LIFE AFTER REDUNDANCY
(1 Day)

Our redundancy programme can offer adults who have been made redundant within the last six months, or are under notice of redundancy, a range of education and training services to develop skills to help them to retain employment or find new employment. The aim is to equip individuals with the skills to fit emerging job opportunities.

CV WRITING SKILLS
(1 Day)

In a rapidly changing world, it is vital for all of us to continue our learning, to keep up to date and to acquire new skills. Whatever your level of experience there will be some time in your life when you will need a CV. The CV is a vital document for job hunting. It gives a clear summary of your achievements, skills, work experience and education. How often is your CV updated? In the current job market, employers receive many CVs for their vacancies. They tend to glance over CVs quickly. You need to ensure that your CV gets you on the shortlist. Times have changed and so too has the presentation and style of the CV. First impressions count and your CV needs to be eye catching, interesting and written in a powerful but concise language.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
(1 Day)

The programme is aimed at participants who wish to broaden their understanding of Equality and Diversity issues and become more effective at work. The emphasis will be on staff having a grasp of Equality and Diversity as a practice and process, its component parts and being integral to service delivery.

INTERVIEWEE SKILLS - INTERVIEWING FOR JOBS
(1 Day)

Being successful in obtaining employment or promotion can often depend on how well we present ourselves to those responsible for selection. The session will enable participants to understand the key factors which make for a successful interview and allow them to practice their interviewing skills and receive feedback.

JOB APPLICATION SKILLS
(1 Day)

Applying for a job can be a mind field as well as a frightening experience. The job market continues to be competitive. The overall aim of the workshop is to provide guidelines to participants on applying for jobs and completing the job application form.

LEADERSHIP – THE ESSENTIALS – LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
(2 Days)

WHY SHOULD PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU?

A bespoke leadership development programme for aspiring and practising leaders. The programme offers participants a tightly focused package of leadership theories, principles and practices to become more effective leaders in their roles, teams and organisation. It provides the opportunity for leaders to gain an insight into the models of leadership and extend their key skills, abilities, knowledge and experiences.

MANAGEMENT INSIGHTS
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
(2 Days)

A firm grasp of management principles, its functions, structure and its problems are essential for the development of managers. The programme provides unique perspectives on effective management. It explores the fundamental insights into management, particularly examining its multifaceted role, purpose, process and practice. It provides the platform for first/front line managers, floor leaders and supervisors to examine their views and thinking on management, demonstrate their capability in the workplace and to develop their personal competencies. The overall aim of the programme is to explore best management principles and practices as well as to examine and discuss the skills, confidence and practicalities of being a manager.

MANAGING NOT COPING, WORKING SMARTER NOT HARDER
(1 Day)

Our working environment is constantly changing. There is the need to take charge of your personal and professional life and obtain balance, more popularly known as ‘Work Life Balance’. We are required to ‘perform’, sometimes under chaotic and challenging situations. The backdrop to this is, as individuals we find ourselves ‘coping’ at work and in our jobs and not really ‘managing’ our responsibilities and areas of work as we should or need to. We need to improve our performance and productivity. As the saying goes ‘It’s productivity that counts and not activity!!’

PRESENTATION SKILLS
(2 Days)

The ability to speak confidently and communicate effectively is an important business and personal skill. Effective communication is the key to gaining co-operation and understanding from others. The programme provides a guide to participants on the important skills and techniques needed to deliver dynamic presentations.

REPORT WRITING SKILLS FOR MANAGERS
(1 Day)

The ability to communicate effectively is an important business and personal skill. Communication will only be as successful as the people who are communicating. Report writing is an essential skill in the work place today and is a specialised form of written communication. It is an important written communication skill and not necessarily one that comes naturally.

SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT
(2 Days)

Supervisors are seen as acting as the link persons between senior management and staff. The role of the supervisor/manager is to get the job done through the staff they manage. However, how does this work in practice? Understanding the skills, abilities, values, behaviours, aspirations, needs and motivation of staff, their roles and the nature of the jobs they do, is fundamental to supervisory management. The supervisory role and process is based on relationships and as an aspect of managing people, is a skill that does not necessarily come naturally.

TEAM BUILDING FOR MANAGERS
(1 Day)

On completion of the course participants will be capable of organising, managing and leading a team by applying the practical team building concepts and recognising the failures and pitfalls of poor team leadership.