May Newsletter
May has been an incredible month for The Opportunity Group. What was not to love with the launch of Michaela and Kate’s new podcast? If you've not checked it out, click here to listen to it!
Have you seen our new guide? This month's addition was The Opportunity Guide! This delved into each episode of the podcast and provides useful tips and methods to those interested in learning more about Apprenticeships!
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And that's not it! We also launched our brand new website! With hard work and determination, Gemma has created a website that has it all! The home page is vibrant, and informative and displays just what The Opportunity Group stands for; that talent is evenly distributed but opportunity is not.
Discover how The Opportunity Group was founded and what we believe as a company on our Story page!
Our potential clients can now see what we do! It's a great page to learn about the different programmes and how they have an impact on learners!
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DIGITAL DESIGN TEAM It has been another great month for the Digital Design team. They have launched our new website and created a beautiful Opportunity Guide for people to download giving them tips and guidance around Apprenticeships and they have been marketing and sharing the amazing podcast that Michaela and Kate have created. They have gained 67 followers which is a 148% increase in the last 30 days. People are engaging much more with our content so well done to Shannice for creating some fantastic posts. This has sparked excitement in the team and given them ideas to keep our engagement levels up! The team also met up this month in Birmingham. The session was extremely productive, covering their ways of working to make them efficient and timely with their workloads, creating spaces on SharePoint to share imagery, what information they need to collate for all team members from the squad meetings, and templates they can create to improve standards and consistency and they also looked at team development plans. We have fully implemented Mailchimp into the learner comms space and Beth has set up some brilliant templates to use! We have also started a trial with Slack to use as a communication channel for learners in place of Yammer. We are looking into Viva Learning and how this can help us internally for CPD hours and developing teams further. Gemma has completed her final coaching workshop and is looking forward to honing her skills further.
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PROJECTS TEAM Marc and Vicky have been interviewing for a new Project Executive to join our team in July. We were impressed when one of the candidates mentioned that they had listened to the podcasts. Onboarding of Thomas Franks and Amazon Safety Leader Learners ahead of the launch events. Working with Nigel to improve the onboarding process for the learners and for the Projects Team. All the Projects Team have enjoyed listening to the podcasts. Well done to Michaela and Kate. We have all been on a learning journey this month, discovering more about MyLearning and tweaking processes to find a new way of working. A big shout out to the team for persevering this month. It has been hard at times, to find the right information, whilst learning new systems of working but you have all been amazing. Thank you and well done!
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DELIVERY TEAM Well, cannot believe we are leaping into June already! Plans are being put into place for our next standardisation event being rolled out in July. Location TBC. This is your event so please feel free to forward any suggestions on what you would like to see covered during the day. The focus, following on from last month continues to be around compliance in all areas and all aspects of the learner interactions. If anyone feels that they require additional support or guidance, please reach out to your team leader who will be happy to support you. Please keep your eyes peeled, as there are upcoming training and events being rolled out. If there are any specific training requirements you would like to see covered in the future, please reach out and let me know. Remember, you can thank your colleagues for their help and support, just head over to Perkbox to add the relevant details. As always thank you for your continued support!
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SOCIAL COMMITTEE This month we have been putting the finishing touches on our big summer event! We are looking forward to announcing more details about the event in the next couple of weeks! We have been looking at what charities to support as a company and will be sharing more info soon about our plans! So watch this space! Hope you all enjoyed the Star Wars Themed quiz Marc and Kat hosted last week. Look out for a fun Pride themed get together in June! Have you always had a burning desire to climb Snowden? Well, the social team are looking at completing a climb in September for charity – we will share our plans this month and if you want to join us get in touch with the team! June is National Smile month so why not think of ways to make your teammates smile – share some recognition on Perkbox, send a smile on Teams and show those pearly whites off on your calls! June is also Pride month so look out for some inspiring stories and facts about Pride being shared on Yammer! Gemma is completing the Pretty muddy Obstacle course for Cancer Research in June – it’s a 5k assault course in the mud! So if you would like to donate some money to her fundraising page you can here.
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QUALITY TEAM In quality, we are always auditing backwards so this is the overview of the activity in April.
All risk areas were due to missing paperwork, either not submitted on time or the onboarding being delayed and information not being available at the time of audit. The weak area was down to one repeated error, which is being corrected.
The impact of training is shown in reviews as promotions, added responsibility and increased confidence for apprentices. Along with the impact on apprentices’ personal development.
Previous progression not being entered
AT RISK AREAS
Reviews recorded but not able to find recordings or paperwork Feedback and signatures missing Some of this was down to the change in systems and some are waiting on reviews to be signed.
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QUALITY TEAM Internal quality sampling Sampling across the programmes we deliver is taking place and in April we looked at the following standards with eight portfolios being sampled and 3 submitted to the EPA process. Coaching Professional Level 5 Team Leader or Supervisor Level 3 Process Leader Level 4
Results following EPA Team Leader or Supervisor Level 3 – 2 Pass Team Leader or Supervisor Level 3 – 1 distinction Data Technician – 1 distinction Digital Community Manager - 1 distinction - The first ever in the world for this programme, well done Tracey Cousins for supporting your apprentice.
We have been carrying out sector standardisation and drop-in surgeries to discuss concerns and share best practice on the coach and delivery team yammer community. So far, we have looked at planning the end from day one, using evidence collection to practice the EPA assessment methods, using different evidence collection methods, one learner using a VLOG to record personal development and taking ownership of your continuous professional development.
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Be Safe Great to see the topics from standardisation, Be Safe community and general company communications are being used in 69% of the reviews. Over the last month, we have published knowledge topics on Honour based violence, democracy, mental health, ergonomics, loneliness, and sustainability. Thank you to Lorraine Hamilton and Andy Haggan for their input and the wonderful Beth for making everything look so polished. Over the next month, we will be looking at grooming, COSHH, gender reassignment, pride and of course, some topics for the upcoming Platinum Jubilee in line with British values and our other Be Safe topics. Check-in with the Be Safe Community page on SharePoint, use the topics with your learners and feedback on what has been useful or anything you would like more information on.
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THANK YOU As we approach the sixth month of the year, we want to express our appreciation to everyone! Without you, this month would not have been as successful, and we appreciate all of the hard work that each of you puts into The Opportunity Group. We wish you a wonderful bank holiday weekend, and we can't wait to knock June out of the park! Don't forget to check out our brand new website!
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