{"id":708,"date":"2021-09-08T19:35:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:22:21","slug":"dyw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/pupils\/dyw\/","title":{"rendered":"DYW and Careers Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills body, and we deliver Scotland\u2019s career service. Our Careers Advisers deliver career information, advice, and guidance in your school to pupils from S1-S6.<\/p>\n<p>We are there to help you understand the world of work and to develop the Career Management Skills you need as you move through school.<\/p>\n<p>Your school careers adviser is Claire Smart and you can get in touch with them by email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Claire.smart@sds.co.uk\">claire.smart@sds.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or by visiting them in their room in school located in the main corridor on the ground floor, you can also ask your Guidance Teacher for an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>You might meet them with your class at a group activity, at a careers event or at a one-to-one appointment. Your careers adviser can speak to you about:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Finding out about yourself, your strengths, and skills<br \/>\u2022 Making subject choices<br \/>\u2022 Different types of careers and how to research them<br \/>\u2022 Developing the types of skills that are useful in a job<br \/>\u2022 Routes into careers, including apprenticeships<br \/>\u2022 Building and developing your networks<br \/>\u2022 Creating CVs<br \/>\u2022 Making applications and applying for courses<\/p>\n<p>You can also use our online service, My World of Work,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/\">www.myworldofwork.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond school, our advisers operate from a network of SDS centres and community locations nationwide, offering expert support to customers of all ages. You can find your nearest centre at myworldofwork.co.uk\/centres. Find out more about our services at skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills body, and we deliver Scotland\u2019s career service. Our Careers Advisers deliver career information, advice, and guidance in your school to pupils from S1-S6. We are there to help you understand the world of work and to develop the Career Management Skills you need as you move through &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13523,"featured_media":0,"parent":259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions\/1815"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sa\/ayracademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}