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Supporting Community Heroes

Helping local people find new opportunities

Throughout Covid19 many local heroes supported their community by providing essential roles to Bradford Council, working as Covid Support Workers completing many key tasks such as:

  • Raising awareness of Covid19
  • Advice on how to stay safe
  • Managing pop up Covid19 testing sites
  • Managing Covid19 vaccination sites
  • Dispelling myths about vaccinations

This is a group of dedicated workers who are ready for the next steps in their careers.

They have developed and evidenced many key skills that are valuable in the work place:

  • Self Motivated
  • Self Managing
  • Driven
  • Excellent personal skills
  • Keen organizational skills

Bradford College are supporting approximately 200 people in reaching the next steps in their careers, building on the skills developed through these Covid Support roles to help them progress further in education or the workplace.

Bradford College support

  • Help applying for jobs
  • Transferable Skills
  • Developing interview skills
  • Building resilience
  • Talent matching

Workshops

Bradford college are running 2 workshops for skills development in November

Monday 1st November – Job search sessions / Review of Skills

Tuesday 2nd November – Application Form Filling Techniques

Wednesday 3rd November – Interview Techniques / Presentation Skills

Thursday 4th November – Confidence and Resilience Building –

Employers – Get Involved

This is a skilled workforce looking to find the next steps in their careers. If you have opportunities available in your business and want to help transform lives, then please get in touch.

If you have vacancies available and are looking for candidates, please get in touch with ______

Bradford College Lecturer Recognised for National ESOL Leadership and Research

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A Bradford College lecturer has been recognised for her contribution to English language education through academic publications and a new national leadership appointment. Dr Cathy Clarkson, Lecturer in PSET and Trinity Cert TESOL at Bradford College, has recently had articles published in two respected language education journals. One article, published in Learning English Plus, reflects […]

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Students on Bradford College’s new Hybrid ESOL programme are combining English language learning with vocational study. The approach helps them develop career-focused skills alongside their ESOL qualification. Launched in September, the programme gives Entry 3 ESOL students the chance to study a vocational subject alongside English. Students can choose from Construction, Science or IT. This […]

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