The training department at Taurus Crafts provides support to adults with special needs in their day to day work experience, working alongside the trainee until confidence is gained, ensuring that special needs are catered for in an unobtrusive manner and that the grounding for work place skills is provided.
Although not a training establishment Taurus Crafts provides Basic Skills, Life Skills and Work Skills training. Those wishing to may attain NPTC, NVQ qualifications without travelling to a college.
Award Ceremony for Students Gaining
Qualifications
Training staff assess each individual and plan their training so that competence is attained without undue stress. We have excellent links with local colleges and can arrange extra tuition for work related skill courses. (Recently our trainees have taken courses in antique furniture restoration and silver jewellery making.)
Oliver Packer started in the Garden Now helps run a Jewellery shop making his own pieces for sale.
We run other learning experiences such as a supper club in our restaurant kitchens once a month so that trainees can learn independent living skills in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
Taurus Crafts hosts work placement for young people from surrounding schools each year as well as those with special needs or exclusion problems. Our staff members are skilled in counselling and teaching and are on hand 7 days a week to support the work placements.
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