CONNEXIONS - WHAT IS IT?


Connexions:

  • Involves young people and works with them to help them be the best that they can.
  • Is available in different types of places.
  • Provides information, guidance and support for all 13 to 19 year olds.
  • Offers a range of services to help young people aged 13 to19 years old to cope with growing up.

Nord Anglia Lifetime Development is a partner in Connexions and is working with other organisations including Youth Services and voluntary organisations to offer you the best start in life.

Our Promise to You!

Anyone in South Yorkshire who is 13-19 years old can use the Connexions Service*Advice: Connexions will give information, advice and guidance about careers, housing, health or anything else that you need help with.

Information: Information will be available to you, whenever and wherever you need it.

Respect: You will be welcomed as an individual and treated with respect

Professionals: All our Personal Advisers who advise you are qualified and will work in a professional way with you

Support: We will give you the support you want and need

Listening: We will help you to help yourself – by developing your ideas and opinions

Understandable: We will use plain language, not jargon

Involvement: We want young people to be involved in Connexions in many ways. If you think you want to be involved, tell your Connexions Personal Adviser or a member of staff.

Confidentiality

All the information you share with the Connexions Service is treated fairly and lawfully. If it is thought helpful by either you or your Personal Adviser for sensitive information to be passed to a third party, you will be asked for your consent. The only time the Connexions Service will pass on information without your permission is if there is a legal requirement or duty for us to do so or if there is a risk of serious harm or threat to life.

*up to 25 years old if you have learning difficulties or disabilities (LDD)


To find out more about how Connexions can help you:

  • Talk to your Personal Adviser, other teachers in school and/or your Careers Co-ordinator.


  • Look at the Connexions Card web site

    • Additional support is available if you need it.


What does a Personal Adviser do?


A Personal Adviser can offer you:

  • Impartial advice and guidance to help you make decisions about your future goals and plan your next steps.


  • Information and advice about:

    > education
    > work
    > training

    and other opportunities open to you.

    • They can also provide information on:

    > health
    > housing
    > money
    > lifestyle issues

    and explain who are the best people to help you.

  • Support to help you achieve your full potential.

One young person commented that after working with her Personal Adviser:

"She has made me realise that if I can deal with some of the things which worry me now, soon I will be able to do anything."



More information can be obtained from the following web sites:

Connexions National site: www.connexions.gov.uk