This year, the adult education provider is helping employers boost skills in the workforce with advice and a top tip guide.
During National Careers Week (4 to 9 March), ACL Essex is showing businesses how they can support employees with a range of courses.
The adult education provider offers the opportunity to boost skills and gain qualifications.
Councillor Tony Ball, Essex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education Excellence, Lifelong Learning and Employability, said, “National Careers Week is a great time to look at strengthening your workforce. Whether you need employees to build skills quickly or move to a new role in a specific sector, ACL Essex has a course to support you. Many training opportunities come at no cost, plus courses are flexible to fit around employees’ current work schedule.”
ACL Essex has provided these top tips to help employers across the county to boost their workforce:
1. Employees can work and learn at the same time with flexible learning courses:
Employees don’t need to take lots of time off work to learn. ACL Essex provides a range of flexible learning courses. These online and hybrid courses can fit around busy lifestyles. They can be completed at a time that suits the learner. These courses enable employees to gain qualifications in a range of subject areas including management. To find out more about flexible learning courses, visit www.aclessex.com/flexible-learning.
2. Take on an apprentice to help refresh your workforce:
ACL Essex can help to recruit new apprentices. Apprenticeship programmes are also available to existing employees. The programmes can support people who want to progress to a new role. They can also help those who have taken on a management role, or need to develop their current skillsets. ACL Essex offers apprenticeships in business administration, facilities and warehousing, IT and digital, and more. To find out more, visit www.aclessex.com/employers.
3. Support employees in the health and care sector with fully funded courses:
Fully funded training is available at ACL Essex to support employees to progress within the health and care sector. Essex County Council funds the Nightingale Care Bursary. It offers qualifications from levels two to five. The courses support employees in their current role within the health and care sector. They help to improve their skills to enhance job prospects and gain a promotion. To find out more about the Nightingale Care Bursary, visit www.aclessex.com/nightingale.
4. Support your staff with their personal development
ACL Essex can support professional development. Employees can gain GCSE qualifications in a range of subjects. They can also take a first aid course and there are plenty of career and employability skills courses. ACL Essex also offers a range of mental health and wellbeing courses for employees. These include building resilience, reducing anxiety, goal setting, and managing positive habits. ACL can also build tailored programmes to meet the specific training needs of employers. To find out more about the range of opportunities available, visit www.aclessex.com.
5. Boost employees’ skills with 12-week Skills Bootcamps:
To help build skills quickly, ACL Essex offers Skills Bootcamps. These short courses support learners to boost valuable sector-specific skills in a 12-week period. Learners benefit from tutor-led online sessions with one-to-one support. Courses are free and flexible, and available to those who are aged 19 and over, who meet eligibility requirements. ACL Essex offers digital marketing and project management (construction), and early years and education Skills Bootcamp courses. To find out more, visit www.aclessex.com/skills-bootcamps.
