Free Courses for Public Sector Employees in Salford

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The Learning Support Certificate course (Unit One)

 This course is ideal for anyone who may be involved in supporting and developing workplace skills and may appeal to human resource staff, Trade Union Learner Reps, Team Leaders and those with a mentoring role. It will raise your awareness of the skills for life agenda and the impact of poor basic skills in the workplace this is an in-depth course and leads to a recognised qualification.

English for Presentations

Do you have to prepare presentations? Do you find it difficult to summarise and present the main points of your topic? This short course will look at how you can summarise large amounts to information into a few key points and turn it into a PowerPoint presentation. Although it will cover some basic PowerPoint principles, it will mainly concentrate on the style of language and presentation.

 Understanding Dyslexia

A short course to increase your awareness of the issues surrounding dyslexia. It will give information on the main signs and indicators and how it feels to be dyslexic. It will look at the simple steps you can take to make your organisation more dyslexic friendly. This course is suitable for anyone who has an interest in dyslexia, wants to help support dyslexic colleagues or service users or for individuals who might be dyslexic and would like more information.

Discussion Skills

Are you expected to attend meeting as part of your role. Do you sometimes find it difficult to get your point across or contribute to the discussion? This short course will help you understand the dynamics of group discussion and give you some confidence tips to help you get more involved. 

Percentages - Quick tips to help you use them with confidence

33% extra! 3.6% pay rise!  23.4% APR a little confused by what they all mean? Then this is the course for you a guide through percentages it will boost your confidence and skills at using percentages both at work and in everyday life 

Unison Office

Embedded Skills for Life

Embedded Skills for Life, what do we mean by this? There are currently many buzzwords in the skills for life arena. This workshop will look at what is meant by the term embedded Skills for Life in both a vocational and non-vocational context.

St Sebastian's Community Centre

Getting the message across?   Making reading easier for your audience

With over 1 million adults in Greater Manchester with reading skills below that of an 11 year old, it's important if you want to get your message across to follow the rules of readability. This course will guide you through the basic principles of best practice making your written communications more accessible.  You will look at design, text, illustrations, sentence structure and size and by the end of the course you will be able to use simple SMOG tests to check your own publications.

Unison Office

Better punctuation

When do you use a comma and when a full stop? Does the apostrophe go before or after the 's'? Many people struggle with punctuation and if you're one of them, this course is perfect for you. It's packed with clear rules and simple tips that take the mystery out of punctuation.

Minute Taking

Are you expected to attend meetings and take minutes, have you ever received any training to do this? This course will guide you through the basic principles of minute taking and the English skills needed to produce accurate and focused minutes.  

Understand your Wage Slip

How do they work out all those deductions, what does a 2p reduction in income tax mean to you? What would a 1.1% rise mean? A look at the maths behind your wage slip. 

Unison Office

Skills for Life Awareness Raising

A shocking 7 million adults in England cannot read and write at the level we would expect of an 11 year old and even more have problems with numbers. This affects them in both their working and everyday life. This short course will raise your awareness of how poor English and Maths skills can affect people's lives and limit opportunities. You will look at the active steps you and your organisation can take to help both colleagues and service users. 

Unison Office

 Report Writing

Are you asked to produce reports as part of your job but would like a bit of support? This short course will help you plan and organise your report. It will give you tips on structure, style and language and will give you techniques to improve the accuracy and presentation .

Numeracy Workshop

A weekly drop in session for people who want to brush up their maths skills or who would like to work towards a recognised maths qualification.

Writing a reflective practice

Do you have a reflective log to complete and not sure where to get started? Looking for a little support planning, writing and proofreading your log? Then this is the course for you.

Spelling for health and social care

This course is designed for anyone wanting to brush up on their spelling and would like to learn some simple tips and tricks to help them do so. The course looks mainly at words used in a medical work context but the tips and tricks can be used for more general spelling. 

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Literacy Workshop

A weekly drop in session for people who want to brush up their English skills or who would like to work towards a recognised maths qualification