Workshops and Courses for Employees and Volunteers of Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations across Greater Manchester

Thursday 21 February 2008

DATES & TIMES	COURSE/WORKSHOP DETAILS	VENUE
MON 4th,11th,18th & 25th Feb 9.30 -12.30	The Learning Support Certificate course (Unit One)This course is ideal for anyone who may be involved in his or her local community, in a mentoring or voluntary role. The qualification is aimed at front line staff, managers and volunteers and develops the knowledge and skills required of those who are supporting or advising adults who intend to improve their literacy, IT, language or numeracy skills. At the end of the course you will feel more confident to signpost staff or clients to basic skills provision and begin to think about the impact of poor skills in your area of work or voluntary role.	Lissadel St Campus of Salford College
MON 14th Jan 9.30 - 12.30	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.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
WED 23rd Jan - 12th March (8 weeks) 9.30 - 1.30	Certificate in Literacy, Numeracy, Language & ICT support This course is for anyone who has successfully completed part one of the Adult Learner support certificate and would like to find out more. It will be of particular interest to those who are delivery training themselves or who have an information, advice or guidance role.	Unison Office
MON 28th Jan 9.30 - 12.30	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.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
TUE 29th Jan 9.30 - 12.30	Skills for Life Awareness Raising Aimed at all levels of staff, such as reception and clerical staff, who wish to raise awareness of Skills for Life and have not yet done unit 1 of the Level 2 Certificate in Learning Support. It will also help managers to identify the Skills for Life needs of their staff, the work force development needs and where to signpost for either support, information or accredited courses.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
TUE 29th Jan1 - 4pm	Incorporating Skills for Life into policies and procedures A workshop aimed at identifying how policies and procedures can be amended to include Skills for Life. It will also give delegates an opportunity to share good practice.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
WED 30th Jan 9.30 - 12.30	Recognising and recording progress and achievement in non-accredited learning (RARPA) This workshop is aimed at those delivering Skills for Life, informal learning or embedded programmes.	Broadwalk Training Centre
WED 30th Jan1 - 4pm	Project Management Opportunities to consider some of the fundamental issues associated with managing projects and identify and share good practice.	Broadwalk Training Centre
TUE 5th Feb 9.30 - 12.30	Quality Systems Looking at best practice and setting up audit trails and quality systems within an organisation.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
TUE 5th Feb1 - 4pm	Raising Standards This workshop offers an introduction to the Raising Standards Guides which can be used for strategic purposes or to develop teaching and learning by practitioners.	Venue to be confirmed
WED 6th Feb 9.30 - 12.30	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.	Broadwalk Training Centre
MON 11th Feb1 - 4pm	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.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
TUE 12th Feb1 - 3.30pm	Functional Skills briefing by QIA From 2010 it is intended that functional skills will replace the current Skills for Life Qualifications. This briefing will give general and current information, why they are needed, application & transfer of skills and advice for transition from current provision to functional skills. This session will be ideal for any providers in the post 19 sector or anyone giving information advice for guidance to adults.	Monton House Hotel
MON 25th Feb1 - 4pm	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.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
MON 3rd March1 - 4pm	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 a and will give you techniques to improve the accuracy and presentation.	St Sebastian's Community Centre
MON 3rd March 9.30 - 12.30	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
MON 10th March 9.30 - 12.30	A guide to resources and assessment tools A chance to find out about the numerous free resources and assessment tools, designed for anyone teaching or supporting adult learners in a range of settings. Including community and workplace that either deliver Skills for Life or embed literacy or numeracy within their specialist area. It will also create an opportunity to share ideas and best practice with other practitioners.	St Sebastian's Community Centre

* St Sebastian's Community Centre, 1 Douglas Green, Salford. M6 6DN

This training is for voluntary and community sector organisations across Greater Manchester and is FREE.

Funding is time limited, so please do not miss out on these training opportunities. If you would like to know more about the training or would like to book a place on the workshops or courses, please contact Marion Wood on 0161 778 0509 or e-mail marion.wood@salford.gov.uk