Skills
We started delivering skills programmes in 2012 with the establishment of our apprenticeship delivery across North East England.
The skills team deliver classroom based and online training for those unemployed individuals who are keen to improve their skills. For some contracts, our skills delivery is about helping individuals gain the skills to move into employment, but for others it could simply be about helping people learn new skills or move into education.
Skills Programmes
Our current skills programmes include:
- Adult Education Budget
- Multiply
- Skills Bootcamps
- Connected Parents
- Bright Futures
If you are interested in joining a programme, or would like to find out more, please use the Contact Us form.
Adult Education Budget
The Adult Education Budget (AEB) is a skills programme commissioned by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and by a number of devolved Combined Authorities including Tees Valley Combined Authority.
Adult Education Budget aims to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to progress into (or equip them for) an apprenticeship or other learning. It enables more flexible tailored programmes of learning to be made available, which may or may not require a qualification, to help eligible learners engage in learning, build confidence, and/or enhance their wellbeing.
Our AEB courses cover subjects such as health and social care, retail, customer service, business improvement techniques, business administration, hospitality and IT.
As part of each course we provide professional recruitment advice and mentoring. We also offer an in-work support service to help people stay in employment after securing a job.
Triage delivers AEB in partnership with Tees Valley Combined Authority and the Education & Skills Funding Agency.
Triage also delivers a Durham County Council community learning contract via AEB.
Multiply
Multiply is a new government-funded programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. Our delivery combines numeracy and basic IT skills to help learners apply their new skills in day-to-day life. We deliver Multiply under the programme name 'Make IT Count'.
Make IT Count aims to support those aged 19+ who have not previously gained a GCSE Grade 4/C or higher maths qualification. We want to help people improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life. Whether that be improving household finances, helping children with homework, making more sense of the facts in the media or improving job specific numeracy skills.
Training will cover:
- IT Basics: Navigating a PC/laptop, using web-based computer programmes, checking emails, staying safe online
- Numeracy: Calculations with money, numbers, decimals/fractions, money management
- Using social media for job searching
Triage delivers Multiply in partnership with Tees Valley Combined Authority and Durham County Council (Durham Learn). We also deliver Multiply in Stirling, Scotland.
Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps are a focused learning programme designed to help adults aged 19+ build sector skills that local employer are looking for.
Typically short-term (lasting up to 16 weeks), Skills Bootcamps aim to provide practical experience and equip individuals with the essential knowledge and tools needed for a specific job or industry.
These courses are free, flexible and offer a guaranteed interview upon completion.
Our 'Train the Trainer' Skills Bootcamp provides individuals with the skills and qualifications needed to work in the education sector. Each learner will gain the following qualifications:
- Level 4 Certificate in Education & Training
- Level 4 Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
- Level 3 Safeguarding Adults
In addition, individuals will also gain a wider understanding of Prevent, British Values and GDPR alongside Ofsted Awareness.
Triage delivers Skills Bootcamps in partnership with Tees Valley Combined Authority.
Bright Futures
Our Bright Futures project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It is designed to provide targeted and intensive support for young people aged 18-24yrs to get into and stay in work. The project will engage and motivate young people to enable them to build confidence, have positive mindsets and overcome mental health issues/other barriers to sustainable employment. The programme will be tailored to individuals needs and include four different stages of support;
- engagement
- overcoming barriers
- vocational activity
- exit to a positive destination
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, click here.
