17/03/2010 – Ground breaking investment
A new £3.8 million project to be launched this Spring by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) will benefit paid staff and volunteers working with young people in England's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
Cited as a significant investment in training for the third sector and delivered by the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), the Third Sector Capacity Building project will provide paid and voluntary staff with access to 25,000 tailor-made development and training opportunities. Third Sector Capacity Building forms part of the Young People's Workforce Reform Programme – a set of initiatives designed to develop the skills of the six million strong young people's workforce.
Presently funding and delivery of training for front line workers varies greatly with an estimated 70 per cent of all work with young people provided by the third sector. The project will allow thousands of people working in the third sector to undertake a core level of training. The aim is to ensure that whichever organisation a worker is from, young people will find the support they need to reach their full potential.
Devised in partnership with the third sector the training aims to identify the skills required across the whole workforce. A Training the Trainer course will be delivered to ensure that training delivers agreed learning outcomes in five priority areas:
• Promoting equality and the valuing of diversity
• Facilitating learning and development of young people
• Maintaining health and safety in the workplace
• Safeguarding the health and welfare of young people
• Promoting access to information and support
Led by and developed by the third sector, the training courses will be available from May across all nine government regions in England.