Men@Work Program

Men@Work Program

 

When: 6 Week program (dates to be confirmed)

Venue: Tuggeranong Community Centre - 245 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway, ACT 2900

Time: 6.00pm - 9.00pm (including a light meal)

Cost: Free - including individual post session support

To book a place please contact NuSkills Learning and Development on P: 6293 6500 or E: nuskills@commsatwork.org

 

Course objective:

The Men @ Work Program is designed to support individuals to develop interpersonal life skills such as communication, problem solving and assertiveness to help achieve goals around family and entering the workforce.

 

Learning Outcomes:

·         Increased understanding of life goals

·         Strategies to achieve these goals, including learning and education    strategies

·         Enhanced sense of connectedness to community

·         Increased skills and knowledge in managing the complexities of life    and work

 

Session 1:  Introduction

Overview of the program, including personal sharing of each participant and what they want to achieve from the program. Group values, confidentiality, adult learning principles, benefits of self analysis/reflection, barriers to achieving/learning.

 

Session 2: Self Analysis

Participants explore their ambition, which education and training directions that would benefit them.

 

Session 3: What gets in the way

Participants understand their life’s experiences that may have impacted on them not following the career path they would like.

 

Session 4: Goal setting

Participants will set one goal they want to work on throughout the rest of the program.

 

Session 5: Researching educational opportunities

Learn key skills that will assist them on taking steps towards future learning. Includes a guest speaker to work on resume writing, interview skills, writing job applications.

 

Session 6: What is needed to keep going. Participants start to understand what is holding them back/what is helping them move forward.

 

Final assessment of the training and completion certificates.

 

Post session support:

The program allows for two personal one hour one on one follow up sessions for each participant, should they want/require it.