Support for providers working with unemployed adults Friday, June 22, 2012 - 17:30

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NIACE has produced two useful guides for providers delivering skills for unemployed adults, which were launched at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers' (AELP) annual conference on 19 June.

The two guides are a result of the research NIACE undertook on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), into the provision of training for unemployed adults to identify practice that is both effective for learners and helpful in supporting providers adjusting to the new approach outlined in the Government's Skills Strategy, Skills for Sustainable Growth.

Rob Gray, NIACE Programme Officer, said:

"Skills provision for unemployed adults has never been more important. Skills allow people to escape the low pay, no pay cycle in which those with low skills can all too often find themselves trapped."

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Managing challenging behaviour within skills provision for unemployed adults

The difficult circumstances of many unemployed learners and the introduction of skills conditionality have caused learning providers to perceive there to be a greater risk of unemployed learners exhibiting challenging behaviour. NIACE hopes this guide helps providers to support learners at risk of challenging behaviour to succeed in gaining skills and employment. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes the guide on managing challenging behaviour will be useful within any provision for unemployed adults that is delivered in group settings.

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Engaging micro-businesses: A guide for learning providers delivering skills provision for unemployed adults

With UKCES reporting that 24% of UK job vacancies are within businesses employing 1 to 4 employees, it was important that work was carried out to learn how learning providers could engage micro-businesses to facilitate the recruitment of unemployed learners. Although primarily developed for use by providers of unit offer provision for unemployed adults, NIACE believes this guide will be useful in any content in which providers might wish to engage micro-businesses.

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