My dream for guidance!

Until recently I thought this dream would stay a dream but my experiences in the last couple of weeks have made me realise some of the things I would like to see in guidance are infact already happening if you look closly enough. Some of the key things I would like to see are;-

More locally based all age guidance projects, based in easily accessible shop fronted premises or perhaps even based in community centre ,staffed by managers who still practise guidance themselves and where career advisors are not only office based but are involved in outreach work, both door to door and with their mobile office going into schools and more remote areas. A service where it isn't just about getting a job and someone ticking a box but where strong links and relationships can be made with members of the local community so that the service can better respond to peoples needs and where local people also have the opportunity to be involved in some way perhaps in mentoring or going into schools to talk about their work, perhaps having job blogs that young people can access to find out what different careers are really like. It would also be a service which took a holistic approach which didn't ignore the realities of people's social situation and barriers that they may face in working towards their goals be that work, paid or voluntary , education or further training. It would be a service where diversity in approaches to guidance was postively encouraged and good practice could be shared and lastly although I could say so many more things it would be a service that could prove it's worth not just by the use of statistic but by using peoples stories.