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Sector Skills CouncilsEmbedding Skills for Life
Sharon SimpsonAsset Skills
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Overview• SSCs and Skills for Life• Sector materials available• Embedding project• Mapping• Whole Organisation Approach• HR Processes• Communication Strategy
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SSCs’ approach to Skills for Life• Commitment at senior level• Internal awareness raising• Positive view – selling the benefits• Employer engagement and employee support• Partnership working• Assessment tools and learning materials• Sector Skills Agreements• Sector Qualifications Strategy• Whole Organisation Approach
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Sector Materials Available• Skills Check and Initial Assessment Tools available from
DfES (www.toolslibrary.co.uk)– Generic workplace tools – Sector specific tools available: Cleaning, Retail, Road
Passenger Transport and Health Care Assistants
• Embedded Learning Materials– Wide variety of sectors covered
www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/embeddedlearning
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Embedding Project• Embedding Skills for Life and Key Skills• Awarding Bodies
– Staff training, qualification design and centre support
• Sector Skills Councils (standard setting body)– Focus on National Occupational Standards (NOS), qualification
development and assessment– Cleaning, Retail, Food manufacturing, Clothing manufacturing– Materials available www.totallyskilled.co.uk
• Highlighting the literacy and numeracy content of NOS to ensure coverage in qualifications and job descriptions
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Mapping• Raise awareness of importance of literacy and numeracy
skills in the workplace• Workshop for Skills for Life, Careers and Standards &
Qualifications staff at SSCs• Analyse job descriptions/person specifications against
adult literacy and numeracy curricula• Create literacy/numeracy profile for job roles• Spiky profile• Aid recruitment, training, promotion
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Whole Organisation Approach
• Senior Level Commitment• Where are we now? • Objectives, Budget and Timetable• Working Group/Steering Committee (ULR involvement)• Communication strategy – awareness raising• Embedding into HR processes• Evaluation and monitoring• Not a one off process but part of organisational
development
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HR Processes
• Awareness raising for HR specialists and line managers• Job descriptions and recruitment advertising• Interviews and selection (including
skills-checking/assessment where appropriate)• Induction (including skills-checking)• Skills audit for existing staff – training needs analysis• Appraisal• Staff development – learning agreement• Corporate materials – review all for readability
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Communication Strategy
• Demonstrate senior level commitment• Awareness raising for line managers and supervisors• Get everyone on board• Publicise learning opportunities to staff at all levels – tie
in with national initiatives, eg Learning at Work Day• Caution: check availability of training!• Use Intranet, staff newsletter, etc• Celebrate success
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Sharon SimpsonSkills Development Manager
[email protected]: 01604 233336
Mobile: 07841 234161
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