Implementing Learning for Living and Work
The Learning and Skills Council's National Strategy for Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
The Learning for Living and Work Assessment Framework
Supporting aspirations, assessing needs, identifying opportunities
Invitation to a Training Workshop
Dear colleague,
As part of the implementation of the LSC strategy Learning for Living and Work for individuals with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LDD) the Learning for Living and Work Assessment Framework is being introduced and the LSC is providing training in the autumn for those people who will be involved in its completion. The assessment framework will be used as the mechanism for gathering information about young people's aspirations, strengths and support needs to identify options and the support needed to help them achieve their goals. It will apply to young people wishing to take up places with further education providers, including Work Based Learning providers from September 2009.
We are now pleased to be able to provide information about the training, which will take place on a regional basis in September and early October and to invite nominations through the link at www.glasgows.co.uk/lflw
The training will be essential for those people directly engaged in supporting young people with LDD in transition to adulthood, as they are likely to have a role in completing the framework. It is also relevant to their managers, as it is important they are aware of the structures required to support the processes. The assessment framework will link closely with a new Resource Allocation System, which will identify an Individual Learning Support Fund for learners whose support needs are expected to cost more than £5,500 and will be the mechanism for accessing funds to support the learner in education. Further training on this element will be offered to those professionals who will be involved in this process and information about this will be available shortly.
In particular the training will be relevant to:
- Any professional with the role of lead professional for a young person with LDD in transition
- Personal advisers
- Social workers, especially transition social workers
- Other members of local authority transition teams
- Local and specialist college staff who assess learners with LDD who wish to attend both discrete and mainstream courses
- School staff involved in transition planning
- Health professionals involved in supporting young people in transition, especially those with the role of transition champion
- Managers of the professionals listed above.
Please ensure that colleagues in your organisation are informed of these training events.
The training will:
- Introduce the assessment framework and explore the processes, timelines and multi agency arrangements necessary to complete it
- Develop participants' confidence in contributing to completing the framework
- Consider the actions that will be needed to successfully implement the assessment process in local areas
- Clarify the changes in funding models and how the assessment framework supports these changes.
The training will take place in September/early October. Please access the link at www.glasgows.co.uk/lflw to find out when the training will be running in your area and to reserve your place. Please share this invitation with colleagues who would benefit from attending the training.
Should you experience any difficulty in accessing the website, please contact the event organisers via the details below:
Tel: 01772 767751
Email: lflw@glasgows.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at the training workshops.
Yours sincerely,
Julie Lynes-Grainger
LLDD Director
Learning and Skills Council