School hosts successful Preparing for Adulthood Fair

Sutherland House School recently hosted its first Preparing for Adulthood Fair, aimed at year 9 pupils and upwards.

As part of our careers guidance program, the event aimed to ensure that students, as well as their parents and carers, are informed about their options upon leaving school.

These options included:

• Further education
• Employment
• Residential care
• Day services

As well as external providers, members of Autism East Midlands' Adult Services and Employment teams attended to share information on day services, care and employment.

Service users from Autism East Midlands Dukeries service baked biscuits, which were very popular with students.

Careers Lead Farheen also invited in some wonderful external providers including:

• Portland College
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ask Us Notts
• Landmarks College
• Nottingham College
• The Adventure Service

Ten parents and carers attended the fair as well as students from three classes. They were given a quiz to complete and they had to find the answers by speaking to each stall.

There are many decisions to be made as students approach adulthood, and being better informed leads to better outcomes for young people.