Women and Work - Skills for Justice
Skills for Justice has secured over half a million pounds of funding to offer a range of training initiatives to women working or volunteering in the Justice sector in England. Opportunities include:
- accredited team leader training for new team leaders or those who want to progress to that role
- accredited coach/mentoring programme for middle managers
- executive coaching for senior managers
- a bespoke programme for women returners
- bursaries worth up to £680 to access off the shelf solutions
- accredited Action Learning Set Facilitator training
These initiatives are designed promote the development of soft skills, such as increased confidence, assertiveness, work-life balance, negotiation, delegation and increasing personal impact. The pilot programme showed that these skills can have a direct impact on the career progression of women in the Justice sector and are valued by employers. Some of the programmes are being offered as part of a small pilot therefore places are limited and we recommend that you register your interest as soon as possible.
If you would like to learn more about the programmes available, delivery dates, or to register on one of the programmes, please visit the Skills for Justice website at http://www.skillsforjustice.com/template01.asp?pageid=655. T o register for a course, please contact their team on 01142 317 392, or email womenandwork@skillsforjustice.com.
E-briefings
Skills for Justice e-briefing is sent out every fortnight by e-mail and provides up to the minute details of our latest products, projects and developments, as well as news from across the Justice sector. If you would like to be added to the distribution list please register here.
Briefing document (300 words) issued 20 May 2009
