Skills Coaching

The Skills Coaching trials aim to help new Job Seeker Allowance and people on Inactive Benefit such as incapacity benefit, income support, lone parents. People need to be adults (20+) and want to obtain the skills necessary to gain sustained employment; through one to one support with a trained skills coach.

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Timescale
The second phase for new trials started 1st July 2006 and will continue until 31st March 2008.

What is a Skills Coach?
Skills Coaches use coaching and mentoring methods and techniques that will enable the client to identify goals, aspirations, explore options and choices and decisions about their future learning path to skills development and sustainable employment. They provide on-going support to customers throughout their ‘journey’ with the skills coaching programme.

Process – Customer Journey

• Access Interview
• Skills Diagnostic
• Skills Development Plan/Skills Passport
• In Learning ‘health check’ (if customer enters learning)
• Progression check

Who’s involved in Bradford?
Careers Bradford
EASA
Keighley Training Group

Who’s involved in Leeds?
Belle Isle Foundation
East Leeds Family Learning Centre
igen Future Pathways
Real Time Training
South Leeds Family Learning Centre
St. Anne's Open Learning
Swarthmore Education Centre

Central Referral Point number for making appointments 0845 052 1040.