ETE Presented by:

Evet King (Project Manager)Carmen Perez (IAG Worker)

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ETE

EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING & EDUCATION

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About us

Red Kite Learning is a registered charity and social enterprise that believes in equipping people with the knowledge and skills to fulfill their potential

Red Kite Learning provides a wide range of advice, guidance and facilities to people around education, training and employment.

Some programmes at RKL support Basic Skills training

(Literacy and Numeracy). Individuals work towards achieving a recognised qualification

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ETE

ETE is all about helping clients achieve their full potential through

Advice and guidance around education, training and employment Ongoing support,

1:1 support

Building relationships with local outreach colleges and training establishments

Job brokerage

Giving information or signposting clients to other relevant support services

Sharing best practices

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Goals

Our goals are:Working with long term unemployed/ economically inactive, lone parents, people with a history of substance misuse or offending background to:

Improve their options and create new opportunities

Enhance their capacity and confidence

Help them to achieve sustainable job outcomes and economic independence

Help them reach their full potential

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WHAT’S RKL ADVISORS OFFER

1:1 Information, Advice and Guidance

Personalised Action Plan

Realistic goal setting

Job brokerage - working with employers to:

increase the pool of appropriate vacancies

Develop productive relationships

Create opportunities for the unemployed

Job club offering effective job search and job matching sessions

Workshops

Ongoing support

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ASSESSMENTS

The initial assessment is used to:

Determine the clients stability and motivation level

Identify the client’s education, training and employment needs

Identify client’s barriers to ETE and to advise on how to overcome them

Effectively signpost clients to suitable and appropriate opportunities

Complete agreed Action Plans with s.m.a.r.t routes to individual goals

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Fresh Start Programme

Eligibility•Clients who are economically inactive: on

Incapacity Benefit, Disability Leaving

Allowance or Employment Support Allowance

(not on JSA)

•Clients who have recovered or are recovering

from substance misuse

• 20+

•Ready and committed to engage in

education/training or/and employment

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What’s on offer?

• 3 months programme with ongoing 6 month

support

• Financial support for travel to RKL

(reimbursed) and limited funding for courses

• Advice on ETE opportunities

• Support with additional applications for

funding.

• Access to RKL workshops and other services

• Ungoing support and reviews of

progressions

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RKL Workshops

• Recognising skills (half day)

• Goal setting and confidence building(1 day)

• Disclosure for ex-offenders (half day)

• Interview techniques (half day)

• CV and Application forms (1 day)

• CSCS (Construction Safety Certificate

Scheme) workshop and Test

• Food and Hygiene certificate level 2

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And finally………… Many of our clients have had a problem with substance misuse in the past, (especially those on the Fresh Start programme). Making a commitment to stay clean is a massive achievement. ETE advisors offer support to these clients to help them positively move forward with their individual career goals.

We work with individual clients to help them get their life back on track and to achieve their full potential.

Thank you for listening.

Any Questions?

Contacts

Red Kite Learning Head Office: 9 Hewett Street, EC2A 3NN

Tel: 020 7378 5490 Fax: 020 7377 6369

IAG delivery office: 5-13 Trinity Street, SE1 1DB

Tel: 0207 378 9400 Fax: 020 7378 7935 • Email: info@rkl.org.uk Website:www.rkl.org.uk

Project Manager: Evet King

E-mail Address: evet.king@rkl.org.uk

IAG Worker: Carmen Perez

E-mail Address: carmen.perez@rkl.org.uk

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