Certificate in Employability Practice Level 3

The qualification is at the heart of the Institute of Employability Practitioners (IEP) initiative to drive professionalisation and is accredited by NCFE. It provides frameworks, tools and specialist knowledge to support your development, equipping you with the competencies needed to deliver high-quality professional employability services.

JGA’s CEP was developed and is led by industry leader Anne Tanner, who has extensive experience in both employability and skills, including supporting the Community Learning Bridge for many years.

The course is specifically designed to support teams working on employability initiatives such as Restart, JET and other programmes focused on helping the unemployed return to work.

Course Contents

The qualification comprises four units:

Unit 1 – Contracting, Action Planning and Caseload Management

Stimulate and empower your clients to identify goals and aspirations and understand expectations and boundaries, use frameworks to help you to facilitate your sessions and set SMART targets. Find a strategy to stay focused and prioritise when managing your caseload, identify obstacles and barriers and overcome them.

Unit 2 – Interpersonal coaching and facilitation skills

Understand intercommunication skills, the building of trust and respect with your clients through active listening and supported guidance, learning and the importance of decision-making skills.

Unit 3 – Supporting informed decision making

Understand the importance of culture, values, beliefs and ethical perspectives as well as the factors that influence this, to enable clients to be confident and motivated.

Unit 4 – Finding and competing for work

Prepare for the fast-changing world of work, understand Labour Market Intelligence and the importance of ensuring that society and the client work together.

Benefits to you

You will achieve:

• Learning
• Professional recognition
• A platform for your career
• Membership of the Institute of Employability Practitioners and the opportunity to network with peers and actively participate in the IEP’s activities!

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Customised Qualification

The Certificate in Employability Practice is a bespoke, unregulated qualification developed by the IEP and accredited by the awarding organisation NCFE.

The course’s learning outcomes and assessment criteria are benchmarked at Level 3, allowing learners to demonstrate the depth and difficulty of the study. Upon completion of the Certificate in Employability Practice, learners will receive a certificate of achievement, which serves as evidence of the knowledge and skills acquired. Please note that this is an unregulated course and is not a nationally recognised qualification.

How the qualification will be delivered

Learning is a blend of live teaching (via Zoom/Teams), bite-sized e-learning modules and tasks, all supported by ongoing expert guidance. There will be opportunities to observe, practice and reflect, along with assignments at the end of each unit.

The flexible approach focuses clearly on the realities of your role and workplace.

The time commitment consists of a 2-hour classroom session every fortnight, plus 3 hours of additional learning activities each week. The course typically takes 6-8 months to complete.