Manchester Adult Education Service delivered a "Prepare for Placement" course through its Digital Families program, with 15 learners enrolling and 12 completing. The course aimed to help young parents looking for work by offering work experience placements through Job Centre Plus and Sure Start, while teaching digital skills like using tablets, creating presentations and saving files. Learners reported gaining confidence, skills and achieving their goals of obtaining a job, and the course activities aligned with the large number of future jobs in Greater Manchester requiring Level 3 or higher qualifications.

1. Manchester Adult Education
Service
Digital Families
Prepare for Placement

2. Achievement
15 learners enrolled and 12 completed the course

3. • Target young
parents looking
for work
Job
Centre
Plus
• Offer work
experience
placements
Sure
Start
• Deliver Prepare
for PlacementMAES

4. It is estimated that, of the 910,000 jobs expected to
be created across Greater Manchester by 2022, half
will require skills at Level 3 or above and a quarter
will require level 4 skills.
Gorton South

5. What learners
wanted to get
from the course

6. All these learners said they needed to gain confidence, new skills, and a job!

7. • Setting goals
• Research
• Working with others
• Taking notes
• Communication
• Organising and presenting
information
• Working to deadlines
• Using a tablet
• Making a video diary
• Creating a poster
• Recording interviews
• Email
• Word-processing notes
• Creating a presentation
• Saving and editing files
Employability Digital

8. Activities

9. What learners felt they had achieved

10. Impact and next steps