Career Guidance and Development Level 6 (Work-based)

If you work in a role providing Careers Information and Advice you may wish to consider formalising your skills and knowledge in a high quality, nationally recognised qualification.

CIAG qualifications relate to National Occupational Standards (NOS) and provide valuable opportunities for individuals to develop skills, gain underpinning knowledge and understanding and demonstrate competence in the workplace or provide continued professional development.

Each qualification has a core of mandatory units which will be applicable to all staff in a CIAG role plus a wide range of optional units to allow specialisation as appropriate.

For Level 6 CIAG, learners will be providing client focused careers guidance and have more involvement in cross service careers planning and provision.

Assessment

This qualification is internally assessed by centre assessors and quality assured by internal quality assurance personnel and externally verified by OCR. To gain the OCR qualification you will need to complete the 7 mandatory units and 4 optional units.

Mandatory units

• Preparing to work in the career development sector

• Reflect on and improve professional practice

• Career guidance and development theories and models

• Agree the purpose of client centred career interactions

• Explore and agree the career guidance and development needs of clients

• Use career related information with clients

• Work with other agencies for the benefits of clients and own organisations

Optional units

• Use diagnostic and assessment tools with clients

• Promote career related learning to clients

• Lead and manage career development work in an organisation

• Plan, deliver and evaluate presentations

• Use digital technology in the career development sector

Course start dates are September, January and April.