Skills for Life A Provider’s Perspective

Initial Planning Stages  Meet with employer, learner reps and union branch/education officers  Discuss range of courses  Consider what will be beneficial to employee and employer  Embedding Skills for Life in learning resources

Monitoring  Set up a Steering Group  Feedback on the course  Evaluation Forms

The Learners  Reassure them – not going back to School!  Differentiation  Build confidence  Run course before or alongside other courses

Embedding Skills for Life in the Workplace  ILM  Report Writing  NVQs  Home Carers  Refuse Collectors

Case Study  Unison and London Borough of Barnet  Pilot project – training Unison reps  Learning Agreement  Convenient training room  Using IT

Results  More courses  More Learner Reps trained  Improved Literacy skills  Acquired IT skills  Working with departments throughout the Authority