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- Conduct Internal Quality Assurance Asses Award
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- Alzheimer's Society West Kent
West Kent College have been working with the Alzheimer's Society West Kent to standardise their volunteers to have a recognised Level of Care.
Read More: Alzheimer's Society West Kent - Health and Social Care Exhibition June 2009The College’s ‘Redundancy Rescue’ project came to the fore at the annual Health and Social Care Exhibition which takes place at the County Showground at Detling.Many people whom Leah Buckingham-Warner and Phoebe Allen (pictured) spoke to during the day had recently been made redundant and were looking for ways to retrain, develop or change career direction. Through this project the College are able to provide advice and guidance during this period of uncertainty.
Read More: Health and Social Care Exhibition June 2009 - Business to Business Exhibition June 2009
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce hold an annual Business to Business Exhibition which this year took place at the Ashford International Hotel. As enthusiastic members and supporters of the work of the Chamber, West Kent College are always delighted to attend.
Read More: Business to Business Exhibition June 2009 - Medway NHS Conference
Sam Clark Learning and Development Facilitator, has worked closely with BDU to deliver training to various staff throughout the NHS. Sam arranged the day and the conference was for staff in bands 1-4 to explore training possibilities and to encourage them to train.
Read More: Medway NHS Conference - Policing The Area!
Kent Police is now one of West Kent College’s newest clients after eight months of preparation; their induction morning took place on 30th January 2009.
Read More: Policing The Area! - West Kent College Build Strong Working Relationship
West Kent College have been providing quality NVQ training in Care for Town and Country Homecare employees for the last couple of years. The staff at the care home have been very impressed by the work of the Assessors and the professionalism of the College.
Read More: West Kent College Build Strong Working Relationship - Coaching– but not as we know it!
Cerebral Palsy Care Kent (CPC) have used West Kent College for NVQ’s in Health and Social Care at levels 2 and 3 for some time now. Nick Wareham, a WKC Business Development Sales Executive, has recently signed up another 15 new learners. It is a sad fact that 1 in 400 children are born with Cerebral Palsy and there is no cure.
Read More: Coaching– but not as we know it! - Catering Delights
Eden Food Service is one of West Kent College’s largest clients, offering their employees NVQ Catering courses. They provide catering services to Murstan Infant School, Sittingbourne and many other schools throughout Kent.The food company choose to enrol their employees with West Kent College because the College recognises the need for training and assessing in the workplace. They also were impressed with the Assessors’ professionalism and excellent teaching standards.
Read More: Catering Delights- Local Communities Gain from Training
West Kent College is working with Angley School to provide training for their staff. The College has previously delivered training for their Teaching Assistants to achieve an NVQ and is about to commence ITQ training for someof their staff and the local community.
Read More: Local Communities Gain from Training- A job match made in College
Connexions Kent and West Kent College have formed a unique alliance aimed at matching college students with employers looking to take on young Apprentices. The Tonbridge-based College’s dedicated Apprenticeship Team has built up a relationship with Connexions’ Employer Liaison Consultant (ELC) Alison Mannell, who is the link to local employers.
Read More: A job match made in College- West Kent College coming to the Rescue!
For the past two years West Kent College has worked with Kent Fire and Rescue Service delivering various NVQs, such as Management and ITQ. Jane Silve, ITQ Co-ordinator at West Kent College, says “we have built up a robustrelationship that has seen some 100 individual learners enrolled onto the ITQ. Notwithstanding one or two problems along the way we are beginning to see the fruits of all that hard work. Fire Service personnel, including whole watches at the Channel Tunnel and support staff like the cook at Maidstone fire station, have completed their course successfully.”
Read More: West Kent College coming to the Rescue!- Engagement with the Creative Businesses of Kent
Since May 2007 West Kent College has been leading an innovative business development scheme in Kent. Focused on small enterprises in the media, design and visual sectors, ‘Growing the Creative Business’ has brought together participants from across the county.
Read More: Engagement with the Creative Businesses of Kent- Creative Industries Speed-Dating
On 17th June 2008 West Kent College held its first Creative Industries Speed-Dating Event where local creative businesses came to our TV studios to meet our freshest new talent.
Read More: Creative Industries Speed-Dating - Local Communities Gain from Training
Case Studies
- Alzheimer's Society West Kent
- Health and Social Care Exhibition June 2009
- Business to Business Exhibition June 2009
- West Kent College Build Strong Working Relationship
- Medway NHS Conference
- Coaching– but not as we know it!
- Catering Delights
- Local Communities Gain from Training
- A job match made in College
- West Kent College coming to the Rescue!
- Engagement with the Creative Businesses of Kent
- Creative Industries Speed-Dating
- Policing The Area!
Employers
What we offer Business
The Business Development Unit is the College’s dedicated team responsible for engaging with employers. The team consists of personnel with previous commercial experience to enable them to offer an informed service to employers, not only in Kent & Medway, but also to Sussex, Surrey and South West London.
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Account Managers
To ensure that your training needs are administered in the most appropriate way, all employer enquiries are assigned an account manager who will be your point of contact for all future queries. This will minimise the time you spend organising training and maximise the chances of a successful and productive relationship with us.
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Sales Team:
- Leah Buckingham Warner, Sales Team Manager
- Ursula Mullins, Sales Executive
- Mike Garofalo, Commercial Courses Development Officer
Contact us at busdev@wkc.ac.uk
