Now in his "dream job"!

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Congratulations to Samuel who is now in his "dream job" thanks to both his hard work on a Vehicle Accident Repair Paint Principles Level 3 Diploma and his efforts on a work trial at a local accident repair centre.

The support and help of Samuel's Employment Advisor has helped Samuel secure paid work at an excellent employer, with a work pattern that works around his remaining time at college and his disability.

Samuel

Inclusive Employment participant, 2023

"The more diversity in our industry the better and more creative it will be."

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Thank you to Anne and the committed and hard working educationalists at Step2Skills who invited me along to their meeting last week to share my thoughts.

There's a lot of great work going on out there around skills, particularly in the creative industries, but it's often aimed at those starting out in their careers. My career has definitely been of the 'portfolio' variety (Zoology degree, lab work, journalist, internal comms, event manager, consultant, business owner) and I know a lot of others who have done the same. I was lucky to have had opportunities along the way to learn and improve - largely thanks to others and what they saw in me.

Supporting adults learners to upskill or change careers with transferable skills is a small way to pay some of that on.

Plus it's good for business - the more diversity in our industry the better and more creative it will be.

Abby

Director at Insight MCL

Recognising the need to continually improve the digital skills of staff, a ‘Basic Digital Skills’ workshop was taught in the training room at their head office in Hemel Hempstead.

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Hightown is a charitable housing association (operating in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire) aiming to help people who need support and care or who cannot afford to buy or rent a home at market values.

After an initial meeting with Hightown Housing Association, we were subsequently invited to a meeting with their Learning and Development team. Recognising the need to continually improve the digital skills of staff, we set up a ‘Basic Digital Skills’ workshop that was taught in the training room at their head office in Hemel Hempstead.

Following this workshop, we then offered staff the opportunity to join a Multiply workshop designed to enhance number skills and another digital skills ‘Cyber Security’ workshop so the support staff would also know how to stay safe online. The workshops went well and we were pleased to go along to their Hightown Open Day and Christmas fair in Hemel to promote Multiply and other Step2Skills courses and services to the local community.

Hightown Housing Association

Hertfordshire organisation and Step2Skills partner