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Neath Port Talbot College

Neath Port Talbot College. Buttle UK Quality Award for Further Education. What We Had Before? Good working relationships with the LACE Coordinator and the Leaving Care Team; A Protocol between the College and the Leaving Care Team;

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Neath Port Talbot College

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  1. Neath Port Talbot College Buttle UK Quality Award for Further Education

  2. What We Had Before? • Good working relationships with the LACE Coordinator and the Leaving Care Team; • A Protocol between the College and the Leaving Care Team; • A member of the teaching staff to liaise with the LACE Coordinator; • Limited information relating to these learners entering the College; • Taster sessions to enable these learners to become familiar with the College; • Awareness raising for staff on the needs and barriers that these learners have;

  3. What We Have Now? • Excellent working relationships with the LACE and Leaving Care Team; • A non-teaching member of staff as the designated person based in Student Services; • Robust information sharing practices which maintain confidentiality; • A comprehensive job description for the designated person; • Targeted financial support and fast tracking of enrolment payments; • Effective tracking of recruitment, retention, attainment and progression; • A Beacon Award - The Welsh Government Award for Engaging Learners who are Not in Education, Employment or Training;

  4. What Are The Benefits? • A workforce that has a greater understanding of the needs of this group of learners; • An enhanced support system for Looked After Children and Care Leavers; • A wider support network of professionals to call upon; • A more diverse set of documentation to promote the support and services available; • The award of the Quality Mark to promote the support on offer at the College; • National recognition through the Beacon Award for the work that we do; • Learners who are happy, successful and progressing in their programmes of study.

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