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Skills Development Scotland

Skills Development Scotland

National

Who are we?

Skills Development Scotland is the national careers information and advice service across Scotland, offering support to all ages.

We have Careers Advisers in all secondary schools, including ASN schools

What do we do?

Skills Development Scotland, Scotland's National Careers Service.

 

We offer free, confidential careers guidance interviews. We can meet in person or arrange an appointment by phone.

 

Support on offer includes:

  • Career information, advice, and guidance on career choices

  • Advice on the routes into careers, including jobs, apprenticeships, training and learning

  • Insight into the local labour market

  • Support in using Scotland's Careers web service, My World of Work


For all your work, skills and learning needs, visit: https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/


For all the latest on apprenticeships, visit: https://apprenticeships.scot/

How to get access or get in touch?

Speak to a careers adviser:

There are two ways you can get personalised career support:

You can contact your local centre. They'll help you set up a face-to-face appointment with a careers adviser.

Call our helpline on 0800 917 8000.

Our helpline team specialises in giving you support over the phone. Some members of the team are careers advisers and would love to chat to you. If the person who answers your call isn't a careers adviser, they'll help you arrange a phone call with a careers adviser.

If you're deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired, you can email mywow.support@sds.co.uk. Please include your postcode in your email and we'll direct your enquiry to your local centre.

North Ayrshire - Community Based Careers Centre

01294272421

East Ayrshire - Community Based Careers Centre

01563527165

South Ayrshire - Community Based Careers Centre

0129228142

Helpline

08009178000

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