Lead Scotland
The World of Work
Pre-employability information for Carers
'Behind the Scenes' visit.
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Do you have a caring responsibility? Would you like to find out how you can have a career and still fulfil your caring responsibilities? Then this programme could be for you.
As part of an on going project specifically designed to inform Carers of the opportunities available to work from home in the Highlands, Lead Scotland is pleased to be hosting a 'Behind the Scenes' visit to the Vertex Call Centre in Dingwall.
This is an ideal opportunity to improve your understanding of the wide range of roles and activities that goes on in a modern business, and to reflect where your own personal skills may be ideally suited.
There will also be the opportunity to meet with some of the Vertex staff who work from home, an option which ideally lends itself to Carers.
EVENT DATE : Tuesday 14th February 2012
VENUE: Vertex, Dingwall Business Park, Dingwall
TIME: 10.30pm – 1.30pm
There is no charge for the 'Behind the Scenes' event and there is an optional subsequent training course designed as an introduction to the skills and knowledge required to work from home, and to seek various employment opportunities. This has been funded by The Highland Council.
For more information or to book a place contact Roisin Taylor.
Roisin Taylor
Lead Scotland
Fairways House
Fairways Business Park
Inverness
IV2 6AAMobile: 07768 917509
E-mail: rtaylor@lead.org.uk
Lead Scotland
Fairways House
Fairways Business Park
Inverness
IV2 6AAMobile: 07768 917509
E-mail: rtaylor@lead.org.uk
The Highlands, Islands & Moray Skills Shop
All of the World Host Customer Service training courses have been registered for and approved by Individual Learning Accounts (ILA); they are also eligible for the Skills Development Scotland Flexible Training Opportunity Funding, details on both of these funding opportunities are listed at the bottom of this e-mail.
For opportunities of funding support please refer to the details below.
Funding Support
Access to funding will depend on whether the funding is being drawn down, by the employee or the employer.
ILA – For Employees who earn less than £22,000 can access up to £200 funding for personal development, however it is essential that the employee wishes to use their ILA funding in this way, as an employer you can only make them aware of the opportunity, you cannot ask them to use the funding or access it on their behalf, for further information click on the ILA link. http://www.ilascotland.org.uk. Candidates who wish to use their ILA account must complete a proforma invoice and return this with their ILA token to Inverness College prior to the course start date. Requests for this form are directed to Inverness College via the payment line, details will be automatically sent upon registration.
SDS - Flexible Training Opportunities gives Scottish businesses with up to 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs. Skills Development Scotland – offers funding for employers wishing to put employees through approved courses. Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. Skills Development Scotland will refund up to 50% of each episode of employee training up to a maximum of £500 for each employee. For example, if an episode of training costs £1200 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £500. If it costs £300 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £150, for further information click on the SDS link. http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Details’ of all of these courses and additional Funding information can be found on our website under the Projects page – HI&MSS – Funding Providers www.hiemco.org.uk Interest in the courses has been extremely high, to avoid disappointment please register as quickly as possible if you wish to book any places.
www.himss.org.uk
For opportunities of funding support please refer to the details below.
Funding Support
Access to funding will depend on whether the funding is being drawn down, by the employee or the employer.
ILA – For Employees who earn less than £22,000 can access up to £200 funding for personal development, however it is essential that the employee wishes to use their ILA funding in this way, as an employer you can only make them aware of the opportunity, you cannot ask them to use the funding or access it on their behalf, for further information click on the ILA link. http://www.ilascotland.org.uk. Candidates who wish to use their ILA account must complete a proforma invoice and return this with their ILA token to Inverness College prior to the course start date. Requests for this form are directed to Inverness College via the payment line, details will be automatically sent upon registration.
SDS - Flexible Training Opportunities gives Scottish businesses with up to 150 employees the opportunity to apply for up to £5,000 towards employee training costs. Skills Development Scotland – offers funding for employers wishing to put employees through approved courses. Funding is available for up to 10 employees per business and the money is not a loan so there's no need to pay it back. Skills Development Scotland will refund up to 50% of each episode of employee training up to a maximum of £500 for each employee. For example, if an episode of training costs £1200 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £500. If it costs £300 excluding VAT, SDS will refund £150, for further information click on the SDS link. http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk
Details’ of all of these courses and additional Funding information can be found on our website under the Projects page – HI&MSS – Funding Providers www.hiemco.org.uk Interest in the courses has been extremely high, to avoid disappointment please register as quickly as possible if you wish to book any places.
www.himss.org.uk
