Developing employability provision that works

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Developing employability provision that works
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Aim

• To support the design of employability
  provision that meets learner and employer needs.

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Learning outcomes

• An understanding of the importance of
  employability skills
• The opportunity to
• consider how provision can be responsive to
  employers and learners
• explore organisational strengths and constraints
  that will influence your model
• identify a best fit model for your organisation
• plan next steps.
• An awareness of current employability skills
  resources
• The opportunity to begin development work in one
  of your priority areas for development identified
  through the training
• employability skills assessment
• employability promotional materials
• work experience.

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Employability policy and context (1)

• The UK commission believes that a central
  part of what all publicly funded training should
  do is to develop the ability to use knowledge and
  skills in the workplace effectively.
  The Employability Challenge, 2009
• The shift the focus has moved from getting
  people back into work quickly to improving
  individuals skills to gain sustainable
  employment .

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Employability skills policy and context (2)

• The Employability challenge report found that
  although some schools, colleges, universities and
  training providers prepare their students well
  for the workplace, too many do not.
• Employers spend time and money training new
  recruits in everyday skills, such as taking a
  telephone message or writing a report.
• The shift employability is about making sure
  learners are work ready and not just job ready.

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Employability Skills What?

• Employability skills are the skills almost
  everyone needs to do almost any job. UKCES,
  2009
• They are the skills that make specific
  knowledge and technical skills fully productive.
  Without employability skills, UK Plc ceases to be
  a global economic force and individuals dont get
  and progress in rewarding jobs.
• 
  UKCES, 2009

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Employability Skills Defining the skills

• Communications for work
• Maths for work
• Problem solving
• Working in a team
• Organising yourself and your time.

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Getting started Key resources

• In project management terminology, resources
  are required to carry out the project tasks. They
  can be people, equipment, facilities, funding, or
  anything capable of definition. Wikipedia

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ActivityExplore learner needs and programme
models

• Work in groups
• Read the example programme models for ideas
• Define your own learners and write a summary on
  the blank template
• Design a delivery model that suits their needs
• Write a summary of it on the blank template
• Take 30 minutes.

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ActivityAudit of a whole-organisation approach
to employability

• Complete HO7
• Give each statement a grade from 15 using the
  scale
• 1. Fully developed
• 2. Partially developed
• 3. Just begun development
• 4. Development identified, not begun
• 5. No development identified.
• You have 10 minutes.

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ActivityAction plan to develop employability
provision

• Use the audit checklist from the previous session
• Reflect on and agree the areas you need to
  develop
• Discuss with your colleagues
• Complete the action plan
• You have 15 minutes.

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Reflection review aim

• To support the design of employability provision
  that meets learner and employer needs.

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Plenary review learning outcomes

• An understanding of the importance of
  employability skills
• The opportunity to
• consider how provision can be responsive to
  employers and learners
• explore organisational strengths and constraints
  that will influence your model
• identify a best fit model for your organisation
• plan next steps
• An awareness of current employability skills
  resources.

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Useful links

• www.move-on.org.uk
• www.peptoolkit.co.uk
• www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
• www.excellence.qia.org.uk
• http//rwp.excellencegateway.org.uk/embeddedlearni
  ng/index.cfm
• www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/8848
• www.excellencegateway.org.uk/toolslibrary
• www.assetskills.org/CrossSectorSkills/Employabilit
  yKeyDocuments.asp
• www.nomisweb.co.uk

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Employability workshop instructions

• Agree with partner or team the actions you are
  working on
• Review resources available on the Employability
  resources matrix (HO9)
• Design or develop
• employability skills assessment
• promotional materials
• a plan for work experience
• You have one hour.

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