launching
a Career
Exploring
Your Career
This stage involves:
Exploring
your Career
• Meeting a designated Career Pathways Link Person
• Provision of login details for transition planning
tool.
• Completion of the ‘worker profile’ .
• Establishment of student’s career aims and
objectives for the process.
• Discussion of resources, tools and staff available to
facilitate student in meeting career and personal
goals.
Building a
Career
Building a
Career
This stage involves:
• Using the Transition planning tool in:
- Logging work experiences.
- Completing specifically designed approaches
within the transition planning tool.
- Reflecting upon disability and reasonable
accommodation in the workplace.
• This can be done independently or with the
support of staff / resources as required.
Resources available
• Access to transition planning tool.
• Individual meetings with career-focused OT,
Careers Advisors, Assistive Technology
officer.
• Meetings with peers, employer mentors,
and graduate ambassadors through
monthly networking meetings.
Launching a
Career
This stage involves:
Launching a
Career
• Review Meeting with Career Pathways link person
• Reviewing the objectives set at the initial meeting.
• Gathering experiences, reflections and completed
tools into the student’s CV, Worker Needs
Summary and Personal Workbook.
• Planning the application of this learning into the
workplace
• Connection with external resources and supports
as appropriate
Key
Philosophies
• Recovery-Orientated
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Individually tailored and flexible
Collaborative
Student-centred
Link between work and health
Empowerment / Self-Direction
• Person-Environment-Occupation Model (Law et
al.1996)
• Rooted in student’s real life context
Benefits
Benefits for Employers:
• Opportunity to collaborate with HEIs in the Dublin
region.
• Access to a highly educated and diverse population of
work ready graduates.
• Promoting workplaces as inclusive.
• Access to an expert team who have developed
collaborative ways of working with students with
disabilities.
Benefits
Benefits for HEIs
• Development of Innovative approach to supporting
students with disabilities.
• Collaboration between services and HEIs.
• Building expertise in college staff.
• In line with college strategic plans and national policy.
What’s next?
• Year one target: 35 students, 10 graduates within
TCD
• Year Two target: 150 students, 30 graduates.
• Collaboration with other HEIs involved in the
project.
• Recruitment of student / graduate ambassadors.
• Recruitment of further employers to act as
resources to students involved in Career
Pathways.
• Dissemination of outcomes of the project at the
end of the two year funding cycle.
Transition
Planning Tool
Worker Needs
Summary
CV
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Personal
Professional
Academic
Gathering
experiences and
refelections
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Reflection on RA
Worker Profile
AT Assessment
LENS Report
Placement
Planning
My Personal
Workbook
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Meeting Forms
Disclosure
WSMP
FMP
Career Specific
approaches
• Other
approaches
• Application to
the workplace
Any Questions?