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A Quick
Guide to our site & OCNs
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Charities & the Voluntary
Sector
What can OCNKM do for you?
On this page:
Customised Accreditation to meet your
organisation's needs
Whether its accrediting training and learning for the staff within
your organisation (paid or volunteers) or a programme of learning/training
for the client/customer group, OCNs can provide a valuable service.
Many charities and voluntary organisations already have well developed
training programmes for their staff/volunteers but often these have
no external accreditation to recognise the achievement of individuals
once they have completed it.
OCN accreditation provides:
- Additional structure and coherence to existing training programmes
- A way of 'measuring' the training of individual staff
- A guarantee of quality to training and learning
- A progression route within the organisation for learning/training
(induction à base-line acceptability à further learning
within or outside the organisation)
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Adding Value to In-house Training
OCN accreditation can provide an external recognition to the achievements
of staff on training programmes either in the workplace or delivered
as discrete training. This means that staff will receive nationally
recognised credits which can be added to their CVs. It gives a target
for the trainees and forges a link between in-house training and
lifelong learning. If you are seeing Investment in People or other
forms of external certification, OCN accreditation can be a huge
help to your application.
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Bite-sized Chunks of Training and Learning
As an alternative to expensive and/or long training/qualifications,
OCNs enable you to offer realisable blocks of training which will
underpin workforce development and progression onto other training/learning.
In some cases we can offer nationally accepted alternatives to NVQs
and we can always assist in the development of programmes which
will underpin NVQs and contribute to retention and eventual achievement
on NVQ Courses.
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Cost Effective
We offer a service focussed on quality not expensive glossy packaging.
We provide the external quality assurance for learning and training
which often is already happening within an organisation. Our services
are very reasonable compared with alternatives types of accreditation
and we will always try to match a price to suit the needs of our
customers.
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National Currency
We are part of one of the largest adult awarding bodies in the
UK, The National Open College Network. Over 600,000 learners per
year enrol on OCN programmes throughout the country. Nearly every
adult, further and higher education institution in England, Wales
and Northern Ireland is a member of its local OCN. A diverse range
of organisations such as the BBC, The TUC and other trades unions,
the Prison Service, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and national charities
(to name but a few), use OCN accreditation for their training and
learning accreditation.
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Access to a Wider World of Training &
Learning
By using OCN accreditation your organisation will able to forge
links with the world of education ranging from schools, adult, further
to higher education. As a network organisation OCNKM will offer
your staff the chance to undertake personal development by engaging
in the activities of programme recognition, external moderation
etc as well as giving you access to newsletters, briefings and conferences
related to learning and training.
Whatever your accreditation needs however big or small contact
OCNKM for further details.
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