SWWDP

Supporting the Learner Journey is a CPD framework, accredited by OCNSWR, designed specifically for the professional development of any one supporting people who are endeavoring to learn in any setting and context. There are 14 units that include generic needs, for example Role and Responsibilities, initial assessment and safeguarding. Other units focus on strategies for supporting people with specific difficulties such as Mental Health issues, sensory impairment, physical difficulties and those who are on the Autistic spectrum.

The process by which young learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities move from specialised schools, or from being ‘statemented’ in mainstream education to post-16 learning, is called ‘transition’.

The purpose of The Transition Toolkit: Coming Together Post-16, and accompanying resources is to give a wide range of further education (FE) providers the necessary information, professional development and practical advice to enable them to recruit and retain learners, in transition, with a wide range of learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

This project is the result of an LSC funded project to produce a Continuing Professional Development Framework to support the role of learning support practitioners (LSPs) who work in this field. It is designed to comply with the new Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) National Occupational Standards.