Unique and Cost Effective On-line Induction / Foundation Courses & Level 2 BTEC Awards - Continuous Professional Development - Addressing Challenging Behaviour

Overview

The online Level 2 Induction / Foundation programme provides essential learning for everyone in the Work-based Lifelong Learning sector and the children's and young people's workforce. Each course is equivalent to a day's face-to-face training, making them ideal to fill gaps where traditional training is difficult to access or resource.

CPD - The various courses also provide an excellent source of CPD.

Because training needs vary, there is no set route through our Induction / Foundation programme. Rather, a wide and growing range of courses is available; employers can decide which are appropriate for their needs. Some might be used as core Induction training, others as continuing professional development for particular staff members.

The programme includes courses relevant to, among others:

· New teachers, associate teachers and trainers looking to qualify via the new Lifelong Learning UK teaching qualifications (PTTLs, CTTLS & DTTLS) and professional development framework.

· Children's Centre staff

· Childminders and nursery staff

· Foster carers and residential care workers

· Social workers and CAMHS staff

· Youth support workers and Connexions staff

· Youth Offending Teams, Police, Probation and Prison Services

Accreditation - The curricula to which the courses have been written have been accepted onto the Qualifications Credit Framework and all courses are mapped to relevant standards, including: -

· CWDC Common Induction Standards

· CWDC Training Standards for Foster Care

· Standards for Newly Qualified Teachers

Our Secure Online Learning Administration (SOLA) system allows training administrators to enrol students, view their progress, generate reports, and access Completion Certificates, Learning Journals and Practice Worksheets.

An Outline of Available Courses and their costs can be see here - click here

BTEC level 2 Awards. The courses will soon be available within 3 Level 2 BTEC Awards. Each Award will include 3 different courses from the original10. Details of these Awards will be published soon. In the meantime, if you are interested in studying for the Awards or encouraging your staff to do so, please contact us - click here

History

The Induction / Foundation programme was conceived following the success of the online child protection training delivered by Akamas in partnership with London Metropolitan University. This showed that it was possible to deliver relevant and accessible training to large populations online, and to cover relatively complex professional issues through expertise in course writing and design.

The concept was developed further by Akamas in partnership with the Mary Walsh Institute SACCS, who already had a considerable body of knowledge that was being delivered as a Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Child Care. It has since been extended by bringing further partners into the programme, each with their own area of specialism, and by adding all the functionality of the SOLA system, which allows organisations to use the training efficiently, effectively and accountably.

The Partnership Members

AKAMAS click here The Fostering Network click here Life Change UK click here London Metropolitan University click here the Mary Walsh Insitutute - saccs click here and Net Mentor click here . The combined wealth of experience that we bring will make a major contribution to meeting the diverse training needs of the wider children's and young people's workforce.

AKAMAS is an edexcel Accredited Centre click here

How the programme works

The Sola System

After purchasing a licence, each organisation is provided with a PIN and password enabling a designated Training Administrator to access the online system. They can then:

· identify which courses are appropriate for their organisational training needs

· set up student accounts

· allocate course places to students

· view online progress and completion reports, and export these in spreadsheet format

· access course materials, Learning Journals, resource books (where available) and, for completed students, Completion Certificates and Practice Worksheets

Online study

· Students receive an access PIN and password, which can be emailed automatically via the SOLA system if desired

· They can then log in to:

o see which courses they have been allocated

o download and print their Learning Journal

o work through the course material

· Online activities and practical exercises bring the material to life and promote a practical understanding of the issues covered

Automated assessment

· At the end of each course, students are presented with an online multiple-choice assessment

· Where answers are incorrect students are directed back to the learning material they need to review

· Students have three attempts to complete the assessment and demonstrate they have achieved all the Learning Outcomes

· When they pass the assessment they gain access to a Completion Certificate to download and print

Learning portfolio

· If students and their employers/agencies make full use of the resources provided, students will be able to compile a Learning Portfolio to record their progress through the training. This consists of:

o A Learning Journal for each course, where the student can make notes as they work through the exercises presented online

o A Completion Certificate for each course, showing that the student has successfully passed the online assessment and understands the key issues covered

A Practice Worksheet for each course, where the student and their supervisor/manager can identify how the training meets required standards and how they have put their learning into practice

Ways to purchase

Annual licence

The Induction / Foundation programme is available to organisations via an annual licence, which covers access to the SOLA system, technical support, unlimited set-up of students, and allocation of course places up to a set limit.

Licence level Price Max course places

Individual Course £85 (incl VAT)

Starter £800 purchases 16 places

Basic £4,000 purchases 100 places

Intermediate £15,000 purchases 500 places

Full £35,000 purchases 2,500 places

Individual Purchases

Below are the online Life Change UK Induction / Foundation courses currently available for purchase by independent practitioners, parents and carers, or employed staff looking to their own personal professional development. The list will be expanded over the next two months as additional courses are added.

Individual customers can pay online by credit card to receive instant enrolment on the courses of their choice, along with access to all the portfolio materials: Learning Journals, Completion Certificates and Practice Worksheets.

When you click on your selected course link you will be transferred to the Akamas web site to complete your booking.

Course Title

Building Rapport in Work with Challenging Behaviour click here

The Role of the Facilitator in Work with Challenging Behaviour click here

Boundary Setting in Work with Challenging Behaviour click here

Communication Skills in Work with Challenging Behaviour click here

New Customers to Life Change UK and Akamas On-line Programmes

If you are a new customer, please do call us to discuss your requirements. We are keen to assist and ensure that you gain the maximum benefit from this unique package of training.

Once you are happy to proceed you are requested to complete a booking form, see - PDF and post or Fax it to Akamas for processing - see address at the top of the Form. You will then receive instructions with a PIN and Password details, enabling you to access your selected courses . An Akamas general enquiry form can be found here click here