General Enterprise Entry Level, Full Time, 1 year E

Summary

The programme asks students to be involved in identifying real life skills they will need, skills they already have and opportunities and experiences they need to equip them for coping with the wider world, whether that includes work or not. Skills that we focus on include:

Employability skills
Vocational skills
Independence
Self-awareness
Self-assessment
Functional skills in English and Maths

There is a focus on employability skills but these will be general, for example, working with others, working to meet an agreed outcome and deadline, problem solving, decision making and above all communicating with others which should be transferable to situations within the world of work or elsewhere.

Students on the course currently take part in mini enterprises - preparing and delivering 'Veg Bags' to college customers and 'Bloom Tubes' (a service based in college for staff to have a small flower arrangement in their office each week). They also have the opportunity to take part in horticulture activities, growing flowers and plants to sell.

Appropriate levels of support will be in place but progressively we will work throughout the year to enable students to be less dependent on support to achieve realistic targets.

Students attend College for three days each week, 9am - 4pm. Group sizes are normally limited to eight students.