Employability Skills

All our Employability Skills courses focus on getting young people ready for the workplace

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Fully funded courses

Personalised support and dedicated coaching

Develop the skills you need

Support to help you succeed

Build your skills, confidence and experience for the workplace.

Our courses develop the life skills, confidence, English and maths skills, and vocational qualifications that employers value, with excellent work experience opportunities. 

Who is suitable?

  • Learners who have not chosen their career path 
  • Learners who were unable to complete mainstream education 
  • SEND/LDD learners 
  • Those who prefer smaller classrooms 
  • Those who need additional tutor support. 


Our study centres have a warm and welcoming environment, with small classroom sizes for learners who need additional support. 

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Learners benefit from:

A personal tutor

Personal and social development

High staff-to-learner support

A strong safeguarding culture

Good links with employers

Inclusive learning centres

Financial support

SEND specialist

Our available courses

Our Employability Skills courses offer personalised support, in-demand skills, and work experience to help young people succeed in their future careers.

Level 1

This course focuses on building confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and practical life skills.  

You will learn about:

Level 2

This course builds on existing knowledge and prepares you for employment, apprenticeships or further education. 

You will learn about:

Key benefits

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Fully Funded

They are 100% funded by the government.

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Financial Support

Learners may be eligible for financial support including bursaries, free school meals and travel payments.

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Skills for Life

We are committed to supporting you while you develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours that will help you with your future career. 

Each of our programmes is designed to help you continue your academic studies at a higher level and / or gain employment - we look forward to taking you on a journey towards your chosen pathway!

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Tailored

Our learners also have their own dedicated learner coach to help them during their course and to provide pastoral support.

We offer a focused, personal service because of our smaller training centres.

Our trusted employer relationships mean we have unparalleled access to apprenticeship opportunities.

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Safeguarding

Total People are committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Total People have a range of policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding which covers the 6 Rs; Recruit, Recognise, Record, Reporting, Respond and Review.

Build Your Workforce with Tailored Pre-Recruitment Support

Is your business facing challenges in recruiting entry-level talent?

Our fully funded pre-employment training offer is designed to help employers across Greater Manchester* connect with job-ready candidates.

Get started with Employability Skills

Complete the form to find out more about our Employability Skills courses and the support available to help you succeed.

Find out more about our courses

Register your interest in our Employability Skills courses using the form below and one our team will contact you.

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