1. Manchester Adult Education NLDC 2014/2015 Quality session 1 13 th August 2014

2. Introductions

3. What we’re doing today Overview of NLDC 2014/2015 Training session on eligibility and required paperwork

4. Objectives By the end of the session, participants will be able to: State who the other NLDC providers are and know who to contact in MAES and how State and apply SFA eligibility criteria, to say which individuals are eligible and which are not Complete an enrolment form correctly and understand how it is used Complete a register correctly and understand how the information is used Share this information with colleagues

5. NLDC 2014/2015 - Objectives To deliver a programme of community learning activities which enable adults to move towards sustained employment and active citizenship, improving employability and essential skills and/or providing opportunities for learners to become involved in the local community To encourage Manchester residents who are workless and have low level skills to engage in learning and progress to further training opportunities, particularly targeting those who mainstream provision struggles to engage To provide information, advice and guidance on further learning opportunities for workless residents from voluntary and community based organisations to mainstream skills and employment support services

6. How did 2013/2014 NLDC do? How many learners were enrolled? What percentage were male? What percentage were out of work?

7. 2014/2015 NLDC organisations Can we share contact details amongst this group? ALL FMBack on Track Community Minded Impact For All The Limes Manchester Communications Academy Mustard Tree Proper Job

8. MAES contacts Elaine Borrell – Business Development Officer Michaela Salmon & Siobhan Pollitt – Area Adult Education Managers Anita Beeharry – Data Manager Mary Moss & Kath Castle – Quality Manager Your link manager: @manchester.gov.uk ALL FM Anne Jacobsen a.jacobsen Back on Track Cormac Conway c.conway Community Minded Karen Warren k.warren2 Impact for All TBC The Limes Nigel Culverwell/ Ian Brazewell n.culverwell i.brazewell MCA Colette Jones c.jones Mustard Tree Mary/Kath m.moss k.castle Proper Job Rachel Osborne r.osborne

9. What’s next? Complete contract negotiations Prepare a list of types of courses (ACTVALs) e.g. Volunteering course Prepare a list of courses that will run (ACTRUNs) e.g. Tuesdays 1-3pm, 3 rd Sept- 5 th Nov… Quality sessions – Dates & Moodle

10. Eligibility – who is eligible? In your group sort out the cards into eligible and not eligible for SFA funding

11. Eligibility A learner is eligible for SFA funded courses if they meet one of the following criteria Has lived continuously in the UK for the past three years (not any part of this on a student visa) Has lived continuously in a European Union or European Economic Area country (see list) for the past three years (not any part of this on a student visa) Is a British Citizen Has Refugee Status (or is spouse or child of someone with Refugee Status) Has Exceptional Leave to Enter or Remain (ELE or ELR) or is spouse or child of someone with ELE or ELR) Has Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain (ILE or ILR) or is spouse or child of someone with ILE or ILR) Has Humanitarian Protection (or is a spouse of child of someone with HP) Has Discretionary Leave (or is a spouse or child of someone with DL) Is an Asylum Seeker who has lived in the UK for the past 6 months or more Is a family member (spouse, child, civil partner, grandchild or dependent parent or grandparent) of a UK/EU citizen who has been ordinarily resident in the EEA for 3 years

12. Eligibility - FAQs We’ve got someone who is previously educated to degree level but is unemployed and we don’t want to exclude them from the activity which is very suitable for them – will we get funded for them? Can we get funding for people who live outside Manchester or do all our learners have to be Manchester residents? We’re running activities for people who are unemployed but we’ve got a few people who have part time/casual/low paid work who want to join – can we get funding for them?

13. Enrolment Form Why we need the information How we use the information Missing information 2088 learners, 1800 out of work, 136 in work, 197 not known Could be 86% or 96% M/F 0.2% Postcode 0.6% Age 0.8% Ethnicity 2.3% Employment 9.5% Disability 40.5% Learning disability 55.5%

14. Enrolment Form - activity

15. Registers Why we need the information How we use the information

16. Flexible Learning Where a learner has to miss a class but is helped to catch up with the work It is helpful to record flexible learning, as it demonstrates the difference between: a learner who misses some sessions but keeps in contact with the teacher and keeps up with the course by doing work at home (and is therefore an ‘active learner’ and part of the teacher’s case load) and a learner who is likely to go on to withdraw Occasional absence If a learner needs to be absent for a session and tells the teacher in advance or just before the class, the teacher can give the learner work to do at home and immediately write F in the register for that learner. Recording on registers Where a learner is marked as F, they are included in the total attendance box on the register as an attendance.

17. Registers - activity

18. 1)Missing DOB for learner 4 2)Missing Gender for learner 10 3)Some is not completed in capital letters 4)Missing address for learner 4 5)Partial postcode for learner 2 6)Missing postcodes for learners 4 & 8 7)Missing phone number for learner 5 8)All interview dates are missing 9) Missing dates for sessions 9, 13, 14 &15 10) Missing H&S ticks for some sessions 11) Learner 1 shouldn’t be on the register 12) Learner 5 added to register too early 13) No need to put lots of Ws 14) No withdrawal, completion & progression status completed

19. Quality programme 2014/2015 What would you like to see on the NLDC Quality Programme this year? Which topics would be particularly useful for you?

20. Any questions? ? ?? ?? ?? ?

21. Evaluation By the end of the session, participants will be able to: State and apply SFA eligibility criteria, to say which individuals are eligible and which are not Complete an enrolment form correctly and understand how it is used Complete a register correctly and understand how the information is used Share this information with colleagues