Practice

Guiding Circles

  Définition Description

1. Title of Initiative

Title or name as specified in official documentation, e.g. funding contract Guiding Circles
2. Provider Name of organisation responsible for delivering the initiative

The Aboriginal Human Resource Council delivers training nationally, and then the host organizations vary to include educators, employment centres, and other community groups.

3. Sponsor Name of organisation responsible for funding the initiative

Aboriginal Human Resource Council, AHRC

4. Date Commenced Month and year (if known) when the initiative first came into operation May, 2003
5. Date ended If this initiative is not longer in operation, please give the month and year when it came to an end, if known.  
6. Targeted Audience Is the initiative aimed at specific groups, or is it more general in application? Please specify any demographic or employee groups being targeted.

All school leaver categories

Original target group was Aboriginal people, current target group includes high school student, adults in transition or the unemployed.

7. Location Is this a national initiative, or is its coverage limited to a particular region or locality? If so, please specify the region or locality covered. National project that now has practitioners in nearly every province and territory delivering the program.
8. Overview of Program Please give a brief description of the initiative, in one or two sentences. Guiding Circles is an Aboriginal approach to career planning. Booklet 1 conducts self-assessment and Booklet 2 develops skills for career exploration and decision making.