A modern career service innovating for the future
Scotland’s Career Service continues to develop to meet the needs of Scotland’s communities, helping people thrive in a changing world.
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) provides an all-age career service in every state secondary school in Scotland and from a network of SDS centres and community venues across the country.
Delivering Scotland’s Career Service - an annual report - highlights the valuable contributions made by SDS’s professional career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) advisers and partners through engagement in schools and communities.
It presents both narrative and statistics to demonstrate service delivery performance across key areas, with a look back and a look forward.
Head of CIAG Operations at the national skills body, Dave McCallum, says: “From pioneering innovative digital solutions and enhancing flexibility in our school and community offers, to fostering strong partnerships and proactively supporting those most in need, we have set a benchmark for excellence in careers support.
“Looking ahead, we will continue to build on the momentum established in 2024/25.
“Leveraging the lessons learned and the progress made, we are well-positioned to further enhance your careers service and position CIAG delivery to be future-ready, fair, and responsive, empowering Scotland’s people to thrive in a changing world.”
The report includes:
- work with P7 to S3 Broad General Education pupils, and S4 to S6 senior phase pupils
- research with young people in school, and their parents and carers
- key outcomes segmented by equality characteristics
- Universal and Next Steps post-school support offers
- the work of the SDS education team
- support for those dealing with redundancy through PACE offer
- guidance and assistance through the SDS Results Helpline offer
- digital developments including the launch of The 16+ Participation Portal and My World of Work’s My Profile tool
- service offer enhancements that will aim to make our services more flexible, digitally enabled, and tailored to individual needs.
It also focuses on the career service’s reach and effectiveness in shaping Scotland’s future workforce, empowering people to thrive in a rapidly changing world.