Rachel Searle, Business Development Manager, NationsSkills for Justice

Sergeant Helen Coles, Team Leader IPLDP Dyfed Powys Police

Nicola Thornton-Scott, Assistant Principal SkillsSkills Academy Wales

ESSENTIAL SKILLS IN THE MODERN WORKPLACESGILIAU HANFODOL YN Y GWEITHLE

What is Essential Skills Wales?

Qualifications from Entry Level 1 to Level 4 in:• Communication• Application of Number• Information Communication Technology (ICT).

ESW has been implemented in Wales since the 1st September 2010. ESW superseded Key Skills.

Level 3 Communication. This qualification helps the learner to improve their communication skills. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:

• speaking and listening

• reading

• writing

in familiar and less-familiar contexts, some of which must be formal, connected with education, training, work and social roles.

Level 2 Application of Number - This qualification used to help improve their number skills. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:

• understanding numerical data

• carrying out calculations

• interpreting results and presenting findings

in order to tackle problems or tasks that they meet in education, training, work and social roles.

Level 2 Essential Skills Wales in Information & Communication Technology. Learners are required to demonstrate their skills in:

• using ICT systems

• finding, selecting and exchanging information, using ICT

• developing and presenting information, using ICT

in familiar and less familiar situations connected with education, training, work or social roles.

Other Flavours:

• England – Functional Skills

• Scotland – Core Skills

• N. Ireland – Essential Skills

More info about ESW here: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/qualificationsinwales/qualificationtypesinwales/essentialskillswales/eswqa/?lang=en

Embedding ESW into Police Forces

• Via Apprenticeship in Home Office Policing– Dyfed Powys Police– Gwent Police– South Wales Police

Benefit to Employers

• Dyfed Powys Police– Employee Benefits– Employer Benefits– Train the Trainer

Cost Benefit Ratio (baseline)

“Every £1 spent on the

Essential Skills development

of Police Officers, could potentially

create £3.17 in savings”

p.32 Bridge Learning Resource

How Calculated?

• Cost of Delivery of ESW– Police Time (p28)– Provider Costs (p28/29)

• Potential Costs Avoided– Reduction in Cracked or Ineffective Trials (p32)

Essential Skills in Workplace (ESiW)

“The Essential Skills in the Workplace (ESIW) addresses the high proportion of adults without basic literacy, numeracy and ICT skills within the employed workforce in Wales.”

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/allsectorpolicies/europeansocialfund/projects/basicskillsworkplace/?lang=en

ESiW1

Between February 2012 and 31 December 2014 the programme will aim to:

• provide training to employed people in literacy, numeracy and ESOL up to and including level 2 with access to essential skills qualifications.

• engage employers in the Employer Pledge programme to raise awareness of the need for a skilled workforce and to commit to supporting essential skills training for their workforce

ESiW2

• Currently going through Procurement Stage

• Should be in place for April 2015

• Criteria for involvement not yet determined

Any Questions?