PA Bulletin 11 March 2008
Connexions Surrey PA Bulletin
11 March 2008
The bulletin is produced every two weeks and we aim to keep you up to date with current issues and aware of news that is relevant to your day to day jobs. The bulletin sits alongside the PA Resource section of the website.
4: Surrey Safeguarding Children Board February Newsletter
5: Personal Adviser Product Training
6: Teenage Pregnancy & Sexual Health
7: Schools Relational Worker/Connexions PA position available
8: Teenage mothers documentary - Pramface Babies
9: doyouthwork.com
10: NEET Update
Connexions Training Programme
External Training Programme
1: Mentoring Projects
There are currently three projects running that are directed at the very hard-to-reach NEET. They are being run by Plantation, Woking YMCA and Rainer. This work does not duplicate the work of Connexions Personal Advisers, but instead underpins and supplements it so that time-intensive focused work with the young person will enable them to establish a ‘personal pathway’ and ensure that they are ready for you to take them on and move them quickly into education, employment or training.
For further details, please contact the following:
Rainer Surrey DAYS Outreach Mentoring Project
Janice Tuffey - 01372 832888
Woking YMCA Mentoring Project
Hannah Robinson - 01483 757160 hannah.robinson@wokingymca.org.uk
For further details, please contact Chambers Mentoring Project, Kirin Hussain 01483 726655 kirin.hussain@surrey-chambers.co.uk
The Learning & Skills Council (LSC) has produced a GCSE envelope for use in schools. The A5 GCSE envelope includes a leaflet that explains about options and choices after young people get their GCSE. Advice includes information about Apprenticeships, A levels and Diplomas. It also gives a brief description about EMA. Teachers are encouraged to get young people to pre-populate their addresses onto the envelope before Easter, which will then be used in the Summer for their GCSE results. The EMA Policy team would like to thank PAs for the crucial task they have been playing in informing teachers about EMA and would be grateful for their continued support in getting the message across about this new product that is now available to support them and to encourage schools to order the A5 envelopes before the Easter break so pupils can pre populate them before leaving prior to exams. To order a copy of the A5 GCSE envelope, please contact: LSC Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley, Nottingham NG15 0DJ Tel: 0845 602 2260, Fax: 0845 603 3360, Minicom: 0845 605 5560 Email: lsc@prolog.uk.com Please quote ref LSC-P-NAT-080005. Please check the website http://ema.lsc.gov.uk/ for up to date information
3: CAF News Update Françoise Noël 4: Surrey Safeguarding Children Board February Newsletter 5: Personal Adviser Product Training 6: Teenage Pregnancy & Sexual Health Welcome to the seventh newsletter on the combined communications campaign for Teenage Pregnancy and Sexual Health. In this edition we will provide you with: Thinking? Want Respect? Use a condom and Condom Essential Wear) To read the briefing simply download the document attached or visit If you have any queries about any of the campaigns please contact Almon Caspersz or Ella Sunyer on SexualHealthCampaigns@Forster.co.uk or 020 7403 2230.
7: Schools Relational Worker/Connexions PA position available
8: Teenage mothers documentary - Pramface Babies 9: doyouthwork.com 10: Click here to follow the links to view the NEET statistics for each individual borough Did you know that there are a wide range of job vacancies, vacant college places and training courses all over the county waiting to be filled? As the majority don’t have particularly demanding entry requirements, they are an ideal choice for many NEET youngsters. Our Centres produce regular listings of local opportunities. Vacancy Bulletins are now listed on the Connexions website Job search page and you can also pick up copies from your local Centre to share with the young people you are currently working with. NEET Activities Flyer - Jan-March 2008 Please find attached a document highlighting a range of NEET activities taking place for young people around the County from January until the end of March 2008. The aim of the document is to give you an indication of the types of activities/programmes that are available or are currently being undertaken. The next edition of the flyer will cover the period April - June 2008 and ideally I would like to distribute it to you all week commencing 17th March which would allow you some time to speak with your NEET young people and potentially get them signed up onto a course/programme that may be starting within this period. If you are involved in any NEET (16-18 year old) activities or know of any activities for NEET young people that are taking place between January and the end of March 2008 then please let me have the following details by 14th March and I will include the programme in the next flyer: Commissioning Executive Connexions Surrey Tel: 01483 519339
Please note there is no guarantee of a place if nominations are received later than 2 weeks before the start of a course.
A full training programme and details can be found on the PA resources page
March 08 17th March – Ethics and values in guidance - London venue 18th March – Drug awareness training – In-volve, Guildford 19th March – Adapt workshop – Redhill or Crawley 19th & 20th March – Higher Education Convention – University of Surrey 26th March – Enhanced Guidance Skills – London venue 27th & 28th March – Introduction to assessment (APIR/CAF) – Venue tbc Please click here for full details of courses and for courses running until June 08 Nominations for all courses need to be sent to Bernadette Slack at VT Careers Management, Surrey, Sutton House, Weyside Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1XJ
The following training courses are outside the Connexions training programme and therefore any costs will need to be met by your own organisation and not through the centrally funded Connexions programme.
Plantation Mentoring Project
Jon Pickerill - 01483 888122 JPickerill@guildfordymca.org.uk
Please find attached the March 2008 CAF Update. or visit the SCC website http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/SCCWebsite/sccwspages.nsf/searchresults/1c553c411951221a8025739c003ab51a?OpenDocument
CAF Project Assistant
County Hall room 158
Tel: 020 8541 7108 Fax: 020 85417212 e-mail: francoise.noel@surreycc.gov.uk
www.surreycc.gov.uk/caf
I’m really pleased to have the opportunity to work with my colleagues in the safeguarding board to take forward the dynamic and challenging agenda of promoting the safeguarding of children in Surrey. I have been impressed by the commitment of staff in Surrey to put children at the centre of their focus and look forward to an exciting year ahead.
Please find attached the February edition of the SSCB Newsletter
Marie Berry, SSCB Manager
The LSC are funding a series of product training workshops across the region for Connexions PAs. A Theatre Group will lead the workshops and will give a lively performance acted out by professional actors and then facilitate a workshop. The objective of the session is to impart information about Apprenticeships (ie frameworks and how they work), vocational study routes including the new Diplomas plus update sessions on the new criteria for EMAs that come into effect in June 2008, changes to the Entry to Employment programme and information about WorldSkills 2011. The sessions are designed to give sound product training to new PAs whilst updating more experienced PAs. It is also hoped that the interactive workshops will serve to help share best practice amongst PAs and, of course, these sessions are always good for networking. The target audience is Personal Advisors and Careers co-ordinators in Schools.
All PAs are invited to this unique and exciting training day – please complete the attached booking form and return to Sarah Lickess (details on form)
The Matrix Trust is working in partnership with Connexions Surrey, as well as Christ’s College Guildford, and other youth work providers, to offer a wide range of support to young people. Click here for details of the Schools Relational Worker/Connexions PA position available.
This week's Cutting Edge is a life-affirming film which shifts from the humorous to the intensely moving, following four young mothers-to-be as they deal with some extraordinary trials and tribulations. C4 Thursday 13 March 9pm
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/cutting_edge/pramface/index.html
Want to doyouthwork.com in Surrey? Find out about the latest youth work jobs, volunteering opportunities, training and qualifications and the latest Surrey Youth Work News at www.doyouthwork.com
Connexions Training Update
Please send completed nomination forms to VT Careers Management Surrey, Sutton House, Weyside Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming GU7 1XJ and mark them for the attention of Bernadette Slack. Thank you.
We are currently awaiting additional dates for Introduction to Adapt.
We are also contracting with Surrey Chambers of Commerce that they put business mentors in selected schools to work with young people at risk of disengaging who might benefit from knowing more about the world of work.
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