Supporting language, literacy and numeracy needs within Integrated Employment and Skills programmes

[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Agenda] [Event Information] [Application Conditions] [Application Form]

Background

For many people, low skills continue to be a key barrier to both gaining and sustaining employment. Improving the prospects of the most disadvantaged in society and enhancing their chances to progress and join the workforce requires partnerships at both a strategic and an operational level.

The Department for Work and Pensions, Jobcentre Plus and the Learning and Skills Council have worked together to develop joint commissioning plans. Partnerships between providers and employers will help to design services that support individuals and offer personalised training, resulting in a more integrated employment and skills service.

Implementing training for individuals to gain sustained employment will be a change of focus for a number of organisations. Some providers have traditionally been job, rather than skills focussed, and others have experience of delivering courses that concentrate on learning and skills with qualifications. All providers need to integrate these two activities and target delivery so that the joint aims of skills development and sustainable work can be achieved.

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Aims

• To develop a broad understanding of Integrated Employment and Skills – what it means for our regions and for our learners
• To hear from policy makers, commissioners and providers on the development of Integrated Employment and Skills activities and services
• To work collaboratively with the sector to enable them to identify and address the language, literacy and numeracy skills needs of their learners.

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Audience

The event will be of interest to:

• Managers from prime contractors and subcontractors including FE colleges, voluntary and community sector and specialist providers
• Managers and literacy, language and numeracy tutors involved in delivering integrated skills and employment programmes
• Agencies and intermediaries involved in referring potential learners, including Nextstep and JCP

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Agenda

09:00 Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available)
12:30 Close and Lunch

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Event Information

Arrival and registration is at 9:00am for a 9:30am start. The event will end at 12:30pm

Attendance is free to delegates from the West Midlands Region (includes lunch, tea/coffee)

Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed application forms

Completed and signed application forms must be faxed or posted to NIACE by the closing date. Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted

Application forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail. Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be e-mailed out one week before the event

Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there will not be handouts for all sessions

If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact:

Gurjit Kaur
Tel: 0116 204 2833
Fax: 0116 254 8368
Minicom: 0116 255 6049
E-mail: gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

Event Date: Tuesday 9 March 2010
Closing Date: Thursday 25 February 2010

Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event

A 10 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille

NIACE reserves the right to reject applicants who are not from the target audience list and not from the West Midlands Region

Places will be limited to 2 representatives from each organisation.

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Application Form

(For people not using the online reservation system above)