City

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City Guilds

• Awards Promoting Social Inclusion
• Learning for Learners with Difficulties or
  Disabilities (LLDD)

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Promoting Social Inclusion

• The Legal Framework
• The Qualification Framework
• Workforce development awards to support social
  inclusion
• Social Inclusion Award programmes
• Working in Partnership
• Funding

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Introduction

• Delivering the agenda of Valuing People to
  promote social inclusion requires partnership
  working . This session aims to show the links
  from national policy to local practice for
  learners, unpaid carers, the health and social
  care workforce, employers, and those involved in
  the development and delivery of training
  programmes.
• A particular focus is to provide information on
  the range of programmes offered by City and
  Guilds towards promoting social inclusion. Also
  for participants to network and share ideas and
  experiences for working in partnership.

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1. The Legal Framework

• Valuing People 2001
• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say 2005
• Independence, Well Being Choice
• Learning and Skills Act 2000
• Disability Discrimination Act
• Mental Capacity Act 2005

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Valuing People a new strategy for learning
disability for the 21st century, 2001 DOH

• Provides a clear vision for listening to and
  supporting people with learning difficulties and
  disabilities.
• Says that people with learning disabilities
  should have the same opportunities for post-16
  education and lifelong learning as everyone else
• Objective 7
• to enable people with learning disabilities to
  lead full and purposeful lives with their
  community and to develop a range of friendships,
  activities and relationships
• Partnership working essential, and support for
  carers

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Valuing People

• Valuing the health and social care workforce,
  including unpaid carers, through effective
  development opportunities is key to meeting
  national and local objectives and national
  minimum standards
• Integrating Links, Key Skillsgt Knowledge Skills
  Sets (Core)gtCWLDgtVRQgtNVQ to fit wider workforce

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Independence, Well Being Choice

• The Green Paper on Adult Social Care, March 2005,
  DOH

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Learning and Skills Act 2000

• Established the Learning and Skills Council,
  with a duty to
• have regard to the needs of people with
  learning difficulties (Section 13)
• and a duty to
• have due regard to promote equality of
  opportunity between disabled and non disabled
  people (Section 14)
• The Act also established the Connexions as an
  advice and guidance service for young people.

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Foundation Learning Tier (FLT)

• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• QCA developing Credit and Qualifications System
• 2 year Tests and Trials period, 2006-2008
• Proposed Integrated Qualification Framework 8
  Levels
• Credit Rating Assessment Framework
• Entry Level and Level 1
• FLT aim is to establish an inclusive programme
  for learners age 14 with progression pathways
  and funding mechanisms

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Social Inclusion Award Programmes

• L2 Cert in Supporting Users of Assistive
  Technology (3070)
• L2 Cert in Supporting the development needs of
  Vulnerable people (3806)
• Cert in Working with Assistive Technology (3063)?
• Cert in Working with PWLD L2/3(3135)
• L2/3/4 NVQ HSC 3172
• Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Learning
  Disability Services (4456)

• Cert. in Self Development through learning for
  vulnerable and homeless people Entry/Level 1
  (3071)
• Skills for Living, Entry Levels 1,2,3 (3801) via
  NPTC soon
• The individual Profile in Active Citizenship
  (3592)
• Cert, in Personal Development and Learning for
  Unpaid Carers Learning for Living (3613)

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What are possible funding sources?

• Train to Gain to help employees up to NVQ L2or
  , with advice to business, via LSC
• LSC gtLLDD
• Allowances for people with disabilities?
• Carer Support?

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Further details

• City Guilds
• 1 Giltspur Street
• London
• EC1A 9DD
• T 44 (0)20 7294 2468
• F 44 (0)20 7294 2400
• www.city-and-guilds.co.uk