Skills for Life

Supporting you and your staff ~ resources, information, advice and training available.

“If you think your organisation isn’t affected by poor Skills for Life (communication and maths skills), then think again. Government research shows that, in the South West, 55% of adults do not have the written and spoken communication skills needed to function effectively at work, and 77% do not have maths skills at a level needed by today’s businesses”. There is plenty of free support available to enable you to encourage and support your staff to improve their spoken and written communication skills and basic maths. Support is also available for staff with ESOL needs (English for Speakers of Other Languages). So doing will save you money and help to avoid potentially serious mistakes occurring in the workplace.

Care Learning and Train to Gain are working together to support you and your staff access appropriate Skills for Life resources and training.

Resources

Attachments listed below are a range of resources for you to use in the workplace. If you would like further information or advice on how to use these resources please contact Bernard Wildsmith on 0117 303 5097.

Links to other resources (external to this website)

• Skills for Care publication : skills for life - a practical guide for employers
  
• Embedded learning materials for social care.  Each of the 5 modules has to be downloaded separately. CLICK HERE
• Move On - www.move-on.org.uk - Free resources for teaching and training and test your skills.
• BBC Skillswise - www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise - Free materials, quizzies and worksheets.

Attachments:

a SfL policy-guide.pdf	[Suggested guidelines for implementing an organisational policy on Skills for Life]	35 Kb
b SfL toolkit.pdf	[Checklist, information and advice toolkit for implementing an organisational approach to SfL]	138 Kb
c skills-checklist.pdf	[A simple care skills checklist]	32 Kb
d SfL Literacy-booklet.pdf	[Assessment booklet for checking literacy levels]	474 Kb
e SfL Numeracy-booklet.pdf	[Assessment booklet for checking numeracy levels]	505 Kb
f Literacy & Numeracy Answers Sheet.pdf	[Answer sheet for the above two assessment booklets]	12 Kb