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On-going redundancies are helping to keep demand for our Employee Rep training courses buoyant #hr #redundancy #unions

Ofsted inspection places significant responsibilities on the Nominee, the education provider’s representative for the inspection period.   The nominee is responsible for coordinating between the provider and Ofsted.  It is essential that the Nominee knows what inspectors are looking for, how to present evidence to best effect and where necessary how to challenge any interpretations inspectors may make that the Nominee considers to be incorrect. With only 48 hours’ notice there is insufficient time for Nominees to do more than launch their pre-prepared plans, so advanced training and preparation is essential.    Factor in multiple sites, the possibility of Nominees being on away when Inspection is notified and it makes sense to train several managers as potential Nominees. Concrew Training's one day workshop on Nominee Training is designed to ensure potential Nominee's are up to date with the latest approaches to inspection and the role they play.  #ofsted #inspect

With this years new student intake now settled the educational management teams will need to give more thought to the Common Inspection Frame (CIF) and the specific areas they need to focus on in 2015/16 to ensure their inspection grades are maintained or improved. Self Assessment Reports, Self Evaluation Reports and Quality Improvement plans will need to be updated to reflect the new inspection framework and inspection handbooks Senior management and Nominees will need to ensure they and their teams are fully conversant with the latest inspection framework and that the evidence needed to validate their performance is current and robust. They will also need to familiarise themselves with the Ofsted Inspection Handbooks and ensure they understand how Ofsted will be approaching Inspection in 2015/16. With the inspection teams now under direct supervision of Ofsted a new unified approach to inspection is likely and all providers need to be prepared for it. Whilst it is importan

quoting from the DFE press release "Young people spend an average of 12 to 13 hours a week online and yet a survey by Ofcom has shown that 1 in 5 parents admit that they do not know enough about how they can help prepare their children for the risks of the online world. We already know that: almost a quarter (23%) of girls between the ages of 9 and 16, say they’ve been upset about something that’s happened online girls are less likely to have a wide range of online safety skills among 9 to 12s, girls are less likely to say they can change privacy settings on social networks (25% of boys compared to 15% of girls), or block messages from someone they don’t want to hear from (30% of boys compared to 17% of girls) " "The government has launched a new online tool for schools to give parents advice and tips on preparing their children for adult life."   Parent Info Schools, colleges and those involved with young people " can easily integrate t

Today's news that a 14 year old boy has been reported to the police for making and distributing indecent images of himself has worrying consequences; not just around the humiliation he now faces but also the fears that the information will be stored and could be disclosed to future employers. This is yet another example as to why schools and colleges need to revisit how they teach E-Safety to all students. The commonly used approach of blocking internet access does little to educate or protect students. Our one-day workshop on Using Social Media to Teach E-Safety should be considered for all those who are genuinely interested in helping young people understand and avoid the risks, with the added benefit of demonstrating ways to use social media to make teaching and learning more interesting

We are please to announce that our "Employee Rep" Training workshops can be customised to most situations. Our generic introductory workshop on the typical responsibilities and the skills needed to do be effective in role remains very popular and we have a pre-developed workshop available on the employee reps' role in redundancy situations. We can also re-focus these workshops to cover any of the key duties in more detail, workshops could focus,for example, on: The Employee Representative and Pay Negotiation The Employee Representative and Disciplinary Meetings The Employee Representative and Grievance Hearings The Employee Representative and Contract Changes The Employee Representative and Short Time Working The Employee Representative and Lay-offs The Employee Representative and Redundancies The Employee Representative - a general introduction to role For a no-obligation discussion on Employee Rep training in the UK please contact Ian Hirst at Concrew

Concrew Training has been approached by an East Midlands based private provider who is looking to identify potential budget holders who could benefit from an established quality assured programme that will deliver guaranteed level 1 outputs throughout 2015/2016 with the minimum of burden to the funding provider. We are told that: The programme provides support, guidance and qualifications that assist learners in setting up their own businesses. All the courses delivered appear on the 2015/2016 SFA funding register Historically the programme was funded through local authority adult learning and skills budgets where more than 1000 accredited outputs were achieved by non-employed learners in 3 years.  Drastic reductions in ALS budgets means the programme is no longer supported which leaves significant numbers   of learners, interesting in self employment without initial support and guidance. The programme has grown year on year. The provider has the p

Revisiting RARPA RARPA - Recognising & Recording Progress & Achievement “RARPA” (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement) was developed many years ago, as a set of tools and approaches to validate learning within programmes that did not lead to accredited qualification outcome. For many “RARPA” seems to have been largely forgotten or overlooked This is unfortunate because the principles of RARPA and its approaches to measuring, tracking and evidencing progress and achievement still hold good today.  Not only do they provide immense value within non accredited programmes they also offer significant scope for enhancing learning and quality assurance within accredited programmes too.  Modern day RARPA allows tutors and students to agree targets, milestones and how robust evidence can be gathered. In doing so evidence of starting points, progress and competence is collected and by using evidence that relates closely to assessment criteria accredited programme

Anti Bullying week 2015 runs from 16th to 20th November 2015. Now is the perfect time to provide refresher training to management and staff on what bullying looks like and how they can help identify and prevent it. Concrew Training's one day course on Combating Bullying and Harassment is designed to meet these needs Course Overview - Combating Bullying and Harrassment Understand the issues better:

Concrew Training has been highlighting the need for equal pay audits for some time now and the deadline is drawing close. Despite the voluntary reporting initiative being introduced in 2011 less than half a dozen companies have actually published details of their pay gender gap. On 6th March the Government announced that they would move towards introducing mandatory reporting; these new measures will be introduced in 2016. today 14 July 2015 saw the launch of a consultation on and around the details.   More information here   The consultation closes in 06 September so interested parties need to respond quickly.  Introducing Equal Pay auditing and reporting can be complex and those organisations affected, ie with more than 250 employees, need to start planning now.   Concrew Training are pleased to be able to offer high value training and consultancy in this area.   Please contact us for more information #hr #humanresources #unions #equalpay #gender