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OCTOBER 2005 ... SEP Training Update --- Survey Monkey on understanding Social Enterprise– visit now to register your interest – survey closes on Friday 21st October 2005. Please click here to go to the survey
10th October 2005 – Invitation To Tender – Invitations are invited from suitably qualified consultants to tender for the production of a SEP training CD of learning materials to support social enterprise. Please email Sheila Kelly at sheila.Kelly@sepgb.co.uk to receive a copy of the specification and tender documents. Completed tenders must be submitted to the SEP office by midday Wednesday 19th October 2005. If you require further information please contact Sheila Kelly on 020 8466 6315.
Calling ALL social enterprise training providers – SEP will be running a “Train the Trainers” day on Tuesday 8th November in London for training providers interested in delivering the first social enterprise qualification developed with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. The new VRQ Level 5 Award in Understanding Social Enterprise was developed by the sector with the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). Further information about the Award in Understanding Social Enterprise is attached as a download [163 KB]
. Applications from “experienced training providers” are invited to attend the “Train the Trainers” information day. Please download the application form [49 KB]
and email your completed application to sheila.Kelly@sepgb.co.uk by Friday 28th October.
The “Train the Trainers” information day will introduce the ILM VRQ Level 5 Award and detail how training providers can deliver the qualification in their region or nation including the competency requirements of tutors delivering the USE programme and what’s involved in becoming a ILM centre. The first course accredited by ILM under the award and endorsed by SFEDI “Understanding Social Enterprise” will be outlined and a full set of learning materials for the course discussed and displayed. An outline of the course is attached as a download [32 KB]
. The USE course was developed by Baker Brown Associates for Social Enterprise London and Jim Brown will be leading the workshop with June Hawkins ILM Head of Development. The purpose of the day is to provide information, planning and self-assessment for providers to look at how they can deliver the course and discuss future delivery, support and maintenance of the programme. The information day will be limited to 10 places and SEP is looking for a good geographic spread of providers serious about taking forward this exciting new professional development-training course. The course is a VRQ Level 5 and underpins key areas of social enterprise knowledge and understanding mapped to the new unit h of the social enterprise National Occupational Standards. SEP will subsidize the bulk of the costs for the day and make a small charge of £60.00 for those attending the day.
September 2005 …. SEP Training Project Update. The swifts have returned to Africa, the season has become autumnal, and it’s time to focus again on SOCIAL ENTEPRISE TRAINING. The summer has been busy with work continuing on completing the training products and tools, planning dissemination events with partners in the regions and nations and tying up work connected with EQUAL under Action 2. The following is therefore an update on work completed and in progress, notice of an invitation to tender for production of a CD with SEP learning resources for social enterprise, and information about future dissemination events and training for training providers.
SEP/SFEDI. The joint SEP/SFEDI (Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative) Pilot Endorsement & Evaluator Programme was very successful. Nine training providers obtained SFEDI endorsement of their learning materials mapped to the new social enterprise National Occupations Standards and seven social enterprise practitioners successfully passed their evaluator training and join SFEDI as specialist’s evaluators.
SFEDI have now incorporated the new social enterprise business development standards into the published version of the SFEDI business development standards and a guide on how to use the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for social enterprise practitioners has been written. As part of disseminating the new social enterprise standards and inform the sector how to use National Occupational Standards in social enterprises two workshops were piloted in the summer. The first workshop was used as a pilot for the second one, which was a “train the trainers the NOS for training providers. The guide to NOS and how to use them in your social enterprise will be available as part of the roll out of training products over the next three months. It is anticipated that training providers who attended the NOS training will start to provide training in how to use NOS in their regions and nations.
SEP/Social Enterprise London (SEL)/ Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).
SEL have successfully jointly developed the first social enterprise qualification with the ILM. It is an Award in Knowledge of Social Enterprise based on unit h - knowledge and understanding of social enterprise of the new standards and gives 6 credits at the new Level 5 towards further qualifications. The Award in Social Enterprise is now accredited as a Vocationally Recognised Qualification (VRQ).
Understanding Social Enterprise Based on the ILM Award a new course has been developed by Baker Brown Associates under contract to SEP now called Understanding Social Enterprise (USE). The USE course, which is mapped to the new social enterprise standard unit h in knowledge and understanding, was successfully piloted and evaluated over the spring and summer. SEP plans to roll out the course nationally and is currently developing a “ train the trainers’” workshop for training providers with Baker Brown and the ILM. The workshop will be in Birmingham in early November and applications to attend the workshop will be by invitation to tender via the SEP website. If you want to register your interest in the workshop please email your details to sheila.kelly@sepgb.co.uk. To get more information about the ILM Award and the USE course please read the next paragraph and participate in the survey monkey.
ILM/USE Survey Monkey The Social Enterprise Partnership (SEP) is working with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to make available two new social enterprise training products—the ILM Level 5 Award in Knowledge of Social Enterprise, and a new training course in Understanding Social Enterprise. We would be very grateful if you would take a few minutes to fill in a short online survey which will give us a better idea of interest and demand.
Please click here to go to the survey
More details on both products can be downloaded from here:
ILM Award [168 KB]
Understanding Social Enterprise introduction [32 KB]
Professional Development & NOS. Two more learning resources, for Professional Development Planning (PDP), have been developed by Baker Brown Associates in partnership with SEP, Social Firms South East (SFSE) and Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) with additional funding from South East England Development Agency. The aim of the two PDPs’ is to enable social enterprise managers and advisors to plan their own professional development in relation to National Occupational Standards. The pilot workshops and resulting Consultation Day on 30th June with the sector on how to develop a national framework to support continuing professional development (CDP) have provoked much discussion on CPD within the sector. Evaluation and feedback from the sector suggest that business organisations working with business advisors want a clear lead from SEP on how to incorporate PD for the social enterprise sector into their organisations. SEP and SEC is therefore working with SFEDI, the ILM and the IBA to work out how social enterprise practitioners CDP learning needs can become part of their offer to the sector.
SEP and SEEM will continue to work on the PDP for advisers and aim to develop a “train the trainers” workshop for providers of professional development planning services to social enterprise managers, including business advisors, trainers, mentors and senior managers.
Invitation to tender SEP will also be inviting tenders within the next two weeks to produce a CD that brings together a wealth of learning materials developed in the training project including the new NOS incorporating the social enterprise units for managers and advisers along with all the other SFEDI NOS and the new guide to NOS, the new learning materials to support unit h in knowledge and understanding and much more. This will be an interactive CD and users will be guided through the material and find it useful whether new to the sector or an existing practitioner. If you are interested in this work and have a background in developing learning resources on CDs, writing training materials and training please send your details to sheila.kelly@sepgb.co.uk to go on the tender list.
Training Products Dissemination Events SEP is currently planning with its partners and networks to showcase the training products developed and produced by the project in the past two years. Events are being planned around the nations so visit the SEP website regularly for when we will be visiting your patch in the next three months. As you can tell from the above there is a lot happening around social enterprise training at SEP. So remember keep checking the website for updates and invitations to join in the fun!
June 2005 … SEP Training Project. Are you available on 30th June 2005?
Social Enterprise Partnership (SEP) Needs Your Input! On Thursday 30th June 2005 SEP is holding a Consultation Day on Social Enterprise Professional Development Services at The City Temple, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DE. The day will be used to inform the sector of new professional development training products and tools and provide an opportunity for those in the field to express their views about how the training products and tools can be delivered. Has the time come for the sector to set up a national infrastructure to support social enterprise professional development? When SEP ends in November 2005 how will its legacy continue to develop and grow the sector? SEP is looking for a lively exchange of views and options on the way forward that is accessible, affordable and that will be supported by the sector. The day will be of interest to national and regional social enterprise support providers, training providers and consultants with an interest in the delivery of professional development services to social enterprise managers and advisers. If you are interested in attending the Consultation Day please read the information sheet and email Sheila Kelly on sheila.kelly@sepgb.co.uk with your application form.
Download an application [118 KB]
and information sheet [114 KB]
May 2005 … SEP Training Project. National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Social Enterprise “Pilot workshops” 23rd June / 5th July 2005. The Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) and SEP training project are organising three pilot workshops on how National Occupational Standards can help to get the best out of your social enterprise and its people. The pilots will offer some social enterprise advisors, managers and training providers the opportunity to learn how to use the new Social Enterprise National Occupational Standards in their work and how to deliver the training to others in their organisation or region. The first two workshops will be for those interested in learning how best to use the standards and will act as a pilot for developing the third workshop which will be a training for trainers on how to deliver the NOS to your own constituents. The first two workshops on 23rd June will be for half a day the third workshop on 5th July for trainers a full day. If you are interested in the workshops please read the information sheet and email Sheila Kelly on sheila.Kelly@sepgb.org.uk with your details to be put on the list.
Download an application [45 KB]
and information [40 KB]
sheet.
March 2005 ... SEP Training Project Update. Sheila Kelly, the new SEP training project co-ordinator, has produced a comprehensive update. Please click here [24 KB]
to download the document as a pdf file.
February 2005… SEP Training Project. SEP Endorsement (pilot) Programme. The SEP Training Project has joined forces with SFEDI, the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative, to offer a few training providers the opportunity to have their learning product(s) endorsed against the National Occupational Standards for Social Enterprise. If you are a training provider with materials relevant to social enterprise this could be an opportunity to test out the new kite marking offer from SFEDI, along with added supports. Download an application [45 KB]
and information sheet [136 KB]
here.
December 2004… SEP Training Project.
By licensed agreement with SFEDI, the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative, the SEP Training project is pleased to offer for free download SFEDI’s core standards for business advice and management (referred to as Business Support and Business Development). These standards are the core SFEDI standards and sit beside the Social Enterprise specific standards as an overall package for managing or advising social enterprise. The introduction to both sets of core standards contain valuable information on how to integrate standards into your practice, however, stay tuned for further social enterprise specific guidance. Further information on SFEDI can be obtained by exploring their website at
www.sfedi.co.uk.
November 2004 ... SEP Quality and Impact Project. ImPROVEiT Newsletter November-December 2004 available here [256 KB]
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November 2004… The NEW National Occupational Standards for Social Enterprise Advisors and Managers are available here!
Download the standards with their final content here.
Stay tuned for a formal launch, as well as a variety of resources to help you in their take up, including: an informative CD containing the standards along with supporting documentation on how best to use the standards, including for training and assessment; workshops on how to make the standards work as a top quality tool in your organization; and other training opportunities to strengthen your skills and knowledge in key areas.
October 2004 ... The new National Occupational Standards for SE Advisors and Managers are done and about to be released!
Stay tune for the final version of the new NOS for Social Enterprise, set to be formally accepted by QCA/SQA via the UKCG the week of October 25th. Free downloads of the NOS will be available here!
Stay tuned for opportunities to participate in workshops exploring how you can use the NOS in your organization and for your personal/professional learning - a mark of top quality.
October 2004 ... SEP launches Report on Minimising Disincentives in the Labour Market. Please go to our downloads section for a pdf version of the report.
October 2004 ... SEP launches European Report on public procurement. Please go to our downloads section for a pdf version of the report.
Ocotber 2004 ... SEP Quality and Impact Project. ImPROVEiT Newsletter October 2004 available here [232 KB]
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September 2004 ... National Occupation Standards draft 3 ... The Training Project, in conjunction with SFEDI will soon be releasing the new National Occupational Standards for Social Enterprise Advisors and Managers. Download the most recent draft version (3) here.
September 2004 ... update form for training providers directory. If you have knowledge of Social Enterprise training opportunities available in your area or elsewhere in the UK please submit your information to be included in the next version of the SEP directory of Social Enterprise training programmes.
September 2004 ... SEP practice exchange day on 6th October in London.
Click here [103 KB]
for further information and programme.
September 2004 ... SEP Action 3 approved. Please go to SEP member section for further information and guidelines for reporting and claiming.
August 2004 ... SEP Quality and Impact Project. ImPROVEiT Newsletter August 2004 available here.
July 2004 ... SEP Newsletter available here.
July 2004… SEP Training Project. Consultation on developing national occupational standards for social enterprise. Click here
29th June 2004, Experts Consultation Day
The SEP Training Project held its 2nd consultation day with experts in the social enterprise and training sectors on Tuesday, 29th June. Sponsored by the DTI’s Social Enterprise Unit of the Small Business Service, the event drew together individuals from throughout the UK to review and recommend models for qualifications and assessment. This input will contribute to the overall framework for national occupational standards and professional development being developed by SEP and SFEDI. If you would like to review and/or offer your thoughts on effective routings for professional development of people working in social enterprise please be in touch. Contact Heather Squires at: heather.squires@sepgb.co.uk
April 2004 ... SEP Training Project: Directory of Social Enterprise training programmes [2,822 KB]
now available in the News and Downloads section
March 2004 ... our Business Support Register is open for registrations: Please click here to register
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The Social Enterprise Partnership (SEP) is a project funded by the EQUAL Community Initiative programme and other funders to deliver a three-year project.
SEP involves a far-reaching programme of work to upgrade business development and support to the sector, to help social enterprises grow their business operations and to measure, prove and improve their quality and impact.
SEP aims to address identified barriers restricting the successful growth of the social enterprise sector, notably under-investment, insufficient access to training and support, the lack of appropriate quality mechanisms and impact measurement tools.
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