The Learning Communities project has been set up to get people back into work through making provision at local community centres and using their voluntary staff to support it. There is a great demand for this sort of work around the country.
The objective of the project is to help people living in vulnerable communities who have significant barriers to employment to successfully find and keep work.
So far we have over 620 people on the programme, 153 of whom have got jobs through the project and of those 110 of them have been in work for more than 3 months.
Learners undertake extensive 1-to-1 guidance to decide their goals and skills gaps and then complete training in job search, interview skills, work skills and whatever vocational training is required to secure work. Support is offered to the individual and to the employer for the first 13 weeks of employment.
Learners may have a range of barriers to employment to contend with which may be: housing issues, ill health, lack of self-confidence, limited employment expereince, disability, mental health problems, learning difficulties, debt management, lack of essential skills, lack of job search skills, transport or lack of self-presentation skills.
BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College has a long history of working in partnership to reach the vulnerable communities that we serve. We continually look for diverse funding streams to access money to support communities and adults, and to allow us to work with smaller and third sector organisations to give the best possible service to our learners and beneficiaries. Many of our partners on this project we have worked with for a number of years and inother contexts.
We recently achieved a Grade 2 from Ofsted (Oct 2008) who judged to be Outstanding in Meeting the Needs and Interests of Learners.
THE PROJECT PARTNERS
The Working Communities Project is led by Boston College working in partnership with learning centres in vulnerable communities:
The partners on the project are all third sector organisations and are based in communities across Lincolnshire and offer a range of provision to their communties including: vocational training, job clubs, counselling, basic skills courses, community larder, book exchange, voluntary placements, debt advice, support with benefits queries.
To be eligible for this project you must be:
You can apply for this course by applying online, by filling out an application form from the College prospectus or by contacting the Information Officer on 01205 313218 for further information. The Information on this Course Information Sheet is correct at time of print, but can be subject to change at anytime.
The Information on this Course Information Sheet is correct at time of print, but can be subject to change at anytime.