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July E-News for Training Providers

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in May rose by 19,600 to 1.49 million with the jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds standing at a staggering 19.4%. At NCFE, we've thought long and hard about how we can address this situation of high youth unemployment. We want to be in a position to help learners find the employment opportunities available to them, either through apprenticeship posts or at the end of their qualifications.

We recognise that employment and employability are areas where expert knowledge can help, which is why we engaged in discussions with Reed in Partnership, the leading recruitment and HR service provider. As a result of these discussions, we have formed an innovative collaboration with REED which is set to support learners into the labour market quickly and smoothly. Read more

NCFE Learning Resources now available

NCFE now offers Learning Resources for some of our most popular Preparation for Life and Work qualifications:

Level 1 Award in Learning to Learn 501/1134/6

Level 1 Award in Demonstrating Enterprise Skills 500/8444/6

Level 2 Certificate in Developing Enterprise Skills 500/8443/4

Competitively priced, these packs have been produced by NCFE, so you can be confident that they'll help students achieve all of the qualification learning outcomes.

They also contain all of the information you might need; from workbooks and candidate assessments, to tutor packs which will help support your delivery of the qualification.

To find out more about our innovative Learning Resources and how they can support delivery of the above qualifications please visit our web pages.

New qualifications with real employment outcomes for students: NCFE Awards in Job Search and Interview Skills

NCFE is proud to announce the 'next generation' of employability qualifications, NCFE Awards in Job Search and Interview Skills. This suite of 30 GLH qualifications is available at Levels 1, 2 and 3, and has been jointly developed with recruitment specialists Reed in Partnership.

Our new qualifications cover all of the essential employability themes (eg job search techniques, CVs, interview skills etc). Uniquely, they also equip students with the knowledge to understand their particular labour market and to appreciate the importance of mindset to employers. Students will learn how to develop the right mindset and how to display this within job applications and interviews.

Key elements of these qualifications include: setting realistic and achievable career goals, presenting the right mindset which will appeal to employers and equipping the student with the tools to find and secure the right job for them. Read more about this suite of qualifications.
NCFE Level 1 Award in Learning to Learn - now eligible for ALR funding

NCFE's popular Level 1 Award in Learning to Learn has now been added to the list of QCF qualifications confirmed for public funding (ALR) by the Skills Funding Agency for adults for delivery from 1 August 2010 onwards.

Learning to Learn is a short qualification (only 30 Guided Learning Hours) which develops the skills and effective learning behaviours needed for students to reach their full potential in the learning environment.

NCFE has also developed new Learning Resources which are now available for this qualification. Read more

New Approval Forms

We've recently carried out a review of our centre and product approval processes and have made some changes to ensure they're even more efficient and customer friendly.

We've updated our approval forms and have improved them so there's no need for you to provide information which we already have such as your centre address and staff details.

We've asked you to provide us with information that will ensure we can give you the best possible service and support throughout the approval process and when you're ready to start delivering your programmes. This includes details of the anticipated number of learners and the estimated start date of the programme.

We've also reviewed and improved our communication to ensure we keep in touch with you throughout the process. We'll send you update emails at each stage of the process so you can see how your approval is progressing.

You can find the forms on our website here along with all of our guidance documents which support the approval process.

If you have any feedback on the new forms please let us know by emailing info@ncfe.org.uk.

New training to support people into work

Retail Skills into Work
Hospitality Skills into Work
Construction Skills into Work
Health and Social Care Skills into Work
Essential Skills into Work

Who is it for?

Customers looking to update their skills in their chosen vocational sector. The programme combines accredited training along with employability techniques to support customers to find employment.
This is available to customers who:

Are 18 years and older

Have lived in the UK for three years or more, come from an EU member country or are a British Citizen.

Are unemployed and claiming JSA or ESA (WRAG) - at any stage of their claim.

How long does it last?

2 days per week for 4 weeks

What’s included on the accredited training?

Vocational training offered will be accredited units (QCF) that customers can apply and develop in the workplace. Units may contribute to Apprenticeships or QCF qualifications once in employment. Examples of units/ training completed under each vocational sector:

Retail Skills into Work @ Care Training East Midlands, Clinton House, Derby Road, Nottingham City Centre

Working in retail

Customer service

Product knowledge

Health and Safety and Employment Rights and Responsibilities

Hospitality Skills into Work @ Care Training East Midlands, Clinton House, Derby Road, Nottingham City Centre

Food Hygiene

Construction Skills into Work @ Central Skills, Bilborough, Nottingham

Health and safety in the workplace

Communications

Exploring the construction industry

The CSCS card, training and test

Health and Social Care Skills into Work @ Care Training East Midlands, Clinton House, Derby Road, Nottingham City Centre

Understanding the role of health and social care

Health and safety in the care setting

Communications in the care setting

Emergency First Aid at Work

Essential Skills into Work @ Care Training East Midlands, Clinton House, Derby Road, Nottingham City Centre

Literacy

Numeracy

Find out more

To make a referral, find out more or request some flyers on the new provision please contact the course enquiries team at Care Training East Midlands on 0115 9599 544.

Policy Update 7

7 – 20 July 2011

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to Policy Update 7 for 2011-12.

Highlights from this edition include:

Details of the Public Services White Paper;

Details of the interim report on from the Commission on Colleges in their Communities;

John Hayes’ speech on careers education and guidance;

Promise of new forms of support for informal, community-based learning of English;

Consultation on qualifications for 14 to 16 year olds;

TUC publishes best practice code for internships;

£30 million fund for charity support services opens; and

EHRC research on the implementation of public sector equality duties.

This and previous issues of the Policy Update are available to download from our website.

Open Public Services White paper - quick summary

We have published a quick summary of the Open Public Services White Paper. This document summarises the key content of relevance to the further education and skills sector. Read here.

e-bulletin 22 July 2011

Key dates and essential information in this week's e-bulletin:

ESF Community Grants first round deadline - 25 July 2011

Enable invoice deadline - 25 July 2011

Chief Executives' Group - 4 August 2011

Workforce Development (special interest group) - 12 August 2011

Enable News

ESF Community Learning and Skills Grants 2011-2013
The first application round closes at 5.00pm on Monday 25 July 2011.
Read more

Enable Supplier Invoice Deadline
Please note that we must receive any supplier invoices by 25 July 2011 to guarantee payment this month. Invoices received after this date will be processed and paid at the end of August.

Chief Executives' Group
4 August 2011, 12:00 - 2:00pm: NVAC, Nottingham
To attend our Chief Executives' Meeting please contact Sarah Fox on 0115 934 9543 or email
sarahf@enable.uk.net
to confirm your
attendance no later than Monday 1 August 2011.

Workforce Development (Special Interest Group)
16 August 2011, 10:00am - 12:00pm: NVAC, Nottingham
Please note the Workforce Development meeting which was due to be held on 26 July 2011 is now postponed to Tuesday 16 August 2011. Please contact Sarah Fox on 0115 934 9543 or email
sarahf@enable.uk.net to confirm your attendance no later than Friday 12 August 2011.

Enable Website
We have been experiencing problems with our website so we have now moved it to a new host and it works much better. This may mean that any website shortcuts may no longer work. If you experience any problems accessing web pages please contact Paul Randall on 0115 934 8448 or email
paul@enable.uk.net

Equality and Diversity

Equality and Diversity Calendar
Important days/events coming up in July include: 30 July 2011 - Nottinghamshire Gay Pride. Find out more via our 2011 Equality and Diversity Calendar

Equality Seminars
28 July 2011: Nottingham
A seminar organised by the Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership (REDP) to update you on the impact of the Equality Act, Localism and other current equality issues
Read more

Funding

Focus on Funding
2-24 August 2011, 10:00am - 4:00pm: Various locations
Focus on Funding is holding a series of funding surgeries. They are open to any voluntary or community group in Nottinghamshire that needs help to secure funding. To book an appointment call 0115 934 8405 or email focusonfunding@
nottinghamcvs.co.uk

Read more

Other News

Young Potential Volunteers
25-29 July 2011: Various locations
Young Potential is running a series of volunteer recruitment events.
Read more

Karaoke Night
12 August 2011: Monty Hind Training Centre, Nottingham
Includes a BBQ, a Bar, a Raffle and Face Paints.
Read more

Over-50s And Retired Faring Better Than Young People In Jobs Market
The last 20 years have seen a significant increase in the proportion of over-50s and people over retirement age in employment, the TUC reveals. The findings show that the jobs market has changed significantly since 1992.
Read more

Newsletters
The following newsletters are just out and may be of interest to you:

NCETM Newsletter - The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) July 2011 Newsletter

Fair Train News - July 2011 Edition

Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership Newsletter - 15 July 2011

Courses

Courses starting in Nottinghamshire in the next few weeks include:

Drugs, Alcohol and Young People

Drug Awareness

Radio Training for 10-14 year olds

Radio Training for 15-17 year olds

Basic Suicide Awareness

For a full list of courses or to add details about something you are running please visit our training and events portal at www.enable-vcs.org

Jobs

Operational Manager - APTCOO

Campaigns and Communications Worker - NDVF

Part-Time Admin Worker - Double Impact

Fundraising and Communications Co-ordinator - Double Impact

Business Development Co-ordinator - Nottingham Credit Union

HR Officer - Carers Federation

HR Assistant / Administrator - Carers Federation Ltd

Business Development Manager - Base 51

Support and Development Worker (Clifton) - Carers Federation Ltd

Family Support Workers - Home-Start Dukeries

Community Advisory Worker - NCVS

Skills for Life Numeracy Tutors - National Consortium of Colleges

Metropolitan Support Trust - Service Administrator

For details of current vacancies please visit the jobs section of our website.

Get in Touch
If you have items you’d like us to include in our e-bulletin or on our website, please get in touch.

Policy Watch – Moving into a new era of school accountability

With the Government keen to develop further forms of accountability for the education system, there’s been much interest in what school league tables might look like for this year. Now that the official guidance has come out, Policy Watch considers what it all means.

The Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning

Nottinghamshire Training Network and The Derbyshire Network Health & Safety Meeting Minutes

Please find attached the minutes from the Health & Safety Meeting which was held on the 12th July 2011 at Derby College, The Carriage Shop Theatre, The Roundhouse.

Date of the next meeting will be circulated once confirmed.

Skills Funding Agency Web Alerts for 21/07/2011

Please find below the latest additions to the skillsfundingagency.
bis.gov.uk website for 21/07/2011:

Update - Issue 66
Issue 66 of 'Update' is now available on the Skills Funding Agency website. Update is our weekly round up of business critical information and news for the sector.

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Dear Member

Please find attached the latest issue of Countdown.

Regards

Admin Team
Association of Employment and Learning Providers
E: enquiries@aelp.org.uk
T: 0117 986 5389

What Next Careers Opportunities Fair - Advertising Opportunities

Our unique careers fair, Nottingham’s largest, offers opportunity providers and businesses alike a fantastic fast-track to reach and raise your profle with 15-18 year olds, school leavers and their families.

At the same time, you will be supporting your local community and local young people aspiring to make the most of their lives and progress successfull y through education and training into meaningful employment and careers.

For more details on how to take part, please see the attached flyer.

Webalert 27th July 2011

PROACTIVE Conference - 30 September 2011

Dear Colleague

I am writing to invite you to the PROACTIVE Conference to be held on the 30th September 2011 at the East Midlands Conference Centre. Please see attached agenda.

This exciting event is part of an LSIS project funded through the Regional Response Programme and consists of representatives from IBA, EMFEC, EMCETT, NTN, NIACE, NACRO, JSIC RSC EM, Public Sector, PCT, LSIS, JCP, DLDC, Voluntary and Community and of course work based learning!

The attached document provides an overview of the project which has addressed key issues, networked the networks and identified measurable added value.

Members of PROACTIVE East Midlands will be available for informal discussion as well as participating in the workshops.

We are extremely pleased to have Matthew Coffey as our keynote speaker. Matthew is OFSTED’s Learning and Skills Director and will not only talk to us about the importance of ‘networking the networks’ but will also provide an update on OFSTED activities including the forthcoming review of the Common Inspection Framework.

I do hope you are able to join us. Please follow this link to register your attendance by 18 August 2011.

You will have a choice of two workshops out of the four available which cover:-

Workshop – Subcontracting – Both Sides of the Story
Workshop – Partnership Working and More for Less
Workshop – Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
Workshop – Free Tools for Collaborative Working

Kind regards

Pam McGhie
PA / Senior Administrator

Apprenticeship Vacancies online

Hello Members

Please find attached the latest Apprenticeship vacancies for the week commencing 25/07/2011.

Please click on the county below to view the available Apprenticeship vacancies.

For further details on any of the featured vacancies, please contact NAS on the contact details below.

National Apprenticeship Service
17a Meridian East
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
LE19 1UU

T: 0116 228 1839

The National Apprenticeship Service is supporting WorldSkills London 2011 – ExCel London 5-8 October 2011

To find out how Apprenticeships can be good for your business, visit apprenticeships.org.uk or call 08000 150 600.

Apprenticeships. Good for Business.

JCP commitment to FE sector and Sector Based Work Academies

Last week Darra Singh, the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, wrote to the Chief Executives of both the Association of Colleges (Martin Doel) and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (Graham Hoyle) to reaffirm Jobcentre Plus’s commitment to work with the further education sector and make a success of sector-based work academies.

Please see attached letter.

Skills Funding Agency (SFA) - Electronic Records

Hi all,

Please find attached a briefing note published by the SFA on the use of electronic records.

Kind regards,

Lisa Kominiak
Contracts Manager

Nottinghamshire Training Network
Mansfield Business Centre
Ashfield Avenue
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 2AE

Sales Courses run by Cygnus - Don't miss out!!!

Good afternoon All

Please find attached details of some upcoming courses to be held at NTN. Cygnus has approached NTN as they have had significant interest in 2 workshops being run on behalf of LSIS.

Unfortunately, the LSIS funding offered through Northampton College for sales training courses has now been fully allocated, a number of you were quick off the mark and have qualified for the free training.

Due to the significant interest from other members and although there will be no further LSIS funding, those at Cygnus would like to offer NTN’s Members a low cost opportunity to enrol on courses designed to help you increase your sales and selling efficiency.

Cygnus would like to offer NTN members to attend the courses for an attractive delegate fee of £50.00 per head (excluding VAT), this price includes refreshments and a buffet lunch. The courses would be run at NTN, Mansfield Business Centre, Ashfield Avenue, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2AE.

All courses will start at 9.30am and close at 4.00pm.

Please find attached the course outlines for Increasing Sales & Selling Efficiency to be run on 13th and 28th September and Sales for Non Sales People to be run on 11th and 27th October.

To register your interest, please follow this link.

The closing date to book on to these courses will be the 19th August 2011, so please book your place now to avoid disappointment.

All payments must be received before the course date.

WebStart course

Dear colleague,

Please find attached details of the WebStart course, which will run for the first time on 20th -21st September 2011 in Beeston and is aimed firmly at businesses with little or no web presence. Jonny Green, the trainer, is a well known and highly-regarded practitioner in e-commerce and e-marketing as well as an accomplished speaker. He has been training at Castle College (Axis Centre) and De Montford University for over 10 years.

The cost will be £239 per delegate and details of what they get are outlined the attached.

Many Thanks,
Carmel

Carmel Bradley
Business Development Officer
Castle College
Tel: 0115 8842039

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