Supporting the National Skills for Life Strategy for local government:

‘a contextualised approach to the Level 2 Certificate in Adult Learner Support’

Wednesday 10th May 2006

Park Plaza Hotel, 41 Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, NG1 6GD

Funded by the Improvement and Development Agency

This was a FREE dissemination event organised by The Network and funded by the Improvement and Development Agency to share our experiences of developing and delivering a contextualised approach to the Level 2 Certificate in Adult Learner Support in a pilot project in partnership with three local authorities. Keynote speakers provided an update on the National Skills for Life Strategy for local government, and in particular the Get On Local Government Award scheme and outlined how our project has supported these initiatives. Workshops provided an opportunity to explore different aspects of the pilot activities, their successes and challenges.

Who attended?

This seminar was for all those with an interest in taking forward Skills for Life development with local authority employees, including:

• Regional Employers’ Organisation staff
• Local authority managers, supervisors and union learning representatives
• Co-ordinators and practitioners of LLN who are already delivering in the workplace and have an interest in supporting local authorities
• Sector Skills Councils

Keynote Speakers

• Sue Batt, Director of Regional Development and Sandra Pegum, Director of Professional Development, The Network

- Introduction to The Network and its project

• Freda Grant, National Coordinator Skills for Life, Improvement and Development Agency

- National Skills for Life Strategy for local government and the Get On Local Government Award scheme: adopting a whole organisation approach to Skills for Life.

• Jane Porter, Human Resources Manager,
  Newcastle City Council

- How does a contextualised approach to the Level 2 Adult Learners Support Certificate help a local authority with the implementation of the national Skills for Life strategy and GO Award for local government?

Workshops

• Karen Rham, Learning and Improvement Manager & colleague (tbc), Crawley Borough Council

- Taking part in the contextualised Level 2 Adult Learners Support programme: the benefits from different perspectives

• Kim Hailstone, Regional Development Consultant for The Network and Melanie Faulkner-Barrett, Learning and Development Adviser, Oxford City Council

& - Delivering the Level 2 programme in Oxford - the provider and hosting HR department perspective: a focus on challenges and some pragmatic solutions to overcoming these.

• Alfie Powley, Union Learning Representative and Jane Porter, Human Resources Manager, Newcastle City Council

- The Trades Union perspective on the Level 2, and its relevance in the local authority workplace

• Paul Hambley, Skills for Life Manager, Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)

- The Level 2 Certificate: An Update on the proposed revisions to the qualification