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Wednesday
31 March
2010,
9:30am
to
1:15pm
Cambridge
Professional
Development
Centre,
Foster
Road,
Trumpington,
Cambridge
CB2 9NL
Background
For
many
people,
low
skills
continue
to be a
key
barrier
to
gaining
sustained
employment.
Improving
the
prospects
of the
most
disadvantaged
in
society
and
enhancing
their
chances
to
progress
and join
the
workforce
requires
partnerships
at both
a
strategic
and an
operational
level.
The
Department
for Work
and
Pensions,
JobcentrePlus
and the
Learning
and
Skills
Council
have
worked
together
to
develop
joint
commissioning
plans.
Partnerships
between
providers
and
employers
will
help to
design
services
that
support
individuals
and
offer
personalised
training
resulting
in a
more
integrated
employment
and
skills
service.
Implementing
training
for
individuals
to gain
sustained
employment
will be
a change
of focus
for a
number
of
organisations.
Some
providers
have
traditionally
been job
rather
than
skills
focused
and
others
have
experience
of
delivering
courses
that
concentrate
on
learning
and
skills
with
qualifications.
All
providers
need to
integrate
these
two
activities
and
target
delivery
so that
the
joint
aims of
skills
development
and
sustainable
work can
be
achieved.
Aims
to:
-
identify
effective
practice
-
continue
to
build
capacity
within
the
sector
by
supporting
providers
to
identify
and
address
the
literacy,
language
and
numeracy
skills
needs
of
their
learners.
Audience
-
Managers
from
prime
contractors
and
subcontractors
including
FE
colleges,
voluntary
and
community
sector
and
specialist
providers
-
Managers
and
literacy,
language
and
numeracy
tutors
involved
in
delivering
integrated
skills
and
employment
programmes.
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Agencies
and
intermediaries
involved
in
referring
employers
and
potential
learners,
including
Nextstep,
JCP
and
Sector
Skills
Councils.
Event
Information
Arrival
and
registration
is at
9:30am
for a
10:00am
start.
The
event
will end
at
1:15pm
and
includes
lunch,
tea/coffee.
Attendance
is free
to
delegates
from the
East of
England
and will
be
restricted
to those
from the
target
audience.
Enquiries
to
Gurjit
Kaur in
the
Events
Team -
Tel:
0116 204
2833;
E-mail:
gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk
For more
information
and to
book
your
place go
to the
NIACE
website
http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/eoe-integrated-employment-skills
Places
will be
allocated
on a
first-come,
first-served
basis.
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