This course equips learners with the skills, experience and qualifications required to enter employment or further study in the vocational area of their choice.
Learning focuses on:
- communication and social skills
- technical work skills through external work placements
- independent travel skills
- qualifications needed to attain the desired role, including functional skills, English and maths where required
- executive functioning and independent skills.
Sessions include:
- Preparation for Learning
- Shopping skills
- Cooking skills
- Household skills
- Community skills
- Employability
- Relationships
- Sports
- English, maths and digital functional skills
- Reflection
Next steps and destinations
Following their participation in the course, we aim for the following outcomes:
- Learners will have the skills they need to gain employment, move to supported internships or apprenticeships, or pursue further vocational study beyond college.
- Learners may transition to supported living where they can use their new skills and be more independent in their daily lives.
- Learners can use their skills to be active members of their communities.
- Learners may progress to our Integrated Studies course or supported internship programme (depending on their rate of learning and progress within the three-year programme).
Read our Prepare for Employment course information pack for more information.
