A choice of short courses and programmes, online and for FREE*
*Funding provided by Lincolnshire County Council and the European Union, you must be 19 years, or over, on or before 31.08.2020 and you must be a resident of Lincolnshire
Life & Work Skills
Change your thoughts and actions in your life with the following course:
Be able to reflect and list what you are grateful for
Learn about having a fixed mindset and how to change your mindset to a growth mindset
Find how to motivate yourself by changing your routine
Think of the impossible and dream the possible
List your goals and plan how to get there.
Includes exercises to help think and record your thoughts.
Course length - 2 hours.
(Follow on course from introduction level) Learn advanced and effective mindset practices to help you in your life:
Be able to access your progress in life including habits, beliefs and what scares you
Look at the person you would like to become
Learn techniques including: know your direction, focus on being a learner and learning from your mistakes, destroy new limiting beliefs and choose happiness
The 5 second rule and when to use it
Taking action each day towards your goals/objectives or projects
Learning to use praise as a positive influence
Includes exercises to help think and record your thoughts.
Course length - 2 hours.
Discover the different types of CV and when to use each, check each element of your CV with tried and tested methods that will make your CV stand head and shoulders above the rest:
The modern CV and the different types available
What should each section include
Personal information and what you need to include
Common CV mistakes.
After each element a task will be completed to either create or amend your CV to this new standard.
Course time - 2 hours.
Know how to write a cover letter and compete application forms:
Why do companies use them
How should you write a cover letter
Using a template
How should you complete an application form
What information should you include (including personal information)
Creating a work based email address to use.
Tasks for each element will help cement your understanding.
Course length - 2 hours.
Know what to expect in different interviews including 1-to-1, group and online, also learn about:
Interview preparation
The interview itself and what to expect in each different type
Before and after interview tips
What happens if you are successful or unsuccessful at the interview.
Tasks included to test your knowledge about the interview.
Course length - 2 hours.
Set structure to make the most out of your time when searching for new employment:
Job searching hints, tips and strategies
How to apply for jobs
Apprenticeships
Using employment agencies
Using social media to job search
Covid remote job searching and interviews.
Tasks are included to aid understanding.
Course length - 2 hours.
Ways That Sleep can Affect Wellness
How to Encourage Self-Care in the Workplace
How to Discuss Mental Health Issues at Work
How to Manage Stress in the Workplace
How to Manage Difficult Relationships at Work
Resilience Training
Course length - 2 hours.
Learn these important time management skills:
Prioritising
Delegation
Goal setting
The 3 inbox system
The to-do list
The doing stage
The review stage
And scheduling.
Includes exercises to help you focus, think and practice your new skills.
Course length - 2 hours.
Learn the different methods of communication so you become more effective and efficient at communicating:
The role of communication
Communication styles
Written communication
Vocal communication
Body language
Effective listening.
Includes tasks to practice the above within the course.
Course length - 2 hours.
Learn the best and most effective ways of teamwork either in your personal or work life:
Communicating well with others
Focusing on team goals and results
Contributing fairly in a team
Offering support within a team
Team members and their characteristics
Organising the team and delegation
Learning within a team.
Includes tasks to practice the above.
Course duration - 2 hours.
Be able to read and understand body language weather in person or online:
Facial expressions
Body movement and posture
Gestures
Eye contact
Touch
Space
Voice
Tasks will allow you to practice what you have been taught.
Course length - 2 hours.
Computer Skills
Learn the basics of the computer:
Windows - what it is, what it does and what it includes: calculator, sticky notes, Microsoft Edge
Use menus and dialogue boxes including resizing
Create and organise folders
Copy, move and delete folders and documents
Create a basic letter
Enter and make changes to text
Create, open and close documents
Use the snipping tool
Includes exercises so you can practice what you have learnt.
Course length 2 hours.
Learn how to use a web browser and email effectively, create a work focused email address using Microsoft Outlook or Gmail and investigate their free online applications:
Web addresses
Searching for information using search engines
Carrying out complex searches
Using bookmarks
Introducing Microsoft 365 and Gmail and their online applications
Creating an email address
Create, reply and forward email
Attach files to emails.
Learn to use a Wordprocessor to:
Explore its features
Create a document, enter text
Open and save files
Move and manipulate text
Search and replace text
Align text
Change line spacing and margins
Headers and footers
Create a table
Print documents.
Includes exercises so you can practice what you have learnt.
Course length 2 hours.
Use Microsoft Word to create a complex document from scratch using:
Document setup and styles
Headers and footers
Cover and content pages
Collaborate with others using track changes and comments
And use mail merge to create multiple copies of the same document to be send to different people.
Includes tasks so you can practice what you have learn't.
Course length - 2 hours.
Learn to use Spreadsheets:
Enter text and numbers
Save spreadsheets and workbooks
Enter formula (BODMAS)
Make changes to data
Add, delete and resize cells
Copy data and formula
Sort data
Format numbers
View and print formula.
Includes exercises so you can practice what you have learnt.
Course length 2 hours.
Delivery: Online - start and study anytime with tutor support
Using Microsoft Excel you will construct a complex spreadsheet from scratch using:
Advanced formula and functions including - Count, CountIF, CountA
Understand and use Vlookup
Introduce Pivot tables
Use multiple worksheets in a spreadsheet workbook
And graphs.
Includes exercises so you can practice what you have learnt.
Course length - 2 hours.
Learn the basics of Presentations:
Creating a presentation
Adding slides
Change text
Add graphics to a presentation
Working with graphics
Move and copy pictures
Styling text with bullets and numbers
Arranging text
Styles
Running the presentation.
Includes exercises so you can practice what you have learnt.
Course length - 2 hours.
Delivery: Online - start and study anytime with tutor support
Using Microsoft Powerpoint you will construct a complex presentation from scratch using:
Be able to format a presentation
Importing text from another application into a presentation
Customising a Powerpoint design
Add media and animations to a presentation
How to collaborate when creating a presentation
Recording a presentation includes exercises so you can practice what you have learned.
Course length - 2 hours.
Job Sector Courses
For individuals on Universal Credit aged between 16 - 24 who are interested in the governments Kickstart scheme:
What is the scheme and what it gives you and the employer
How to work with the job centre to get a placement
How to use social media to find your own placement
CV, cover letters and application forms
Interview skills
Accepting the placement.
Tasks included will aid your learning.
Course length - 2 hours.
What is it like working in an office, what positions are on offer and what skills do you need to work there.
Learn about all aspects of working as a teaching assistant including:
Why should you choose a career as a teaching assistant?
What skills, qualifications, and experience do you need?
A day in the life of a teaching assistant
How to find out about vacancies
Career progression
What needs to go on your CV?
Tasks included aiding your learning.
Course length 2 hours.
What you need to know about being self employed or starting up a business including:
Is working for yourself right for you?
Looking at your business ideas
Planning the business
Registering yourself and your business
What records you need to keep
Ready, set, go......good luck.
Tasks included to aid your learning.
Course length 3 hours.
