2024/25 Training Programme

We are pleased to let you know that we will be commencing our recruitment campaign for the 2024/25 training programme.  We will be offering taster sessions in November 2024 so prospective trainees can sample all the different activities that they might undertake, meet the staff team and find out more information about the opportunity.

If interested in a taster session please contact please contact the shop on 0131 553 7016 or through our contact form here or visit the shop at 87 Leith Walk Edinburgh EH6 8LX.

Our Training Programme
 
The All Together Edinburgh charity shop creates an excellent, person-centred training and learning environment for people with learning disabilities.   
 
Candidates can enrol in either the Ready for Retail Award (5 units) or learn individual units in the Skills Accreditation Programme. The Ready for Retail is on the SCQF framework and offers units such as Basic Work Skills, Customer Care, Health and Safety, Recycling, Interview Techniques, Stock and Display and Operating a Cash Register, 
 
The Skills Accreditation Programme offers over 400 units covering life, skills for work and skills for leisure. Units chosen are based on the Service User’s chosen activity/experience/skill. Each unit has a different timescale ranging from 30 weeks to a year in which to complete the unit. 
 
Many of our candidates have learnt units in Work Skills, Cleaning Skills, and just about to embark on a new training unit called “Accepting payments by debit/credit card” 

We have also recently introduced the Introduction to Video Production unit for our trainees.  See here for more details.
 
The trainee will be assessed 3 times throughout the duration of the unit and this will be carried out by trained All Together Edinburgh assessors with the support of a training consultant at Borders College. 
 
​ Trainees are presented with their certificates at a graduation ceremony at the end of their training course and given support to move on to the next step of their journey.

Please see here for details of the 2023 Graduation Ceremony held at Norton Park Edinburgh.
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