Vocational Options

Global Skills Centre’s “Vocational Options” provisions are aimed at pupils aged 14-18 who are at risk of being Not in Education, Employment and Training. The rationale behind this provision is to nurture, upskill and encourage them back into mainstream education or apprenticeship.

The vocational options are embedded with Functional Skills – Maths, English and ICT. The young people can choose one of the vocational skills areas:

Vocational Skills

GCSE Tuition

GCSE tuition in Maths & English for aged 16-18.

The Vocational Skills and GCSE provisions are reinforced by an individually tailored programme of support and motivational training which includes:

Personal & Social Skills

  • Careers Education & Guidance (IAG)
  • Help with CV
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Life Skills
  • Managing Money
  • Work Placement
  • Sex Education
  • Anger Management

In addition to vocational options training, our young learners are provided with extra-curricular activities.

Enrichment and extra-curricular programmes

  • Supervised trips; are organised with the aim of boosting skills such as team-work while in a varied environment. Previous organised trips have included:
    • Theme parks
    • Rock climbing
    • Paintballing
    • Cinema and museum trips
  • Xbox, Nintendo Wii and other recreational games; are also available to boost young learners’ motivation and enrich the programme.
  • Life Skills Workshops; are organised to help learners improve their self esteem, interpersonal skills and self awareness in order to improve their relationship with others and boost their employment potentials.

Costs for these services will be charged at market rate at the point of delivery and does not include costs incurred in providing additional support such as: educational psychologist, childcare, mentoring & coaching.

For further information please contact us on 0203 609 0606 or email info@globalskillscentre.org.

NB

Please note that courses for 14-18 years old are LEA sponsored.

What's on at GSC / Events

Our Mission Our mission is to use collaborative energies to empower people with the skills they need to play a full and active role in the economic, social and cultural development of their communities.
Our Pledge Impartiality: We will offer you a fair and complete service.
Confidentiality: Information you give us will be kept in confidence and only passed to others with your prior agreement.
Equality of opportunity: You will be treated equally with all others.
Transparency: We will explain what we are doing with/for you clearly and completely.
Accessibility: We will do our best to make our services available to any eligible participant.
Individual's needs: If you have any individual needs, please let us know. We will always try to meet them, but if we cannot then we will make every effort to advise you of other educational establishments, which may be able to help you.
Affordability: Wherever possible we provide courses free of charge, but in certain circumstances a nominal fee is applicable.
Our Team We are an experienced and dynamic team of professional educators with over eighteen years’ experience in the delivery of public funded programmes, such as: Learning & Skills Council, European Social Funded, Greater London Authority, European Regional Development Fund, Local Authorities, Education Funding Agency, Skills Funding Agency, National Careers Service, Learndirect, Jobcentre Plus and Registered Social Landlords.