ADULT SKILLS LEARNING GUIDE
Introduction
The Adult Skills team, part of the Education Training Collective work with local employers and stakeholders to create short provision that will help you improve your employment prospects. Courses are designed for unemployed and employed candidates living in the Tees Valley looking to upskill and enhance their employment opportunities (subject to eligibility).
You will enhance your employability skills, learn about the local jobs in the Tees Valley and specialise in a vocational area. There may also be an opportunity to engage with employers and undertake work experience. The intent of these programmes is to train you to progress into further training or employment within a specific sector/
role and to upskill existing employees to enable you to progress within the company and improve your career prospects. We are creating new provision on a continuous basis, but our current offer includes the following:
• CSCS with Health and Safety
• 50+ Provision
• Rail Academy
• Care Academy
• Residential Childcare Academy
• Supporting Teaching and Learning Academy
• Early Years Elevate
• Hospitality and Catering Academy
• Business Administration Academy
• Scaffolding Academy
• Rope Access Academy
College Facilities
Food and drink is available from:
The Cove café located on the ground floor as you go through the main barriers.
Toilets:
Located on every floor. This includes disabled toilets.
Car parking:
We offer free car parking for the duration of your course.
Learning Resource Centre:
Internet access is available throughout your course as well as learning resources which may assist you with your studies.
Ground rules
• Maintain a good standard of attendance
• Lanyard or ID badge to be worn at all times whilst on site
• Arrive punctually and well prepared for lessons
• Be respectful at all times (in language and conduct)
• Use social media responsibly within the law and college rules
• Act responsibly, with regards to college rules, own health, safety and well-being and that of other students and staff
• Mobile phone on silent or switched off (phone calls can be made/received at breaks/lunch or if essential)
• Work produced to be of the highest possible standard and completed when asked for
Policies and procedures
Smoking
Redcar and Cleveland College is a non-smoking college, you must not smoke anywhere on the college grounds unless within the permitted smoking area, located in between the car park and reception. This also extends to the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping.
Fire Alarm
In the event of the fire alarm being sounded, please leave the college by your nearest emergency exit. The assembly point is in the main car park in front of the building. Your tutor will then take a register to ensure that all students are present.
ID Badges
You will be provided with a temporary ID badge as soon as you sign in at the college reception. You must wear your ID badge whilst on the college premises at all times. While using this temporary badge, you must sign out every day and hand the badge in. Once you are enrolled, you will be provided with a photo ID badge. This badge does not need to be handed in. However, it must be worn every day. This is part of the safeguarding procedure to keep all students and staff safe.
Complaints Procedure
Stage 1: If you have any concerns, talk to your tutor in the first instance. If you remain unhappy, please go to reception and ask for a manager. Reception will call the appropriate person to talk to you (e.g. the Head of Department responsible for your course).
Stage 2: If you still have concerns after talking to a manager, you can complete a complaint form (available from reception) or you can email the Quality and Enhanced Learning Leader Stephen Cross at stephen. cross@the-etc.ac.uk with details or telephone 01642 865482 .
Data Protection/ Information Sharing
The college needs to process (that is collect, use, store and ultimately destroy) personal information about you as a student and your progress throughout your course in order to process your achievements, therefore we endeavour to protect all sensitive information and work completed by our students.
Bullying and Harassment Procedure—Code of Conduct
The aim of the college is to maintain consistently good standards of conduct across the college, therefore we expect good behaviour and ground rules to be adhered to.
Equal Opportunities
All forms of prejudice and discrimination are unacceptable, and the college will seek to challenge inequality, prejudice and discrimination. The college embraces diversity in all its aspects, and aims to treat all learners with respect and dignity in order to provide an environment free from harassment, discrimination and victimisation. The college will not tolerate any form of discriminatory behaviour based on age, disability, freedom of speech, gender, transgender/gender identity, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is about protecting the health, well-being and human rights of us all, but especially children, young people and vulnerable adults — to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.
If you feel you are at risk of harm and/or abuse or you don’t feel safe (either at college or at home) please contact the Safeguarding Team who are here to support and help protect you. Please note depending on the seriousness of the information you share with us, we may need to involve other agencies.
Some examples of safeguarding issues:
• Substance misuse
• Sexual harassment
• Sexting
• Physical abuse
• Upskirting
• Physical violence
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Missing education
The Advanced Safeguarding Practitioner (ASP) for Redcar and Cleveland College is Tracy Williams. To contact Tracy, email safe@the-etc.ac.uk or call 07702 515 472 .
Alternatively, you can contact an ASP from our other sites:
• Rachel O’Riordan - Bede Sixth Form College - 07590 864 913
• Alice Reid - Stockton Riverside College - 07970 982 324
• Katie Todd - NETA Training - 07792 475 888
• Christine Cook - The Skills Academy - safe@the-etc.ac.uk
@ REDCAR AND CLEVELAND COLLEGE
Meet the Safeguarding & Wellbeing
LESLEY DUFFY ADVANCED SAFEGUARDING PRACTITIONER
Support for:
• Worry or anxiety
• Low mood
• Healthy relationships
• Self-harm
• Bereavement
• Drug & alcohol misuse
• Sexual violence / harassment
• Young carers
• Students with a social worker
HACKETT WELFARE OFFICER
How can I contact the team?
• Ask a member of staff to make a referral
• Contact via Microsoft Teams
• Go to the Student Experience & Wellbeing Team Hub
• Email safe@the-etc.ac.uk
• Complete the support enquiry form on the VLE, Click here or scan the QR code opposite
Do you feel unsafe?
Please contact any member of staff as soon as possible and they will arrange for you to speak to a member of the safeguarding and welfare team.
HELEN CHANNING SE&W MANAGER
TRACY WILLIAMS ADVANCED SAFEGUARDING PRACTITIONER
JENNY
Need careers advice or student support?
As an Etc. student, you get access to the services and support as all of our students – these include:
Student Wellbeing Team
Our Student Support and Wellbeing team has officers based across all Etc. colleges and training centres, and they can help you with a range of different services including wellbeing, safeguarding, signposting to other supports for example financial, physical and mental health, transport and travel – and much more.
Student Union
If you would like to have your say and represent your fellow students, then why not get involved with our Student Union? The SU works alongside our Student Support and Wellbeing team, helping at events, promoting activities and engaging others in enrichment activities including clubs and societies. Whatever your interest or hobby, if you want to arrange activities or just want to meet like-minded individuals – give us a shout and we will help you on your way.
Careers Education
The Etc. careers team has an careers coordinator based at Bede Sixth Form College, Redcar and Cleveland College and Stockton Riverside College, with a Careers Clinic offered at NETA Training Group too – which means you are never far away from a careers professional, and they are here for you when you need them for everything from UCAS applications, CV creation support, interview preparation or even just a general careers discussion!
Our college group holds the Matrix Standard accreditation which confirms the outstanding, comprehensive and impartial careers education delivered by our team and our embedded careers programme meets the Gatsby Good Career Guidance benchmarks.
National Careers Service
The National Careers Service provides high quality, free and impartial careers advice, information and guidance. This service is available to anyone aged 18+ no matter what stage of the careers journey you’re at.
You can contact an advisor at the National Careers Service, call 0800 100 900 or use webchat to speak to an adviser. Calls are free from landlines and most mobile numbers. They’re open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm Saturdays and bank holidays.
www.nationalcareers. service.gov.uk
British Values and Prevent
British Values
As a college it is important that we promote Fundamental British Values which include the following:
• Democracy - Your vote and voice counts, you can make a difference
• Rule of Law - The law applies to everyone
• Individual Liberty - You are entitled to your view and to your freedom of expression and thought
• Mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
Prevent
Prevent is the government's strategy to stop vulnerable people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It works by using early intervention to encourage individuals and communities to challenge extremist and terrorist behaviour and ideology. The college provides a safe space for you to debate controversial issues, as well as build resilience and critical thinking skills that you will need to challenge extremist arguments.
Radicalisation: “the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism.”
Extremism: “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs."
Ask to see a member of the safeguarding team urgently if you have any concerns about potential radicalisation or terrorism.
Online safety
Think before you post. Don’t upload or share anything you wouldn’t want your future employers seeing. Try to put your point across in a positive or neutral way.
Don’t share personal details.
Watch out for phishing and scams.
Phishing is when someone tries to trick you into giving them information, like your password. Never click links from emails or messages that ask you to log in or share your details.
Think about who you’re talking to.
Keep your device secure and up to date.
Use strong passwords and never give out your password.
Cover your webcam. Some viruses will let someone access your webcam without you knowing, so make sure you cover your webcam
whenever you’re not using it.
Make sure you log out when you’re using public or shared devices.
Be careful which websites you’re using.
Make sure any website you’re using has “https” at the start of the address so that you know it’s secure.
Be respectful.
Respect your friends on social media.
It's not always real life.
Images of other people’s (carefully chosen) perfect lives can leave you feeling low, but they rarely tell the whole story.
Keep a healthy balance.
If you find yourself spending a lot of time online, or thinking about it when you could be doing fun 'real world' things, maybe it’s time to back off a bit. There’s a whole world out there.
Get in touch
We are sure that you will want to get in touch to take full advantage of the services and support offered at our colleges, see below for contact details:
Student Support and Wellbeing
Careers Team
Bede Sixth Form College and Innersummit
NETA Training Group
Redcar and Cleveland College
Stockton Riverside College
Safeguarding Practitioner: 07590 864913
Welfare Officer: 07968 107338
Safeguarding Practitioner: 07792 475888
Welfare Officer: 01642 861327
Safeguarding Practitioner: 07970 982324
Safeguarding Practitioner: 07702 515472
Welfare Officer: 07702 515467
Main office: 01642 373250
Ask for Careers or PPCs
Miccah Urwin: Miccah.Urwin@cleveland.ac.uk 01642 616936
Miccah Urwin: Miccah.Urwin@cleveland.ac.uk 01642 473132
Carol Race: Carol.Race@stockton.ac.uk 01642 865400
Student Support and Welfare can also be reached on the following email addresses:
Safeguarding and Welfare: safe@the-etc.ac.uk
Student Finance: studentfinance@the-etc.ac.uk
Mental health and wellbeing
Good mental health means feeling well, happy and able to cope well with life’s up and downs.
Sometimes we may feel unhappy, but when we always feel unhappy, we may need some help.
Poor mental health can affect your:
• Ability to learn
• Communication
• Socialising, friendships and relationships
• Ability to cope
FIKA
This is a mental fitness education platform.
1. Download the App
2. Open App and click sign up
3. Enter organisation which is Etc. Education Training Collective
4 Type your college email and create a password
5. Wait for a confirmation email to follow and instructions on how to log in and get started
Note: It may work for some but not for others depending on your system.
Scan the QR code above to download the App
