Young people on e2e talk about their experiences

Ever wanted to know more about e2e (entry to employment)? Well help is at hand.

As part of its podcast series, Connexions Nottinghamshire went to Access Training to talk to young people and tutors about what e2e really means.

Entry to Employment is suitable for young people if:

• they’re not ready to go straight into an Apprenticeship, a job or onto college
• they’ve missed out on time at school
• they don’t have many qualifications and they’re starting to think about what they want to do.

The training programme will include things like:

• help with basic skills - reading, writing or numbers
• work placements or tasters
• skills to help them develop as a person
• help with finding and keeping a job
• working towards an NVQ Level 1 qualification.

Syreeta, currently studying on e2e at Access Training, says: “The best thing about e2e is that it helps build your confidence and you get training too.”

Life Skills Tutor, Craig, adds: “It’s a good chance for them to get some work experience. To work in a classroom with other young people to improve their personal and social skills and they can have Maths and English classes too. We have sessions based around confidence building. We treat each learner as an individual and bring out the best of them while they’re on the course.”

Want to find out more, take a look at the e2e podcast