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Northern Counties College

Wendy Hawley

Programme Manager for Work Skills

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Aims of the presentation

To give an overview of Northern Counties College

To discuss learning opportunities at the college

To answer questions from workshop participants

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Background

Came about through Percy Hedley & Northern Counties merging

First students – November 2005 Officially opened on 31 January 2006 Main campus at Northern Counties and able to

access other Percy Hedley sites

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College year

• The college is open for 38 weeks of the year as a college

• Funding for this is usually provided through Young Persons Learning Agency (YPLA)

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Students

Our areas of specialism are students with

– significant and complex neurological impairment– motor or sensory impairment– hearing impairment– learning difficulties– speech, language or communication difficulties– autistic spectrum.

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Student Numbers

2005/6 15 students 2006/7 35 students 2007/8 55 students 2008/9 56 students 2009/10 50 students 2010/11 55 students

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Mission

‘A college for a better life.’

Our mission at Northern Counties College is to enhance the life chances of young disabled people by developing opportunities together.

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Values

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FLFL

SupportSupport

AdmissionAnd

Induction

AdmissionAnd

Induction

Tutorial and

Transition

Tutorial and

Transition

ActivitiesActivities

TherapyTherapy ResidenceResidence

EmployerEngagement

EmployerEngagement

Awarding Bodies

Awarding Bodies

RARPARARPA

AssessmentAssessment

Work Skills

Work Skills

Life Skills

Life Skills

LearnerILP

LearnerILP

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Courses

We build our courses around the needs of individual students.

In order to facilitate this our curriculum is broadly split into 4 sections –– Independent living skills– Vocational and Employment skills– Communication skills– Technology

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Life Skills Programme at Northern Counties College.

The Life Skills Curriculum is focused on the following areas:

Independent Living Skills Travel and Transport Learner Involvement Community Involvement

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Work Skills Programme at Northern Counties College.

The Work Skills Curriculum is focused on the following areas:

Business Administration Catering Horticulture Arts and Media

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Transition

We believe that our students should leave the college better equipped for living independent lives.

In order to support this aim we will undertake a number of activities with students such as –

– suitable and safe work experience placements for each student each year

– Transition planning with social workers, carers, Connexions advisors, local learning providers and transition coordinators

– Individualised support and guidance

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PHFAble 2

Post 16

NCCTransitionManager

NCCProgramme

ManagerWork Skills

NCCWork

ExperienceCo-ordinator

NCCVice

Principal

EmployabilityProject

Co-ordinators

EmployabilityProject

Manager

Employability Group(Work

Experience)

Employability Group

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Questions

Any questions ?