Silver Offer

silver offer

Aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks and the CDI learning outcomes.

My Employment Passport has been created by Richard Lamplough based on his 30 years’ experience supporting young people with additional needs into paid work. Over the years, Richard’s work has been funded by a number of different organisations including local authorities, the DWP and the Careers and Enterprise Company.

The Silver Offer is ideal for organisations who want to test the water in terms of what printed resources are made available as part of the Gold PLUS and Diamond PLUS offers before, perhaps, progressing with the investment these initiatives require.

Who benefits from this?

The Silver Offer is designed for young people at entry level and young people from levels 1 to 3. All facilitators need to do is pick appropriate activities for their young people, based on their abilities and support needs. An Activity Suggestion Sheet is emailed to you and each activity is clearly marked to let you know if it’s best suited for the first group, the second group, or both groups.

How much does it cost?

There are four options: Resources for four young people: £75 Resources for eight young people: £100

Resources for twelve young people: £125

Resources for sixteen young people: £150

A set of fifteen high-quality A3 posters can be purchased for an additional £35.

What’s in the box?

You will receive enough printed materials to carry out at least ten activity sessions lasting between thirty and forty-five minutes. Organisations currently running the Silver Offer tend to spread this out over one academic term, but you could decrease or increase the overall time window to suit you best.

We email you an Activity Suggestion Sheet containing ten activities, some linked to videos that are also emailed to you. These need to played during the sessions. You can, of course, invent your own activities tailored around the skills and support needs of your young people.

Each young person receives:

4 packs of Small Cards (twelve cards in the set).

1 pack of Job Cards (sixty-five cards in the set).

1 pack of Explanation Cards (sixty-five cards in the set).

1 pack of Things in the Community Cards (fifty cards in the set).

1 04 Activity Sheet (referring to our suggested Activity no.4).

6 Response Sheets (used for six of our suggested activities).

My Employment Passport Silver Offer, Page

The Small Cards (twelve in the set)

The Small Cards consist of these Skills Cards,

these Types of Job Cards, and this Support Card

The idea of this card is that, using the dotted line, your young people can write no, a little, some, or lots of

The Job Cards (sixty-five in the set)

The Job Cards contain a broad range of jobs. Your young people will be familiar with many of these and have little or no knowledge of a few of them. Some jobs My Employment Passport identify as dream jobs, and some as possible first paid jobs. Many are simply best described as jobs.

On the front of each card, there’s a picture of someone carrying out the job, a skills bar-chart and the type of job it is. Both these correspond with the Skills Cards and the Types of Job Cards shown above. On the back, there’s a quality or skill that’s useful for the job, and two Skillsbuilder logos.

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The Explanation Cards (sixty-five in the set)

The Explanation Cards contain a broad range of topics. Most are qualities or skills, but some are neither of these things, but have particular relevance for young people moving from education to employment, for example, Challenging ourselves to try new things, or An explanation of what a career means

On the front of each card is the topic title and the relevant Skillsbuilder logos. On the back is the explanation. Whilst the language is accessible to young people between levels 1 and 3, some entry-level young people will need support with reading the words.

Here are the titles of the Explanation

Cards

1. Being willing 2. Being on time or punctual 3. Being reliable 4. Being able to keep going even if a task gets boring 5. Being enthusiastic 6. Being trustworthy 7. Being hard-working 8. Showing initiative or taking the initiative 9. Being conscientious 10. Being adaptable or flexible

Being committed to doing something 12. Being a good team player

Being personable

Being dexterous

Being good at face-to-face communication

Being thoughtful

Being chatty

Being able to work well unsupervised

Being responsible

Staying focused 22. Being keen on doing something 23. Prefers solo work rather than teamwork

24. Being full of vitality

25. Being proud

26. Being approachable

27. Having good attention to detail

28. Being organised or methodical

29. Being polite

30. Being quiet

31. Being kind

32. Being supportive or encouraging

33. Being determined 34. Being a good multitasker

35. Having a good memory

36. Being dependable

37. Being resourceful

38. Having an outgoing personality

39. Having employment potential

40. Being helpful

41. Being observant

42. Being steady

43. Being valued 44. Being neurodivergent

45. Having physical stamina

46. Being honest or truthful

47. Being passionate about something 48. Being confident

49. Remaining calm

50. Being optimistic

51. Being energetic

52. Being physically fit

53. Being able to work in a fast-paced environment

54. Responding positively to feedback

55. Being creative

56. Being imaginative

57. Being practical

58. Having fast reactions

59. Being unique

60. Being curious

61. Being a good listener

62. Staying positive

63. Challenging ourselves to try new things

64. An explanation of what a career means.

65. The value of having a Key Supporter

The Things in the Community Cards (fifty in the set)

Community is at the heart of the My Employment Passport approach. Almost certainly, for the members of your group who move on to paid employment future, their jobs will be within their local communities. Whilst they’re at school, college or day services, the more you can encourage them to think about what organisations exist in their communities, the more they can explore what jobs might be available at these. Below are ten of the cards.

The 04 Activity Sheet (four sides of hole-punched A4)

Activity no.4 on your Activity Suggestion Sheet involves watching a video about different types of jobs (the link is emailed to you). Having watched the video your young people need to place (or stick) the two most appropriate types of cards next to each job role on the A4 sheets shown here and enclosed within your box of resources.

The Response Sheet has been designed with some picture box outlines, various text boxes and numbers 1 to 10. It’s used for six of the activity suggestions, and you could use it for a variety different activities that you create.

The Raising Aspirations Posters (fifteen A3 posters)

This set of posters has been a popular purchase for many organisations since their launch in 2022. They are available as an optional extra with the Silver Offer.