Post-16 education and training

Bucks Skills Hub help young people to gain the qualifications and skills they need to be successful at work.

They also have advice on apprenticeships.

For young people aged 18 years plus, the local JobCentre Plus (DWP) can provide advice with job searching. They can help find out which benefits you may be able to access, as well as offer regular support from a named Work Coach.

For local, regional and national employment opportunities, job searching websites include:

• Reed
• Indeed
• CV Library
• Monster
• Totaljobs
• Career Experts
• Fish4Jobs
• Top CV

The National Careers Service offers free support with job searching including creating CVs, preparing for interviews, and career guidance.

You can speak to an adviser on 0800 100 900 and calls are free from landlines and most mobile numbers.

They are open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday and during bank holidays.

Not Going To Uni was founded in 2008 to showcase the alternatives to the standard university route to school and college leavers. Since then it has become one of the best known and recognised brands in the market, regularly asked to comment on issues in the market by many media outlets including the BBC and Sky.

People Plus provides a number of services including employment support, skills training, apprenticeships, independent living, and prison education on behalf of the government, as well as recruitment, training and development and wellbeing solutions to employers. For those who may face challenges in finding and staying in employment.

Gap years can be used to enhance your CV, travel, learn new skills, and much more.

Prospects are the experts in graduate careers. We help to guide students and graduates to a bright future with unrivalled information, advice, and opportunities; including gap year ideas.

UCAS provides some ideas and things to think about when taking a gap year.

UCAS connects people to University, and post-Uni studies including teacher training, apprenticeships, and internships.

UCAS is an independent charity providing information, advice on courses, applications, funding, admissions services, and career guidance. To help people figure out what the next step in their education might be, and to support them when they take that step.

Their website has lots of information and support including podcasts, YouTube videos, and webinars:

• results day essential guide
• clearing and clearing plus; making the most of clearing whether you did better than expected or your results weren’t what you hoped
• apprenticeships; an undergraduate degree isn't the only option
• Students with physical or mental health conditions and learning differences support

There are organisations both locally and nationwide that offer advice and support on volunteering.

• Community Impact Bucks volunteering
• Do it life is a national digital volunteering matching service
• GOV UK provides information about volunteering overseas
• UCAS how can I volunteer and make a difference

Further information can be found on our website including what financial help is available for college and university.

Our preparing for adulthood page has advice for those young people with SEND and funding for those who want to go to university.