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How our options will benefit advisors & their customers
Course & programme options
These courses are currently funded by the JobCentre.
- Preparing for work in the creative media industries (OPPORTUNITY NO. HJN 51072) Download a factsheet (pdf)
- Web design (Works programme)
- Media technology (Works programme)
Help for candidates/customers
Overview
If you are registered unemployed you may be able to attend one of the courses listed on this page for free. Whilst training you will receive the cash equivalent of your unemployment and housing benefit. You will also normally be entitled to the reimbursement of any costs incurred traveling to and from your place of study (and work placement) or meetings with your tutor.
How to apply - candidates/customers
Simply call us between 11-5pm on 020 8691 1900 Mon-Fri to find out if you are eligible and ask any questions you may have, or ask your JobCenter advisor to call us next time you see them. We will give you expert advice and explain the procedures. You will be able to attend a free Taster Day to find out exactly what each course entails so you can make an informed decision.
Preparing to
work in creative
media / respond
to redundancy.
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pdf factsheet
work in creative
media / respond
to redundancy.
Download a
pdf factsheet
Help for advisors
When to refer
We start a course/group, every 3- 4 weeks. Groups have 10 students, first come-first serve. We therefore ask advisors to refer customers at least 4 weeks before the end of their New Deal gateway to ensure they can join a group in time.
We have learnt from experience that fast tracking customers, who are near the end of their gateway, on to the programme before a group is ready to start can greatly increase the chances of that customer leaving prematurely.
The easy way to refer ...
To refer a customer onto any of of our course or programme options just call us on 020 8691 1900 between 10.30am and 5.30pm. We can give you advice on referral procedures, contract numbers and opportunity Numbers, and we will speak to your client whilst you are with them and ensure their preferred option is suitable.
If you want to refer customers yourself ...
To refer a customer onto one any of of our course or programme options ...
a) Establish option your customer is interested in. Call us on 020 8691 1900 and we will talk to you and them.
b) Call us on 020 8691 1900 and book them onto our next available Taster days (approx every 2 weeks) where they will find out in detail about their chosen option and what the New Deal requirements for training are. Our admin team will give you advise on necessary paperwork such as Ref2's.
c) Once your client has attended a taster day and confirmed they are interested, they may be given some Induction Tasks to complete which will help us to construct a learning plan for them and establish that they are serious.
d) When the Induction Tasks have been successfully completed and returned to us we will book them for an induction interview (and SL2 is generated at this point) and confirm a course start day.
e) If you are unable to call us, you should appropriate opportunity numbers by searching on your system (tree of knowledge). Try using the following terms/criteria ...
Music
Media
Web design
Multimedia
Film making
Video making
Engineering
Sound engineering
How our options benefit you & your customers
Our courses and programmes are designed to improve the employability of students. We aim to equip students with practical skills and knowledge of current industry work practices, and improve their social and interview / job search skills. Our tutors are working professionals and we use the latest industry standard technologies.
Every student is encouraged to apply for a wide range of employment situations, including ANY job that will help them buy essential equipment such as computers, musical instruments and vans etc. Students are not encouraged to apply primarily for aspirational jobs. We help them apply for jobs they could reasonably expect to secure with their current skill set and experience.
Jobs a Web design or eCommerce student will be equipped to apply for
Here are some examples ...
- Any job with ANY type of employer where a knowledge of web design will prove useful.
eg An admin job with an employer who maintains their own website.
eg A retail job with an employer who maintains their own website.
eg A technical support job with a school or college who maintain their own website. - A job with a design business.
- A job with a printing company.
- Self employment in web site design.
- ANY job that will help them buy essential equipment.
Jobs a Music Production student will be equipped to apply for
Here are some examples ...
- Any relevant job in the Music & media industry (media, retail, marketing, broadcast, live sound, studio production, management, publishing etc)
- Sound design for a web design business.
- Music therapy, mentoring and teaching.
- ANY job that will help them buy essential equipment.
Jobs a Film Production student will be equipped to apply for
Here are some examples ...
- Any job in the media, broadcast, video and the film industries which will help them get a foot in the door.
- Freelance film and video production.
- ANY job that will help them buy essential equipment.
Jobs a Musician & Performer career mentoring programme student will be equipped to apply for
Here are some examples ...
- Gigs and tours on the various London circuits
- Function gigs (weddings/parties etc..)
- Production companies
- Jingle writing/Library music/Advertising music
- Computer game soundtracks
- Radio work
- Any job that will help them to buy essential equipment.
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