LCC Launch new qualification opportunities!

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Lancashire County Council are currently offering the following professional training courses :

PTLLS
Award & Certificate in work with parents (Level 3& Level 4)

PTLLS - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector L3/4

What is this?

· The first stage of the new teaching qualification for those working in FE (colleges of further education), Adult Education, Community Education and Work Based Learning, in line with LLUK (Lifelong Learning UK) requirements

· It is the mandatory first part of the Certificate and Diploma qualifications, required for teaching in the lifelong learning sector.

Purpose

· It is increasingly being required for trainers delivering all forms of government funded learning. It is also required for assessors of vocationally related qualifications.

· The PTLLS qualification will also allow you to join the Institute for Learning - (IFL) - which is a requirement for educators whose organisations are receiving public funding. See - www.ifl.ac.uk

Please note:

Teacher – The word teacher has been used as a generic term for teachers, tutors, trainers, lecturers and instructors in the Learning and Skills Sector.

Area of Specialism – This represents the professional, vocational or subject area in which the individual has been employed to teach.

Duration: 5 weeks

Comprising: 4 teaching days/ 1 observed day

Cost: £350

Award and Certificate in Work with Parents

Level 3 and 4

Aims of the qualifications

The aims of these qualifications at Level 3 are to meet the needs of candidates who work or want to work as:

• Parent liaison officers

• Home School Support Advisers

• Parent Support Advisers

• Parenting group leader/facilitator

• Parenting support home visitor

• Senior support workers

• Multi-agency staff delivering parenting support e.g. Youth Offending teams

• Family practitioners

• Parenting practitioners in settings that provide services to parents

The aim of this qualification at Level 4 is to meet the needs of candidates who work or want to work as:

• Managers (of Level 2 and 3 practitioners)

• Lead development officers

Award and Certificate in Work with Parents

Level 3 and 4 continued.

These qualifications also aim to:

• equip those individuals delivering frontline parenting services with essential knowledge and skills to enable them to work with parents effectively

• provide a wide range of units that cover the key aspects of the parenting practitioners role

• support those individuals new to their work role

• provide ‘top-up’ training and continuous professional development opportunities for staff working in the sector

• support Government initiatives towards the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). For further information on the QCF, visit the QCA websites www.qca.org.uk

Duration: Level 3 & Level 4 is 4-6 months

Cost: Award (12credits) = £150

Certificate (30 credits)= £350

Assessment: Consultation of Assessment or workbased visits & workshops.

Register by completing the Expression of Interest form attached and returning to :

Chelsea Gilbert

Workforce Development Team

Room G01

JDO Building

East Cliff

Preston

PR1 3JT

Or by emailing the form to shaun.gash@lancashire.gov.uk

For more information please do not hesitate to contact

Wendy Goodson- 07717815095 or

Shaun Gash- 07917072146

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