Community Skills for Work and Employability Courses
Adult Community Courses
Please see all our community-based employability courses listed below. To make an enquiry about a course please click the enquire links at the top or bottom of the page.
Courses
| Course | Location | Summary | Weeks | Hours per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award in Business Administration (Level 2) | Includes The Old Library, Grahame Park, Colindale | This is a course for adults where you will learn about the types of business organisations, how they operate and ways of communicating and working with people in different organisations. It will focus particularly on customer service and administration settings. The course is assessed by portfolio and includes a work placement for 3 hours a week. You will need to have a Level 1 in English or equivalent.* | 12 | 3 |
| Award in Education and training (Level 3) Replaces PTTLS | Includes International Gospel Church, Burnt Oak | This is a course for adults who want to teach adults and have a degree and/or substantial work based experience in the subject they want to teach. This qualification will enable you to teach non-exam based courses. The course covers the roles and responsibilities of a teacher, facilitating working in groups and assessment methods. The course is assessed by portfolio and a 'micro - teaching' lesson.* | 13 | 4 |
| Confidence for Work | Various venues, please enquire | This is a course for adults who are looking to return to work after a break. Personal development can help to build confidence and this course will cover activities that improve awareness, develop your talent/potential and facilitate employability.* | Various | 4 / 5 |
| Emergency First Aid at Work (Level 3) | Various venues, please enquire | This course is for adults who work in large organisations and will give you extensive first aid knowledge. It enables the trainee to be a qualified first aider for three years. * | 1 | 8.5 |
| Employability | Various venues in Enfield - Please enquire | This is a course/workshop for adults which develop skills for employment and volunteering.* | Various | Various |
| Food Hygiene / Food Hygiene (Level 2) | Various venues, please enquire | This is a course for adults and offers an introduction to Basic food hygiene for work. Level 2 course is ideal for anyone working in the care, child care, hospitality industry. On achieving the test, a BTEC safety in catering qualification is awarded by EdExcel.* | Various | Various |
| Introduction to Childminding / Childminding | Various venues, please enquire | These courses are for adults and may lead to a qualification. They are for those who want to open up their own childminding business in their homes, work in a nursery school setting, or reception class in a primary school.* | Various | Various |
| Paediatric First Aid (RQF) (Level 3) | Various venues, please enquire | This course for adults has been specifically designed to meet the criteria set by the Department for Education’s EYFS Framework and is ideal for those who have gained a level 2 and/or level 3 childcare qualification and have entered/looking to seek employment in the childcare sector early years setting (ages 0-8 years) or who are studying other full-time childcare programmes. Also OFSTED registered.* | Various | Various |
| Ready for Work | Various venues, please enquire | This is a course for adults who are looking to return to work after a break*. You will identify your personal strengths, skills and qualities. Investigate different careers. Link ideas to the local employment market. Interpret adverts, job descriptions, person specifications and application processes. Develop a CV which works for you. Prepare you for interviews. Produce job-hunting action plans. * | 6 | 2 |
| Teaching Assistant Award (Level 3) | Adult Learning Academy, Enfield | This is a course for adults and leads to a qualification. It will provide an understanding of the knowledge and skills needed when working directly with children or young people in primary, secondary or special schools.* | 10 | 2 |
| Volunteers' Course | Venues in Barnet | This is a course for adults, offered currently by Home-Start who are a charity offering practical and emotional support to families with young children, struggling to cope. You will be recruited and trained as a volunteer to visit families in their own homes. All applications are subject to an enhanced DBS check.* | 8 | 5 |
| Social Media for Business | Includes International Gospel Church, Burnt Oak/Online | This is a short course held during the day or evening for adults on how social media can prove essential to business survival. During this course, you will gain all the necessary skills to use social media for your business. Your tutor will also help you to develop social media for your business or create an organisation for you to practice the required skills. During the daytime time course, there is the option to work towards a qualification. * | Various | Various |
*Content may vary, dependent on student need.
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