North Hertfordshire College is pleased to announce our open afternoon at Springboard Letchworth which will be held on Thursday 25^th April  from 2.30pm – 5.30pm at our premises. This is an opportunity for professionals, parents, and prospective students to meet the team and find out more about the Springboard programme.

 

Please note our address for this event will be: 

 

Springboard

Letchworth Town Hall,

Broadway,

Letchworth Garden City,

Hertfordshire,

SG6 3BX

 

The nearest car park is Morrison’s where you can park for free for three hours.

 

If you are not already aware of Springboard it is a full-time personalised course which provides students with the support, knowledge, skills, and confidence to become more independent, make informed decisions and ultimately to progress into a cross college vocational course and work. The course is delivered in self-contained teaching centres in Watford and Letchworth. 

Springboard is for young people aged 16-24 who require additional support before progressing to a cross college vocational course or employment. Many of our students have a diagnosis or traits of autism. Many have associated emotional and mental health needs that require specialist and bespoke support before they can move on and make a successful transition to adulthood. We do consider 15-year-olds but only if they have a EHCP.  We also consider students from out of Hertfordshire if they have an EHCP

Our students study Employability, Functional Skills Maths and English from E3 to Level 2, Creative Arts (Drama) Therapy, Life Skills, Personal Development and Wellbeing, Vocational Tasters in Art, Cooking and First Aid, Enrichment, and complete 34 hours of work experience in their vocational area of interest. We support our students to transition into cross college vocational courses, supported internships or apprenticeships or employment by helping them to discover what they want to do after Springboard, arranging taster sessions and supporting them at interviews.

Students need to meet our assessment criteria in order to access the provision although individual needs are always considered, and decisions are made on a case by case basis and subject to funding being approved by the Local Authority. 

 

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Mickaela Windsor mwindsor@nhc.ac.uk or Rebecca Lewis rebecca.lewis@nhc.ac.uk or call us on 07943526089.

To help us to manage numbers we would appreciate a confirmation from you as to what time you are planning to attend.

 

Please forward this email to any students, parents or professional contacts who may be interested in attending.

 

If you are unable to attend but would like to find out more about our provision, we would be happy to meet with you on an individual basis. Please email Mickaela or Rebecca at the above emails and we can arrange for you to come in and see us. Alternatively, we can come to your setting to meet with you any groups of students and parents that you believe would benefit from Springboard.