{"id":6223,"date":"2026-09-10T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/?page_id=6223"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:32:11","slug":"career-support-in-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/pupil-zone\/career-support-in-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Career support in school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/\"><strong>Skills Development Scotland (SDS)<\/strong><\/a> is the national skills agency, and delivers Scotland\u2019s career service.<\/p>\n<p>SDS Careers Advisers deliver career information, advice and guidance in schools to pupils from\u00a0\u00a0S1 to S6. They are there to help you understand the world of work and to develop the career\u00a0management skills you need as you move through school and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Your school Careers Adviser is Kirsty Byrne. You can get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:kirsty.byrne@sds.co.uk\">kirsty.byrne@sds.co.uk<\/a> or by requesting a careers appointment using the QR code below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/pupil-zone\/career-support-in-school\/picture2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2.png\" data-orig-size=\"896,896\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/CHSFP\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/10142227\/Picture2.png 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might meet your Careers Adviser with your class at a group activity, at a careers event, or at\u00a0\u00a0a one-to-one appointment.<br \/>\nYour Careers Adviser can speak to you about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>understanding and developing yourself, your strengths, and your skills<\/li>\n<li>making your option choices<\/li>\n<li>career choices<\/li>\n<li>courses, training, and volunteering<\/li>\n<li>CVs, applications, and interviews<\/li>\n<li>apprenticeships<\/li>\n<li>local and national job opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also visit Scotland\u2019s careers website, My World of Work at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/\"><strong>myworldofwork.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond school, anyone can speak to expert advisers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/get-in-touch\"><strong>SDS centres or community venues<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0across the country and on our freephone helpline on 0800 917 8000. They can help people of\u00a0all ages and at all stages of their career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills agency, and delivers Scotland\u2019s career service. SDS Careers Advisers deliver career information, advice and guidance in schools to pupils from\u00a0\u00a0S1 to S6. They are there to help you understand the world of work and to develop the career\u00a0management skills you need as you move through school and beyond. Your school Careers Adviser is Kirsty Byrne. You can get in touch by emailing kirsty.byrne@sds.co.uk or by requesting a careers appointment using the QR code below. You might meet your Careers Adviser with your class at a group activity, at a careers event, or at\u00a0\u00a0a one-to-one appointment. Your Careers Adviser can speak to you about: understanding and developing yourself, your strengths, and your skills making your option<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/pupil-zone\/career-support-in-school\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":6238,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6223","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6226,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6223\/revisions\/6226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/CHSFP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}