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Employability Skills Workshop

Employability Skills Workshop. Developing a Package of Learning to Support Employability PLA Facilitator: Rob Mills (Sector Specialist: Offender Learning OCR) Guest Speaker: J ane Snedden Milton Keynes College. What are Employability Skills.

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Employability Skills Workshop

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  1. Employability Skills Workshop Developing a Package of Learning to Support Employability PLA Facilitator: Rob Mills (Sector Specialist: Offender Learning OCR) Guest Speaker: Jane Snedden Milton Keynes College

  2. What are Employability Skills ‘A set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to the benefit of themselves, their employer and the wider economy.’ CBI, 2010

  3. Jane Snedden Head of ClusterOLASS South CentralMilton Keynes College

  4. Operating in a Work Environment

  5. The Learning Outcomes Understand the structure and purpose of the organisation (workplace) Understand your own role within your workplace and perform tasks accordingly Comply with agreed conventions for personal presentation, behavior and time-keeping Understand and comply with safe working practices Reflect on and learn from experience of work.

  6. The Seven Employability Skills that we focus on are: 1. Managing Time 2. Motivation & concentration3. Attention to Health & Safety4. Manner & Language 5. Working Independently 6. Interaction with Others7. Quality of work related tasks

  7. Witness statements Work Task evidence sheets Additional assignments • Learner compact • Initial Assessment Course Booklet • Weekly Assessment • Weekly Progress

  8. No such thing as a free lunch! • In two groups identify the following: • What Skills do Employers Want • What Skills do Learners Need • How can we bring the two together to create a programme of learning

  9. Skills for Employers • Honesty & Integrity • Dedication – hard working – good work ethic • Literacy - numeracy • Basic IT skills • Adaptability – flexibility • Loyalty • Positive attitude – motivated • Self-confidence – self motivated • Willingness to learn

  10. Skills for Learners • Ability to organise themselves • Ability to meet deadlines • Ability to multi-task • Ability to achieve goals • Ability to adapt • Ability to work in teams • Ability to manage conflict • Be confident, be aspirational, be motivated

  11. Transferable Skills – Classroom/Work Industries • Ability to meet deadlines • Ability to multi-task • Ability to achieve goals • Ability to organise • Ability to adapt • Ability to work in teams • Ability to manage conflict

  12. The short film is of a commercial baker, John Foster, based in Yorkshire who talks about his experience of employing prisoners on ROTL and after release, how prisons should do more to engage local businesses for these opportunities. 

  13. Want to contribute to qualification and resource design? The creation of a virtual team of education managers, teachers and employers to inform programme content and resource development so that they meet learner, tutor and employer needs leading to further education, training and/or employment opportunities Please email your details and the programmes you are interested in to: robert.mills@ocr.org.uk

  14. Thank you for taking part in this workshop and enjoy the rest of the conference

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