QQI Level 4 Employment Skills Programme - Shaping Futures Programme

Are you looking to upskill and return to work?

If so, the INOU are offering an exciting Employment Skills Programme designed to give participants the necessary skill sets to take up employment or progress on to further education.

The Shaping Futures programme is a QQI accredited programme with participants working towards a QQI Level 4 major award in Employment Skills. The training is delivered in our INOU Learning Hub which is located at 88-90 Townsends Street, Dublin 2.

Modules Include:

• Information Technology Skills
• Personal & Interpersonal Development
• Teamworking
• Communications
• Understanding Interculturalism
• Career Planning
• Functional Mathematics
• Work Experience
• Workplace Safety.

In addition to the above modules, participants are given the opportunity to undertake further training such as:-

• Safe pass
• PSA license
• Driver theory test
• Forklift training
• Barista training
• HACCP 1 & 2 including Allergen Awareness
• Manual handling
• Fire Warden
• Patient Moving and Handling
• First Aid Responder – PHEEC accredited
• Restorative Practice
• Mental Health Awareness
• Work Equal – Confidence in Clothing including styling.

Participant criteria:

Are you…

• Experiencing unemployment?
• In receipt of a social welfare payment?
• In and out of work regularly?
• Moving on from a scheme (C.E., J.I., C.S.P. or similar)?

AND

Do you…

• Have good communication skills?
• Reasonable literacy and I.T. skills?
• Like working with people?
• Have good command of English?

If so, then we would love to hear from you.

Cost:

There is no cost to participate on the Shaping Futures programme. While training you will receive an ETB training allowance, meal allowance, travel allowance and your secondary social welfare payments will not be affected.

Here’s how to register:

If you are interested in finding out more information, please contact Michelle/Sinead on 01-2678760 in the INOU Learning Hub or via email at training3@inou.ie (Michelle) or training4@inou.ie (Sinead).

You can also apply online at https://www.fetchcourses.ie/course/finder?sfcw-courseId=351758. If you have any problem registering, please contact us and we will be happy to help you.

We will be holding workshops and informal interviews in June/July which will give you a better sense of the course and allow you to determine if the course is right for you.

• Participation in Shaping Futures should not affect your Social Welfare payments.
• ETB (Formerly FÁS/VEC) training allowances apply to this course.