"In a complex and changing world all young people need access to good
quality, comprehensive and impartial Information, Advice and Guidance
(IAG). They need good IAG to help them make the right learning and
career choices so that they can succeed in work and they need it to
help them find answers to questions and issues that can arise in their
personal lives. For individuals good quality IAG can make the
difference between happiness and misery: between success and failure."
Beverley Hughes, Minister of State - Children, Schools and Families.
From April 2008 responsibility for commissioning information, advice and guidance services for young people was devolved to the 150 Local Authorities in England. The Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance (Department for Children, Schools and Families - 2007) have been produced to support the development of high quality and impartial information, advice and guidance services across the country. They provide a framework for planning, managing and reviewing information, advice and guidance services. They define the government's expectations of the services that Local Authorities, through Children's Trusts, will commission and manage.
The Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance
The Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance - User Guide
Click to download the Quality Standards for Young People's IAG User Guide
The Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance - Examples of Good Practice and Top Tips
Click to download the Quality Standards for Young People's IAG - examples of good practice and top tips
The Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance - a leaflet for young people and their parents/carers about what they can expect in relation to IAG services.
www.cegnet.co.uk/files/CEGNET0001/ManagingCEG/QualityStandardsforIAG/young_people's_material.pdf
Supporting Choices 11-19+ - a Framework for implementing a 14-19 entitlement to Information, Advice and Guidance in England
