Course description

Are you looking to up skill and return to work?

If so, Shaping Futures is an exciting programme designed to help participants develop general employment skills needed to return to work or progress on to further education.

The Shaping Futures programme is a QQI accredited programme with participants working towards a QQI Level 4 major award in Employment Skills. The course includes 9 modules, volunteer work and an 8-week work placement, all aimed at ensuring learners leaving the programme have the necessary skill sets to take up employment or progress on to further education. Shaping Futures is a year-long full time programme.

Modules include:

Personal & Interpersonal Development
Teamworking
Communications
Understanding Interculturalism
Career Planning
Functional Mathematics
Information Technology Skills
Work Experience
Workplace Safety

In addition to the above modules, participants are given the opportunity to do:-

Safe pass
PSA
Driver theory test
Forklift
Barista training
HACCP 1 & 2 including Allergen Awareness
Manual handling
Fire warden
Patient moving and handling
First Aid Responder – PHEEC accredited
Introduction to Restorative Practice
Child Protection
Mental Health Awareness
Work Equal – Confidence in Clothing including styling

Participant criteria:

Are you…

Experiencing unemployment?
In receipt of a social welfare payment?
In and out of work regularly?
Moving on from a scheme (C.E., J.I., C.S.P. or similar)?

AND

Do you…

Have good communication skills?
Reasonable literacy and I.T. skills?
Like working with people?
Have good command of English?

If so, then we would love to hear from you.

Cost:

There is no cost to participate on the Shaping Futures programme. While training you will receive an CDETB training allowance, meal allowance, travel allowance and your secondary social welfare payments will not be affected.