How to access Connexions?
Connexions is for all young people aged 13 to 19. This includes more intensive help for young people with complex needs such as teenage parents, people excluded from school, care leavers, young offenders, or substance misuse issues and up to age 25 for some young people with learning difficulties or disabilities.
To access your Connexions Personnal Advisor call the numbers below:-
North Wiltshire - For details of times or to make appointments contact 01249 709400.
South Wiltshire - For details of times and to make appointments contact 01722 432435.
East Wiltshire - For details of times and to make appointments contact 01380 737320.
West Wiltshire - For details of times and to make appointments contact 01225 718230.
3. Connexions Direct
Young people can also get immediate support and information from an adviser outside of normal office hours you can speak to a Connexions Direct Adviser by ‘phoning 080 800 13 2 19 between 8am and 2am or can contact an adviser by webchat, email or text by visiting the Direct.gov.uk website (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/index.htm ).
4. Referral
Some young people needing additional support may be referred to Connexions via other agencies.
Useful websites:
Career and learning options
For information on further and higher education courses, qualifications and careers, visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/choices or www.focusoncareers.org.uk
What does Connexions do?
Some of the things Connexions is involved in are:
• Intensive support to young people with more complex needs
• Helping to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) through work on the Wiltshire NEET strategy
• Providing positive activities such as Summer Challenge and other targeted programmes, which help boost young people’s self esteem and skills and provide them with awards and qualifications
• Work with the voluntary and community sector, through funding for projects with young people
• Tracking the destinations of all young people who leave school to find out if they need additional support
• Involving young people in commenting on, designing and running the service, such as through staff appointments
• Supporting young people with learning disabilities through transition to other organisations or services.
Date Posted: Tuesday 21 February 12
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