The programme will help you build confidence and further develop your social communication skills by providing opportunities for you to independently apply skills and knowledge learnt in a range of settings including external work experience.
What you'll learn
- Working towards a range of activities applicable to your needs
- Building confidence, self esteem and independence
- Developing employability, communication and social skills
- Supporting learners to achieve the next level of Functional Skills or GCSE grades.
- Introduction to a range of vocational subjects such as Sport, Catering, Photography and Health and Social Care.
- External work experience opportunities.
How you'll learn and be assessed
You will learn in groups of 8-15 in a range of academic, wellness and vocational subjects. You will make the most of specialist, practical workshop spaces as well as small group English and maths classes. You will also practice applying your skills in external work experience placements or internal learning companies where you will build your CV and employability skills.
Curriculum is truly personalised, based on a variety of assessments and a young person’s EHCP outcomes.
Progression
You will work towards an Entry or Level 1 qualification. You will also be developing your attributes from individual starting points which are tracked and monitored in a variety of ways including Recognising and Recording Progress and (RARPA). Individual targets are negotiated and set with learners, carers and therapists, where appropriate.
Progression will be explored at your annual review. Learners move on to supported employment courses, Level 1 and 2 programmes, apprenticeships or paid work.
Entry requirements
We would like to get to know you as soon as possible before you are due to leave school. We run transition programmes and taster days to assess your needs but also to make transition as smooth as possible.
Suitability for the programme will be assessed by the college SEND team and via a local-authority consultation process.
