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April 2008 |
Funding available for young parents and parents-to-be through the LSC and Family Learning, Literacy and Numeracy (FLLN) - delivered through Adult and Community Learning
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In September 2007 NCLP/PTS was awarded funding by the South West Regional LSC to deliver a training development programme for teenage parents and parents-to-be until 31st March 2008.
All the contractual targets were met and NCLP/PTS was awarded a further twelve months funding within the same LSC region; 1st April 2008 - 31st March 2009.
The programme was delivered by nineteen providers (mainly Children's Centres) throughout the five counties and NCLP trained 65 Tutors and Support Workers including Midwives and Community Workers for the projects.
The specific objectives attached to the funding are:
"To extend the skills of those who are expecting a child, or who have recently had a child, in coping with pregnancy and the early months of a child's life. Providers may choose how best to put together modules looking at issues such as pregnancy and labour, how to obtain support, healthy eating for mothers and for young children, early child development, literacy and numeracy, and should provide opportunities for learners to achieve or work towards qualifications up to Level 1".
This is how the NCLP YMTB skills for life and Parents with Prospects (PwP) awards meet the objectives:
Skills for Life (Basic Skills) and Key Skills are embedded and mapped throughout all units of the packs, however the following units are particularly relevant to Communication, Application of Number and Information Technology.
YMTB & PwP - Unit 8 - Communication maps directly into the Core Curriculum and learning is embedded in the tasks and assignments. Guidance is mapped into the tutor support pack to enable the Key Skill 'Communication' to be achieved with evidence drawn from the YMTB learner pack. Additional tasks and assignments have been added to the tutor support pack to ensure that all requirements of the Core Curriculum are fully covered.
YMTB Unit 6 & PwP Unit 10 - Money Management with some additional evidence maps directly into the Core Curriculum and learning is embedded in the tasks and assignments. Guidance is mapped into the YMTB tutor support pack to enable the Key Skill 'Application of Number' to be achieved with evidence drawn from the YMTB learner pack.
YMTB Unit 3 & PwP Unit 9 - IT (Information Technology) Skills although not specifically required by the LSC these unit has also been mapped into the ICT Key Skill at level 1.
All YMTB Tutors are specifically trained to deliver the award; this training is mandatory and is free of charge upon the issue of an initial centre licence. Over 250 tutors nationally have been trained and evaluation shows this training to be of an extremely high standard.
NCLP programmes are widely recognised as comprehensive parenting support courses which inspire and motive young parents and parents to be.
Any project working with young people should open doors to further learning, and should support ambition and achievement. We welcome the opportunity of working with providers of excellence to make this happen.
We are delighted that the YMTB and Parents with Prospects (Developing Skills in Effective Parenting) NCFE accredited awards covers the above criteria.
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April 2008 |
Tutor Support - Unit 9
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Additional information has been added to the answers for the Contraception Quiz in Unit 9.
Please see Page 34 of the Tutor Support for this unit.
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November 2007 |
NCFE - YMTB Skills for Life Competence Award
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Statistics
The YMTB Skills for Life Competence Award was delivered as a non accredited course until 2002
All Providers were running the accredited course by November 2003
Since accreditation 3,111 learners have been registered for the YMTB - Skills for Life Competence Award
In the 12 month period August 2006 - August 2007, 552 learners were registered
From these registrations 467 learners have achieved the YMTB award
42 learners are working towards achievement
Only 7.8% (43) of learners have withdrawn
The overall achievement rate to date is 84.6%. This figure will increase over the next few months as learners continue to achieve
Young dads to be also achieve the YMTB Award (at present our records do not differentiate between male and female learners). Many centres support young dads to be who are included in the sessions
On average the learners have achieved 7 units per portfolio
There are now 40 Providers nationally.
Portfolios are assessed, internally and externally verified to level 1 standard.
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November 2007 |
NCLP
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On 19th November we moved to new premises. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and delays in responding to your emails.
Our new address is:
NCLP
Kestrel Court
Waterwells Drive
Waterwells Business Park
Gloucester
GL2 2AT
Our new telephone number is:
01452 886416
Our new fax number is:
01452 886423
The email addresses remain the same.
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July 2007 |
YMTB cited in multi-agency guide
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Multi-agency working to support teenage parents-A midwifery guide to partnership working with Connexions and other agencies.
This Guide has been written with the aim of improving outcomes for pregnant teenagers and new teenage parents, particularly those under 18. See pages 16 and 19
This guide is available to downloaded from the following website:
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www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/IG00211/
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July 2007 |
YMTB & PWP cited as best practice
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Teenage Parents Next Steps: Guidance for Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts - Case studies on pages 29 and 57.
Beverley Hughes states in her introduction "In chapter 6, we set out our vision for what we want each local area to provide for teenage parents and what we will do nationally to support them to deliver more tailored and responsive services. It does not place new burdens on services, but looks in particular at how key mainstream services - midwifery and health visiting services, Children's Centres, Targeted Youth Support services, Reintegration officers and Housing officers - can tailor the support they provide so that it better meets young parents' needs. It makes the case for an integrated approach to supporting young parents, with support from different agencies brokered through a lead professional."
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www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/IG00250/
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February 2008 |
YMTB Tutor Support Units
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All the Tutor Support Units for the New YMTB - 'young mums and dads to be' Student Pack are now available on the secure website.
All Tutors will need to download the units as and when they receive the New Student Packs. The Lauren & Ben Evidence Sheets, Standards and Assessment Plans will also need to be downloaded.
There have been some changes made to all these documents to accommodate the inclusion of Young Dads To Be and to comply with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative
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25th May 2007 |
Drinking alcohol when pregnant
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New guidance has been introduced by the Department of Health to provide stronger, consistent advice for the whole of the UK.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Fiona Adshead said;
"We have strengthened our advice to women to help ensure that no-one underestimates the risk to the developing foetus of drinking above the recommended safe levels. Our advice is simple: avoid alcohol if pregnant or trying to conceive. This advice could also be included on alcohol packaging or labels.
The advice now reflects the fact the many women give up drinking alcohol completely during pregnancy. It is now straightforward and stresses that it is better to avoid drinking alcohol altogether.
The National Organisation on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome estimates for the UK as a whole that there are more than 6,000 children born each year with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Excessive alcohol can cause damage to the unborn baby at all stages in pregnancy and of course many women don't confirm they are pregnant until a number of weeks into the pregnancy. Therefore, for women who are planning to conceive it makes sense to avoid alcohol or limit their consumption to no more than 1-2 units once or twice a week”.
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April 2007 |
News on Funding
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New funding is now available for parenting skills - See our Funding page
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April 2007 |
Evaluation of YMTB
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NCLP and YMCA Croyden have developed a Wheel of Life Self Assessment & Evaluation tool. It can be found under the 'standards' button in the secure area of the website. Please use it with all your YMTB learners as it will help to provide data for the statistical analysis of this programme.
Thank you.
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