Information, Advice and Guidance Services

Vision

ALS IAG services supports the ALS Vision and Mission, and aims to provide IAG to enquirers and  learners who are enrolled on, or considering enrolling for, a programme or course with the ALS.  

IAG ultimately supports individuals in their choice of career, learning, work and life goals. As a  service, we are required by Ofsted to evidence how learners receive IAG.  

Everyone in ALS contributes to ensure our service is delivered in accordance to principles of the  nationally recognised matrix quality standard.  

We work with the National Careers Service who provide an IAG offer, comprising of a National website,  national contact centre and area based services. To arrange Information, Advice and Guidance for your  learners with a skilled advisor please follow the steps below.  

Some or all of your  

group would like a  

careers advisor  

visit.  

You have 2 options:  

Whole group decide  they would not like a  careers advisor visit.  

You have 4 options:  

One learner  would like to  access careers  advice.  

A National Careers Service group IAG  session may be pre-arranged by your    

curriculum coordinator. Please respond to  emails with instructions if this applies. 

If a National Careers Service group IAG  has not been pre-arranged, you can  request one by emailing:  

AdultLearningIAG@northnorthants.gov.uk 

1-Encourage learners to tick the National Careers Service  box on ALS enrolment form (if paper enrolment). 

2-Explain to learners that the National Careers Service  contact is given on their course information sheet.  

3-Tell learners about the ‘progression advice’ section of  ALS website which includes useful IAG. 

4-Request careers advice on behalf of the learner by  providing the learners name and their course code to:  

AdultLearningIAG@northnorthants.gov.uk

In order to clarify the service provided for learners, we define Information, Advice and Guidance as:  

Information - Providing people with information about the range of learning opportunities  available, without any discussion of the relative merit of these options. This includes ALS courses  and activities, learning offers by other providers, enrolments, course fees and learner support.  

Advice - Helping individuals to interpret information and choose the most appropriate next step in  relation to their needs. This includes advice about learning and training opportunities and  providers, occupational information, progression routes and referrals.  

Guidance – Supporting individuals through in depth support session(s) in which a skilled advisor  helps with the process of making decisions about learning, work or life goals.  

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Information, Advice and Guidance Services  

Here are some examples of how you can ensure learners have access to good quality Information,  Advice and Guidance as a tutor.