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	The Work Programme by Sheila Caulfield - Thursday, 3 November 2011, 07:49 AM
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"The career confidence course opened my eyes to what skills I do have. More importantly belief in myself and what I can offer to a new employer.

Through simple individual work pieces to fun group activities, this course brought out the best in me.

You could spend your days looking out at the world, letting things just walk on past! Give yourself that much needed career confidence boost! Sign up because life is to short. Daniel, Father of 2.

A team of 9 Community Involvement Workers (CIWs) and 14 Parent Volunteers (PVS) will start leading innovative volunteering projects that aim to increase the efficiency and quality of the volunteering services they offer to their communities.

If you want to share in our journey of discovery then please log in to our website to receive news about what we are discovering and learning so that we can share best practice with you as it happens!

Carole Skinner Ofsted Inspector writes:

"Those who recently completed the "Career Confidence" course were inspired and highly motivated to set ambitious goals for the future. One participant, typical of many said, "You come out of the course with the determination to reach all your goals."

The enthusiastic response from those of you who took part in the "Career Confidence" course was excellent. It was clear to see that it made a huge difference to you and bossed your confidence and skills enormously, so that you feel able to pursue your goals of obtaining work or moving on into higher education. Reference Source: Inspection report for Caterpillars Children’s Centre 16/17 March 2011

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Nine parent volunteers (PVs) are preparing to present the impact of their leading volunteering "buddy" projects on their communities to key stakeholders in Shepway on Monday 11 July.

More news and case studies available soon. Watch this space!

How has this course empowered PVs to grow their employability skills?

"I have increased my organisation and building rapport skills and I am now able to listen to, understand and follow lengthy multi-step instructions" Nicky

"I have built confidence in building rapport, responding to constructive feedback and speaking clearly and confidently in unfamiliar settings". Emma

"I have increased my organisation skills and I know how to build great team work for a project and how to give constructive feedback as well as improving my speaking and listening skills". Sian

"I have become more confident at what I do and helping others" Kirsty

"I learnt how to give time to talk and listen to others" Kelly

"I have increased tolerance, understanding and respect" Michelle

"I have learnt that we work well as a team and that we have different learning styles and listening skills". Tina

"I have learnt tolerance, respect, understanding and how to listen to others without interrupting". Kay

Testimonials

"This has been such a successful programme and it has made a real difference to the PV's involved.

It has been very satisfying witnessing how they have developed and grown in confidence.

I will use "in the future' evaluation as a starting point for continued supervision."

Gabby Fisher, Acting Team Leader, Hawkinge and Caterpillars Children's Centre

	Tina is employed as a Play Link Practitioner by Sheila Caulfield - Sunday, 5 June 2011, 05:39 PM
	A huge congratulations from the Careeering Through Life Academy Team to Tina Wilkings who after enrolling with the Academy in 2009 on a career confidence course and progressing through various volunteering courses has secured permanent employment in her Children's Centre as a Play Link Practitioner. Well done Tina you believed and you achieved.

	Parentership with Headway by Sheila Caulfield - Saturday, 14 May 2011, 08:16 AM
	Headway Tunbridge Wells and District and sheilacaulfield.com have signed a parntershp agreement and our aims are to empower people with acquired brain injury to enter the paid or voluntary working environment and to at all times support individuals to reach their full potential.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend our recent Ofsted Inspection.

Ofsted have found that we provide a warm and welcoming environment and that we tailor our services to meet the needs of groups and individuals, and that the centre is having a beneficial effect on improving the health and well-being of its users.

Your positive and constructive contribution helped us to achieve a ‘Good’ rating across the board, and once again we would like to thank you very much.

Linda Warner and Caterpillars Children’s centre staff

Leading Volunteering Course for Community Involvement Workers and Parent Volunteers contact us sheila@sheilacaulfield.com

Benefits

Quality - Enhances Ofsted Inspection
Performance - Supports Every Child Matters outcomes and key performance indicators
Social and Economic Policy - Increases the quality of volunteering services offered through children's centres
The Work Programme - Embeds an empowerment and work ethic culture within children's centres
A sustainable Big Society - Leaves a legacy of low cost and quality assured learning resources

Features

Accredited mentoring course for Community Involvement Workers (CIWs)
Accredited volunteering course for parents who volunteer in children's centres
Increased leadership, teamworking and communication skills.
Presentation to stakeholders
On-line learning zone for CIWs
Work Club for Parents
OCN credits that can support progression into further study and/or employment

"The career confidence course is an amazing course that will increase your personal/career and educational levels through the roof. You will come out of the course with the determination to reach all your goals". Sian Knight, Parent

"I am writing to thank you for speaking at the AlP and Inclusion event recently. Your time and input were very much appreciated and contributed greatly to the success of the conference. The feedback that we have had so far from both evaluation forms and discussions with delegates has been very positive and the programme was very well received". Mintra Sadler, Events Manager, Inclusion

"It was a priviledge to attend this heartening and heart warming presentation by caterers, porters, housekeepers, electricians and painters where they described to senior managers how their training programme had helped them to expand and enhance their job performance and how this impacted on the well-being of the patient". Jack Laming, Patients Council, Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust

"I have had some great feedback from the group. What is exciting for me is to hear a couple of our guys, who are quite difficult to motivate, asking when you are coming back" Lisa Rye, Centre Manager, Headway Tunbridge Wells & District

"Our partnership with sheilacaulfield.com has helped us to reduce the percentage of children living in household's dependent on workless benefits" Nicky Gorman, Community Involvement Worker, Folkestone Early Year's Centre

"The whole experience was extremely rewarding for every member of the company who came into contact with Sheila Caulfield and her team" Brian Forde, Training and Business Support Officer, Medirest, Compass Group

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