Skill NI’s training and consultancy services include training staff and providing advice on policies, practice and procedures concerning disabled people including how to meet your duties under the DDA. All institutions need to understand and anticipate their new legal obligations.

• We can help you to meet the needs of disabled people
  
• We can help you to meet your legal obligations to disabled people

Skill NI has a wealth of expertise in the area of disability and post-16 education and transition to college/employment.

• Skill NI has worked closely with the Equality Commission in producing the Code of Practice. We undertook student consultations and provided case study material

• Skill NI, in partnership with the Equality Commission, has written the Practical Briefing Guides which will be published shortly

• Skill NI has trained over 1000 staff in further and higher education on SENDO awareness and received excellent evaluations and feedback

...so we know what we are talking about!

Training Options

Skill NI can adapt its services to fit the needs of your organisation.

Examples of consultancy services that can be provided include:

• giving talks and workshops on SENDO and the DDA to academic staff, services staff and senior managers
  
• information giving sessions for disabled learners
  
• providing a contextual overview of recent legislation and initiatives and how they impact on providers and learners with disabilities and/or learning difficulties
  
• identifying areas for audit of provision for disabled people
  
• assisting with implementation or review of your institution's audit
  
• providing more in-depth consultancy on policies, practices and procedures for disabled  learners
  

Examples of training that can be provided include:

• Methods for inclusive teaching
• Inclusive Risk Assessment
• Effective strategies for learners with multiple and complex disabilties
• Supporting link provision
• Vocational Educational Programmes and SENDO for 14-19
• Personal Care
• Disability awareness delivered to ALL students
• Engaging disaffected and desengaged young learners

Skill NI training sessions will be:

• Down to earth and practical
• Full of examples
• Soundly grounded in the law
• Adapted to your needs

Training for Employers

Skill NI can also offer training to employers on recruiting and retaining employees with a disability

Do your recruitment procedures encourage applications from people with disabilities?

Is your interview process based on the social model of disability? Have your staff been trained in asking the right questions?

Are your staff aware of what a reasonable adjustment is - you would be surprised how many are not!

Do you know how to implement an inclusive risk assessment if a person with a disability presents a perceived health and safety risk?

Some of the events coming soon for academic year 2007/2008

• Supporting learners with mental health difficulties

• Hidden disabilities: implications for teaching and learning

More information on dates and venues and more events will be posted here soon

Comments

"Excellent and very informative, the delivery was clear and hit the right balance"

Omagh College

"Real issues discussed with very up-to-date information"

Upper Bann Institute

For price information, booking and further information

Contact Maria Murray

Telephone:   028 9028 7000
Email: m.murray@skillni.org.uk