Harnessing former student support and expertise can help current students increase motivation, confidence and the drive to succeed. Check out our free resources below – created in conjunction with former students.
This virtual work experience pack is aimed at supporting students who aspire towards a career in the Health and Social Care sector.
What is appropriate behaviour in the workplace? This one hour workshop, complete with an at-home delivery guide for adults, features interactive role play scenarios and videos to help students identify professional and positive workplace behaviour. Also included are two short worksheets designed to help students think about what skills they can bring to the world of work.
Why is creativity important in the world of work? Features tips of how students can be creative in different ways at home, and also includes examples from alumni of what creativity can look like in different jobs.
Shows the importance of communication skills across a wide variety of jobs, and gives students the opportunity to develop their skills by writing a blog, amongst other activities.
Helps students develop analytical skills through hearing how these skills have helped alumni in the workplace, and has activities to allow students to strengthen their own ability to analyse effectively.
Explains how entrepreneurial skills aren’t just for Dragon’s Den contestants, but important for anyone in the world of work, and gives students the opportunity to build these skills by designing and pitching their own eco-friendly household product.
We have collaborated with alumni across our network to gather advice and guidance on how students can gain some crucial work experience whilst staying at home. This template can also be utilised for requesting similar assistance from your own networks.
A virtual work experience week to give an insight into working at a charity like Future First. On each day, students ‘meet’ a team member and complete a task. Activities will help students build on the skills and experience they’d need for many careers, not just the charity sector.
Helps students to learn about the importance of empathy, who is in their support network, and how to ensure they are listening ‘actively’ when supporting others.
Helps students understand how supporting their wellbeing can enable them to cope with their school work and other pressures more effectively.
Students design a weekly framework for activities, using their time at home to develop skills and find hobbies that they excel at and enjoy.
Students learn about skills that are key to being resilient, and how to use them.
Skills and strengths activity which enables young people to identify the skills shown by alumni in their working life and encourages them to reflect on their own skills and strengths. This includes an alumni case study but can be personalised to feature alumni from your school or college.
Pathways activity to encourage young people to reflect on the different pathways alumni take after leaving schools. This includes an alumni case study but can be personalised to feature alumni from your school or college.
Engage your students and with an assembly or workshop on Volunteers' Week featuring your alumni.
Become a Future First member primary or secondary school or college to start developing your alumni community.
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