Do Organisation Career Support Programs Draw on Career Guidance Practices? A Reading of Career Support Programs for Students and Families of Refugee and New Migrant Backgrounds

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Title: Do Organisation Career Support Programs Draw on Career Guidance Practices? A Reading of Career Support Programs for Students and Families of Refugee and New Migrant Backgrounds
Language: English
Authors: Melissa Tham (ORCID 0000-0001-7785-6358), Elizabeth Knight (ORCID 0000-0001-6596-6525)
Source: Australian Journal of Career Development. 2024 33(1):95-104.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Refugees, Migrant Education, Migrant Programs, Career Guidance, Nonprofit Organizations, Secondary Schools, Marketing, Program Descriptions, Content Analysis, Transitional Programs, Disadvantaged
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1177/10384162241232479
ISSN: 1038-4162
2200-6974
Abstract: Accessing high-quality career development to support successful transitions into post-compulsory education and employment can be a challenge for newly arrived students of refugee and migrant backgrounds. In Australia, not-for-profit organisations provide career guidance to students within schools that enrol refugee and migrant families. Through programs, not-for-profit organisations can provide mentoring, support and other career services. This research explores the marketing materials of organisation-provided career guidance programs based in Australian secondary schools. A close textual reading of how the programs engage with the discipline and practices of career guidance reveal a deficit framing of students and their families, with limited focus on promoting agency across programs. In light of the increasing resettlement of refugees and migrants in Australia, these findings highlight a need to balance social justice principles with greater engagement with the discipline of career education when enacting career interventions with vulnerable groups.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1418614
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Accessing high-quality career development to support successful transitions into post-compulsory education and employment can be a challenge for newly arrived students of refugee and migrant backgrounds. In Australia, not-for-profit organisations provide career guidance to students within schools that enrol refugee and migrant families. Through programs, not-for-profit organisations can provide mentoring, support and other career services. This research explores the marketing materials of organisation-provided career guidance programs based in Australian secondary schools. A close textual reading of how the programs engage with the discipline and practices of career guidance reveal a deficit framing of students and their families, with limited focus on promoting agency across programs. In light of the increasing resettlement of refugees and migrants in Australia, these findings highlight a need to balance social justice principles with greater engagement with the discipline of career education when enacting career interventions with vulnerable groups.
ISSN:1038-4162
2200-6974
DOI:10.1177/10384162241232479