VCS Contracting arrangements for skills and employability
NCDN is currently participating in a series of meetings about setting up a regional 'hub' to support the VCS in successfully bidding for large contracts for work in the skills and employability field. VONNE has set up a dedicated page - skills & employability contracting hub where you can find out more about the process.
The minutes of the last meeting of the task group are here -
Notes of 1st meeting of TF group (04-06-08).doc 188.50 KB 10.06.2008
Loads of opportunities for VCS organisations to develop their workforce!!
Are you or staff interested in any of the following NVQ's:
Community Development
Youth Work
Information Advice and Guidance
Qualification to teach in the community - 7303
A1 Assessor Award
Health and Social Care
Customer Service
Health & Safety
Learner Support
Managing Equality and Diversity
Retail
We may be able to help you identify needs and also fund training, For more information contact Sue Noddings 01670 517176 suenoddings@ncdn.org
In addition we are also running a small pilot for Train to Gain specifically in the Voluntary and Community Sector - previously this funding has not been available to the sector!
Background to the Northumberland VCS Learning Consortium
During 2005-6 NCDN was able to respond to the opportunity offered by Change Up and other funds, to play an instrumental role in the development of the VCS Learning Consortium. This group emerged initially from the Learning & Skills Council’s ‘Working Together’ initiative for building partnership with the VCS. The LSC funded the regional VCS skills forum to oversee a programme of management skills training through the sub-regions, and to help develop sub-regional consortia. In Northumberland we succeeded in supporting 72 VCS based learners through management skills training. The Consortium has also overseen the ‘VCS learners’ Project, which provided practical audits, support and training to VCS agencies interested in developing as learning providers. The Consortium has also worked through task groups or task-focussed meetings to support the development of new accredited youth work training, the progression award that recognises and formalises the small steps to learning made by community-based learners; and moderator and assessor training. The growing numbers and range of members has enable progress to be made quickly, to the point where the consortium has started to generate more substantial resources to support VCS based learning.
