Monthly Archives: February 2015

YEUK launches Youth Friendly Charter

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YEUK NEW It was all change for Youth Employment UK (YEUK) as it launched its new Youth Friendly Charter at the AELP 2020 Vision Conference earlier this month.

The Charter, which replaces the national Youth Friendly Badge scheme, was officially unveiled at the AELP event at the Congress Centre in London on 19 February 2015 in front of delegates and dignitaries from the world of vocational learning and employment.

YEUK is dedicated to fighting youth unemployment – which remains a real challenge across the UK – and engaging the support of employers to help provide young people with more opportunities into work.

The Youth Friendly Charter is free to any organisation in the UK, and streamlines the process of the Youth Friendly Badge Scheme, removing any formal process and replacing it with a set of aspirational and fundamental principles, encouraging more organisations to get involved.

Laura-Jane Rawlings, Founder and CEO of YEUK, said ‘We have to create more opportunities for young people to develop the skills they need for work and create more opportunities for work.  That ambition of the party leaders is supported by YEUK.  But young people also need quality opportunities and businesses small or large sometimes need support to understand how they can help young people.

We cannot assume that employers are just going to create these good quality opportunities without some support.  The Youth Friendly Charter is built on our core principles of good youth engagement.  Organisations who sign up to the Charter committing to aspire to these principles will receive further support in understanding how they can be applied within their organisation’.

For more information on the benefits of signing up to the Youth Friendly Charter and the process, go to the YEUK website here

PRESS RELEASE: New security qualifications launched for Scotland

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Security A new suite of security qualifications specific to Scotland has been launched by Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (‘HABC’) for learners hoping to become licensed security operatives.

The introduction of the new qualifications comes after one of the largest ever reviews into learning in the sector by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) , followed by the introduction of similarly updated qualifications in England, Northern Ireland and Wales in January 2015.

The review affected security licence-linked units, meaning that qualifications containing these have now been withdrawn and replaced.

The new qualifications are:

• HABC Award for Working as a CCTV Operator (Public Space Surveillance) within the Private Security Industry (Public Space Surveillance) (Scotland) at SCQF Level 6 ;
• HABC Award for Working as a Door Supervisor within the Private Security Industry (Scotland) at SCQF Level 6 ;
• HABC Award for Working as a Security Officer within the Private Security Industry (Scotland) at SCQF Level 6 ; and
• HABC Award for Upskilling a Door Supervisor within the Private Security Industry (Scotland) at SCQF Level 6 .

As the new qualifications contain updated content, deliverers of them must ensure their training programmes are revised to meet the new learning outcomes and assessment criteria. Schemes of work and lesson plans must also be updated to reflect the changes.

Jason Sprenger, HABC Chief Executive, said, ‘As a result of the SIA review, we have introduced a completely new suite of qualifications that will continue to provide employers with the skilled staff they require. HABC was actively involved in the development work alongside other SIA-approved Awarding Organisations, helping to create the new units that make up the qualifications and working with our Centres to ensure their views were reflected throughout’.

A number of new learning materials have also been launched to support the qualifications, including the Working as a Door Supervisor, Working as a Security Officer and Working as a CCTV Operator books and training presentations, written by security experts Andy Walker and Gordon Tyerman.

For more information on the changes or to offer the qualifications, click here , call 0845 226 0350 or email info@highfieldabc.net

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