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Newsletter

February 2015

Apprenticeships in Care, Child Care, Dental Nursing, Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools and Administration

Dear Employer...

VTS has full government funding to train your existing staff of any age subject to eligibility*. We can also help you recruit the right new Apprentice for your Business, also at no cost.

No impact on your training budget – 100% funded!

Experienced assessor/tutors are waiting to get your learners started without delay.

It’s a brilliant opportunity for staff to gain nationally recognised qualifications—at no cost. We can help you recruit a new Apprentice using the National Apprenticeship Services’ facilities. We’ll send you suitable CVs, and it’s up to you who you interview and recruit. There’s no charge for this service—please see details on page 2. In addition, if your organisation employs less than 50 people, you may be able to claim up to five grants of £1,500 each if you take on a new Apprentice. We’ll arrange this funding, and deliver the training and certification for you, all at no cost. VTS has over 20 years experience in delivering qualifications throughout Essex with the greatest care and integrity – and we’re local so we’ll always be available and we won’t let you down. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll send you more details or arrange an informal visit.

Yours sincerely

Derrick Stott

Business Development Manager.

[email protected] 01702 353557

*Please see eligibility criteria on page 4.

Vocational Training Services

Fully funded qualifications

for current staff in the

following areas:

Call us on 01702 353557

for full details

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Let VTS find you your next Apprentice.

. . . and your company could be eligible for a £1,500 grant!

Apprenticeship Vacancies (AV) is the official online recruitment system for Apprenticeships in England, and is managed by the

National Apprenticeship Service.

The system enables quality vacancies from employers like you to be viewed and applied for by candidates that register on the

system. This can be organised by VTS for you, and is designed to manage the recruitment process end to end, through to successful

appointment of your apprentice.

There’s no charge for using the service and it’s simple to use. We’ll take details about your vacancy, place it online and then forward the CV’s

to you, so you can decide who to interview and take on. It’s that easy!

You could also be in line for a £1,500 grant if you haven’t employed an Apprentice in the last 12 months as part of a new government

initiative. Ask for more details today!

The National Minimum Wage for Apprentices aged under 19 is £2.73 per hour, payable by the Employer

to the Apprentice. However, many employers choose to pay more, subject to circumstance.

Which local schools have signed up for 100% funded training with VTS?

VTS is the provider of choice for many schools throughout Essex. Here’s a selection of schools who have entrusted us with their learners in January 2015:

Ashingdon Primary Academy Barling Magna Primary Chelmer Valley High Felstead Preparatory School Friars Primary, Shoeburyness Great Bentley Primary Highwood Primary, Chelmsford Montgomery Junior School St. Osyth Primary St. Peters, Hanningfield The Parkwood Academy William Read Primary, Canvey

The reason? We’re able to offer school staff of any age fully funded training at level 2 and/or 3, from LSAs to Nursery staff and Administrators, delivered with our outstanding commitment to quality.

This offer is open to all eligible learners of any age. To deliver the taught element of the training we’ll invite your staff to attend two training sessions at one of our centres but depending on candidate numbers we may be able to run the

sessions at your school, to eliminate travel time and costs. Available Apprenticeships include:

Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

for LSA’s/Teaching Assistants

Child Care

for early years staff, nursery nurses or LSA’s

Business Administration

for administrative assistants, secretaries and

business managers.

Contact Derrick Stott today on 01702 353557 for more information or to enrol your staff.

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“Phenomenal” work gets Des his level 5! Congratulations to our learner Des Cross

of Anglian Care Ltd, who has completed

his level 5 in Care Leadership and

Management coursework.

Des said he would recommend the course

100%, and although he's already well

experienced it has still opened his mind to

new things, all of which have been helpful

at work. It's been a pleasure to train you

Des, and your tutor said your work

was phenomenal! We’re still recruiting for

this qualification so if you’d like to be

considered for a place please let us know.

Paperwork getting you down?

Paris—Employee of the Month.

Well done to our learner Paris Collins, who has

won the "Employee

of the Month" award

at her Residential

Care Home in Leigh

on Sea.

We're really proud of

Paris, as although

she's only sixteen,

she's shown real

commitment to her

work. Helen Kosoglu,

Paris’s Assessor/Tutor at VTS, said “Paris is

always on target with her coursework and she's a

pleasure to teach. Well done!”

Check out our new website, at www.vts.ac.uk. You can browse current Apprenticeship and staff vacancies and

apply online, and keep up to date with our news!

Qualifications for your admin. staff now available

We’re delighted to say we can now offer your loyal and hardworking administration

staff a City and Guilds Business and Administration qualification at level 2 or 3,

regardless of their age.

This training helps your office staff develop their skills to find new ways to reduce

costs, improve their efficiency and help your organisation stay profitable and

competitive. All this at no cost to you.

Learners should of course be eligible for an Apprenticeship and working in an

appropriate role around 30 hours per week . We can even supply you with

young people as new Administration Apprentices, and you may be eligible for

the £1,500 grant! Contact Derrick Stott on 01702 353557 for an information

pack, or to arrange an informal visit.

Administration training will get you organised!

Meet our new Dental

Nurse Assessor/Tutor

We’re delighted to welcome Leanne

Bailey to our team. Leanne will be

delivering Dental Nurse training to our

dental Apprentices and private learners.

We’re offering assessments at your

surgery and supporting workshops at our

Westcliff centre to help accredit learners

with the City and Guilds level 3 Diploma in

Dental Nursing, as recognised by the General Dental Council.

We can also arrange for Dentists to take on new Apprentices—then we’ll deliver

the training and apply for the £1500 grant, if appropriate.

This is another 100% funded initiative, so if you’re interested contact Leanne or

Derrick on 01702 353557 to arrange an informal visit to explain the programme.

What does VTS offer?

Commitment to the learner and employer, and training delivered by professionals with care and integrity.

Apprenticeships - full and co-funded for people eligible for government funding*

Childcare— the Level 2 Certificate for the CYPW and the Level 3 Early Years Educator**

Health and Social Care Diplomas at levels 2 and 3, Higher Apprenticeship at level 5

Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools at level 2 and 3

Business and Administration at levels 2 and 3

Dental Nursing at level 3

Clinical Healthcare Support at levels 2 and 3 Private Training

The standalone qualifications from all the above Apprenticeships can be delivered privately at low cost: Level 2: £1300 Level 3: £1500 Level 5: £1700 Please note that no VAT is payable.

QA Assessor training

PTLLS training Training for Job Seekers

Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care Level 2 Short Courses including First Aid, Paediatric First Aid, Food Hygiene, Food Safety and Moving and Handling

All these short courses can be delivered on your premises. Please call for dates and more information.

* to be eligible for government funded apprenticeship training candidates must be employed, (working a minimum of 16 hours per week), must hold a current UK or EU

passport or have permanent leave to remain in the country, and should not have a degree. * *Early Years Educator Learners must have GCSE’s in English and Maths at grades A-C, achieved within the last five years.

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Bespoke training

We can offer specialised, bespoke training in the following areas:

First Aid Paediatric First Aid

Food Hygiene Moving and Handling Assessor Training (QA)

You can use our facilities (Westcliff Training room pictured above) or we’ll come to you! All the above short

courses can be delivered on your premises.

We are flexible in delivery and can deliver training for any number in any location and adjust costs accordingly.

We can deliver training across the Eastern Region.

Great health and safety myths From the files of the HSE

Can you stock plasters in a first aid box?

Issue:

An employee had cut her finger in the workplace and a colleague tried to obtain a plaster from the first aid kit but there were none. The employee asked a manager if they could restock them but she replied that due to health and safety reasons i.e. allergies, plasters were no longer sup-plied for the first aid kit.

The employee has since heard of other cases in workplac-es that will not stock plasters in their first aid kits for similar reasons. Could you please confirm if this is just another myth.

HSE Panel decision:

There is no health and safety regulation which bans the provision of plasters, in fact HSE’s own guidance recommends that a first aid box should stock plasters. If the concern is about the small risk of allergic reaction to some types of plaster then this can be easily managed by stocking the hypoallergenic variety or simply asking the person being treated if they are allergic to plasters before they are applied.

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