Learning for Work Booklet

• Teacher Training

• IT User Skills

• Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG)

• Youth Work

• Working With Parents & Families

• Supported Teaching & Learning in Schools

• Children & Young People’s Workforce

• Childminding/ Caring for Children

• Customer Service

• Business Administration

• Assessing & Internal Quality Assurance

• Fashion

• British Sign Language (BSL)

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Welcome

Welcome to the Learning for Work guide. We hope you will find what you are looking for here & that we can help you develop your career. Many of these courses use a variety of delivery methods which include: • Online learning using our Virtual Learning Environment• Training/Classroom learning• Work-based practice • Work based observation• Self-directed study• One to one assessment All the prices shown in the guide are for individuals; however if you are an employer looking for places for groups of 8 and above please contact us as we can provide tailored courses to suit your business needs including delivery of learning at your premises. We are very happy to discuss your requirements with you.



Student Loans

If you’re starting a course on or after 1 August 2013 you may qualify for a 24+ Advanced Learning Loan. These loans help you to pay the tuition fees charged by colleges and training organisations. Most learners aged 24 and over, studying at level 3 and above, will qualify for these new loans from the UK government. It’s easy to apply, your household income isn’t taken into account and there’s no credit check. You won’t have to pay anything back until your income is over £21,000 a year.

You can apply for a loan from April 2013 for courses starting between 1 August 2013 and 31 July 2014.

To qualify you must be:• Aged 24 or over on the first day of your course (there’s no upper age-limit) and starting your course on or after 1 August 2013• Living in the UK on the first day of your course and have lived in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for three years immediately before this.• Studying with a college or training organisation in England approved for public funding• Enrolling on an eligible course at level 3 and above which includes: A levels, Access to HE Diplomas, other Diplomas and Certificates, Advanced Apprenticeships or Higher Apprenticeships.

Loan amounts are shown on applicable courses. Course fees apply where loans are not available.

For more information visit www.gov.uk/24_advanced_learning_loans


The staff were very helpful and patient.

The course has helped me get in my job and is helping improve my teaching

skills generally.

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This course is ideal if you are new to the Lifelong Learning Sector or have some experience of Teaching/Training but are not yet qualified. You will gain an understanding of basic practical teaching skills and theory.

The PTLLS qualification consists of five sections:

• Understand own role, responsibilities and boundaries of role in relation to teaching • Understand teaching and learning approaches in the specialist area • Demonstrate session planning skills • Understand how to deliver inclusive sessions which motivate learners • Understand the use of different assessment methods and the need for record keeping.

Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)

£549

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12 CreditsLevel 3 Award

Course Fees

Course fees for Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning sectory include registration and certification with City & Guilds.

An interview and assesment will be required before started a PTLLS course, please contact [email protected] for more information.

23 CreditsLevel 2 Certificate

You are a professional or voluntary youth worker, and have some relevant knowledge and skills. You want to gain a qualification to accredit your competence and develop your career in youth work.

Youth Work Practice

£720

44 CreditsLevel 3 Diploma

Youth Work PracticeYou are a professional or voluntary youth worker, and have a great deal of technical skills and knowledge. You work with minimum supervision.

£1,100


This course aims to equip individuals working with adult learners with the skills and knowledge to provide information and advice on work, training and further learning. By the end of the course you can expect to have a better understanding of Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and understand what makes for a good learning experience and have developed essential interviewing and research skills.

Progression from this course is usually an NVQ 3 in Advice & Guidance for those working in the field of IAG or the more theoretical NOCN Advanced Certificate in Information, Advice and Guidance.

Introduction to Information, Advice and Guidance

On demandLevel 3

This course can lead to...



£250Course Fees

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£2,225Loan Amount

This qualification is for those members of the school workforce who directly support the teaching and learning of pupils. The qualification incorporates the units in the Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and adds competency based units to reflect the role of those supporting pupils’ learning.

Specialist Support for Teaching & Learning in Schools



This qualification is for those members of the school workforce who directly support teaching and learning of pupils in schools in an area that requires specialist knowledge and skills. The qualification incorporates the units in the Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools.

Specialist Support for Teaching & Learning Support


£700

Get the skills you need to work effectively with parents, helping them to understand their role and meet their children’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical needs in family life.

Work With Parents


£1350

£960

12 CreditsLevel 4

Intense Support for families with multiple and complex needs

This course will give you the tools & theoretical knowledge to support families if you are working to the Family Intervention Program/ Think Family Model. This course is also suitable if you are working in a supervisory or lead role and are looking to develop the knowledge & skills you need to provide sustained, intense support to families within a multi-agency setting.


Course Fees

£1,265

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£1,100Course Fees

£2,225Loan Amount

You work, or are about to work, as a nursery assistant, crèche worker or special educational needs assistant in a supporting role. You want to work with children, but you’ll generally work under supervision.

You are a childminder, day care supervisor, SureStart worker ora community nursery nurse. You may or may not have some supervisory responsibilities. You want to be in sole charge of children, for example managing a room in a nursery.

Children & Young People’s Workforce

Children & Young People’s Workforce

35 Credits

65 Credits

Level 2 Certificate

Level 3 Diploma

£720

£1,200



£2,882Loan Amount

Course Fees

Course Fees

This course can lead you to a Level 3 Diploma for Children and Young People’s Workforce.

This course aims to prepare learners to work as home based child carers/childminders. As well as learning relevant aspects of childcare, this knowledge based unit supports learners’ knowledge of the development of policies and procedures relevant to registration & the basic business skills to set up a home based child care service.employment.

These are knowledge qualifications that serve as an introduction to working in adult social care or with children and young people. the qualifications cover a variety of areas, including: equality, diversity and inclusion; introduction to the role of a social care worker; health and safety; and awareness of safeguarding and duty of care.

Setting up a home based Child Care service

4 Credits

13 Credits

Level 3 Level 1 Award


£200

I am pleased with the teachers’

knowledge level and helpfulness. I believe that completing this course will boost my CV and make me

more competitive on the job market.

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£200


Course Fees Course Fees

Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children and Young People’s Setting

10 Credits

The NVQ in Customer Service will help you gain skills to help you make the right impression, get a better understanding of what your customers really want and build confidence and a sense of achievement. The level 2 is great if you want to carry out your customer service role more effectively. The level 3 is ideal if you deliver or manage customer service, and can implement changes to improve services.

This NVQ in Business and Administration will help you to gain skills needed to increase your performance, productivity and supervisory skills and save your business money. The level 2 certificate is for those working at an assistant level, and the level 3 is for those at a supervisory level who want to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding.

Completion of a portfolio of evidence including assessment of practice required.

Customer Service Level 2 & Level 3 (NVQ)

40 Credits

21 Credits

Level 3 Diploma

Level 2 Certificate

These courses can lead to...


£650

£900

£650

After completing this course you can progress onto the Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Customer Service.


These courses can lead to...

£900

Business and Administration Level 2 & Level 3 (NVQ)

Progressing from this course can lead you onto a Level 4 qualification in Business and Administration.

Grow with your ambitions...



£1987

£1987

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Course FeesLoan Amount

Loan Amount

Fees include certification with City & Guilds

Progressing from this course can lead to management qualifications.

For practitioners who lead the internal quality assurance process within a centre/organisation and have responsibility for managing the quality of the assessment process, practice and the performance of assessors.Completion of portfolio of evidence including assessment of practice required.

This qualification is practical-based and intended for those leading a team of internal quality assurance staff.

Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes & Practice



£720

£720

Progressing from this course can lead you onto Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.

This course is intended for those who wish to assess both occupational competence in the work environment and vocational skills, knowledge and understanding.

Completion of a portfolio of evidence including assessment of practice required.

Assessing Vocational Achievement

15 Credits


Level 3 Certificate


£720

Course Fees

Loan Amount

£724

Course Fees

Loan Amount

Level 1 is designed to enable learners to communicate with Deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). A range of topics are studied that involve simple, everyday language use. It provides an introduction to BSL and is suitable for all learners.

Inroduction to British Sign Language

9 CreditsLevel 1 Award

£322

British Sign Language (BSL)Level 2 is designed to enable learners to develop an ability to communicate with Deaf people using British Sign Language (BSL) in a range of familiar and work-related contexts, participating in longer and more open-ended exchanges than at Level 1.


£494


£415Level 2 Certificate

This course is suitable for complete beginners, you will learn design prinicples and sewing machine skills and use a variety of materials and mediums to produce design samples. Ideal for those who wish to improve or practise their underpinning sewing machine skills before going onto further studies.

This course is ideal for those who have completed the beginners course or for those who already have basic machine skills and some knowledge of designing items. You will research, design and produce a garment such as a skirt or trousers.

City & Guilds Fashion Beginners

City & Guilds Fashion Continuers


Level 2 Diploma


£567



Course Fees

Course Fees

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If you are patient, friendly and have 2 hours a week or more to help others to learn, then we would like to hear from you. Our volunteers work alongside our professional tutors giving extra help to our learners. No previous experience is needed. All volunteers complete a free trainingprogramme provided by New Directions.

Volunteering

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Learning for Work Booklet