Newcastle-under-Lyme College

Take a look at some of the activities that we have hosted during RAP Week

Day One

Raymond Green – NHS Manager for Nurse Bank/Agency and Nurse Recruitment (H&SC)

Raymond Green talked to learners from relevant subject areas / learners with this as a possible career interest. He gave an overview of the types of roles, opportunities available and pathways that lead in to Nursing / Healthcare.

Employability Skills Workshop (attended by students from Vocational Studies, Animal Care, Joinery, Construction, Health and Social Care and Engineering) Over 130 students participated.

This workshop, ran through a company called Learning Performance, this was an interactive, fun session with the following aims:

· Enabling learners to discover their ‘transferable skills’ and to understand how these are highly beneficial to them in their ‘next step’

· Improve confidence in learners in relation to their ‘next step’

· Highlight teamwork and communication as vital elements in employment

Please see the website for further information:

http://www.learningperformance.com/employability-skills

Sonia James – NHS District Nurse (H&SC) Attended by over 50 Health and Social Care and Early Years learners.

Sonia James talked to learners from relevant subject areas / learners with this as a possible career interest. She gave an overview of the role, pathways to the role and skills and qualities that are required within healthcare.

CV workshops Attended by over 60 learners from Vocational Studies, Early Years and Engineering.

This was an interactive and informative session for learners which helped them improve upon develop their CV. There was also the opportunity for learners to ask questions during this session regarding job application forms.

Neil Goodwin – Barratt Homes (Construction) Attended by over 50 learners from Construction

An employer talk for Construction learners. See the website for further information:

http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/Footer/About-us/

Classroom Medics Attended by over 60 learner from Public Services and Health and Social Care

Split between the following:

Classroom Medics focused on H&SC learners and careers in Health by engaging learners with a wide variety of equipment.

Please see the website for further information:

http://www.classroommedics.co.uk/health.html

Classroom Medics focused on Public Services learners through group activities that relate to casualties.
Classroom Medics focused on Sports learners with a Health and Fitness MOT. This is complimented by information from the trainers on Sport Careers.

Day 2

Interview Skills and Confidence

This was an interactive workshop which allowed learners to explore and discover the top tips and practical suggestions for interview confidence! This was attended by over 100 learners throughout the day from ICT, Health and Social Care, Vocational Studies, Sport, Contstruction and ICT learners.

Ellen Anderson – Social Worker for the YMCA This session was attended by over 60 learners from Health and Social Care

Ellen Anderson has overcome barriers to achieving her goal to become a Social Worker. Ellen is totally blind and she describes how she did not allow this to stand in the way of her ambition. This talk focused on Ellen’s journey and her role as a Social Worker. She provided the following synopsis:

I had a huge gap in education to have and bring up my 6 children. Following the birth of my 6^th child, I received support from Sure Start and they encouraged me to attend Newcastle College where I completed the Access course. I received brilliant support both from lecturers and Specialist support team.

After completing the course I progressed on to university where I took a degree in Social Work. Again, the support I received was excellent. It was tough, as being a totally blind student, lecture notes and books had to be adapted to an accessible format.

I was tempted many times to give up, but I was committed, I kept my focus on the goal I wished to achieve and, despite my disability, I intended to reach it.

This I did and left university with a FIRST.

Where am I now? I have a full time job working as a social worker with young people. I love it!! Did I ever believe I would see my dream become a reality? No, not at first, but with a lot of encouragement from lecturers at college, excellent support, and a little self belief, I did!

CV workshops - was attended by over 60 learners from Vocational Studies, Health and Social Care and IT

This was an interactive and informative session for learners to help improve upon or develop their CV. There was also the opportunity for learners to ask questions during this session regarding job application forms. This session also included team building exercises.

Day 3

Forever Angels

This presentation helped raise awareness of the charity and engaged learners in thinking about fundraising opportunities. See the following information:

The objective of Forever Angels UK is to promote and raise awareness of orphaned and abandoned children in

Tanzania

and to support initiatives to alleviate these problems.

Mission Statement

We aim to promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of

Tanzania

in order to address and alleviate social and economic disadvantage to impoverished and HIV positive families and orphaned or abandoned children.

Our First Project: Forever Angels Baby Home

Our first project is the building of a Baby Home in Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria in

Tanzania

. This Baby Home provides a stable, loving home for up to 50 orphaned and abandoned babies and infants from 0 to 5 years, who are severely disadvantaged. It is staffed by trained and dedicated Tanzanian carers and trainees and provides nutrition, love, health care, physical and emotional support until the child is either fostered, adopted or reunited with their family.

http://www.foreverangels.org/

UFA - This was attended by 40 Early Years learners and learnt and developed ice breakers and team building exrcises to use in early years settings.

Gifted Workshops (Daf Price) This was attended by over 60 learners studying Early Years and Music Technology

This will be split between:

A workshop with Daf Price outlining his career and exploring the technical element of his role. See the website for more information:

http://www.giftedworkshops.com

A fun interactive DJ session for learners to try out their skills in scratching and mixing tracks.

Students from NULC showed their support for Amnesty International on International Human Rights Day.

On Monday 10 December, Health and Social Care and A Level Sociology students joined Amnesty International speaker Trevor Trueman to hear about the work he has been involved with throughout his career, as a GP and as a volunteer health professional working to support Oromo Refugees in Ethiopia.

Trevor shared the stories of the refugees he had spoken with during his frequent and lengthy visits to the country, he asked students to understand which of the Articles of the Declaration of Human Rights had been breached.

Trevor also joined students and Soroptomist International (Newcastle & District) in the food hall to share information about the people who are currently a focus of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Campaign. Students put pen to paper to urge governments across the world to make changes and bring Human Rights breaches to an end.

Local newspaper the Sentinel supported our event by printing an article on Tuesday 11 December.