Your Future
You can expect on-going careers advice and guidance throughout your time at Dorton College. Qualified Careers Advisors and experienced job club tutors will assist you in making decisions about your future and advise you how adaptations can be made to overcome the problems of your visual impairment, as well as working with you to help with:
Further Education opportunities
You may consider progressing onto a Higher Level course at your local sector college. We will advise you on the most appropriate opportunities in your local area and liaise with them to ensure that they are ready to meet all your needs when you enrol.
At all times, our Careers and Employment specialist will remain in contact with your local adviser to ensure a smooth transition at the end of your stay at Dorton College.
Higher Education opportunities
We offer advice about:
- which Advanced Level subjects to study for your future employment aims
- visits to Higher Education fairs and Universities to seek out further information
- completing your application form
- liaising with your future University to ensure that they are fully aware of and prepared to meet your needs.
Job Search Activities
The Society's Employment Service can advise about the most effective CV layout, contact potential employers and offer support with telephone and interview techniques. We are also available to provide practical assistance in securing jobs and/or work placements.
Transition
In addition to careers advice and guidance, you can expect support to ensure that all your needs are met when you leave Dorton College. We have a dedicated Transition Team who work with students, their families and external agencies to ensure that they are able to move on from Dorton College with confidence knowing that their housing and support needs will be met in the future.
Transition can be simply defined as a process which brings together the people who will ensure that our students can plan ahead for their future as they enter adulthood. With the right support and guidance all young people, even those with complex needs are capable of achieving a high quality of life and successfully manage independent living.
It is important to understand the transition process as providing young people with llife rather than services. It means listening to the needs of our students and their families and ensuring that those needs are met through close multi-agency collaborations, within a holistic and person centred structure.
Students at Dorton College are given the skills and confidence to maximise their independance and to be able to achieve success throughout their adult lives.
Please contact Dorton College for more information.
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