Education & Training – Clare Youth Service

Clare Youth Service Community Training Centre (CTC)

Clare Youth Service Community Training Centre offers Youthreach provision directed at unemployed early school leavers aged 16 to 21 years.

This provision is supported by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014 – 2020.

Leaving Certificate Applied

This is a recognised Leaving Certificate from the Department of Education and Skills. Young people are supported and encouraged to apply their knowledge, skills and experiences acquired on the programme to progress to further education or employment.

This a fulltime course run over two years and is divided into periods of study known as sessions.

Modules include:

Vocational Preparation:
- English & Communications
- Vocational Preparation Guidance
- Work Placements

Vocational Education:
- Information Technology
- Maths
- Customer Care
- Office Administration

General Education:
- European Language for beginners
- Art
- Irish
- Leisure Studies
- Social Education

QQI Programme

This is a nationally recognised qualification. These courses allow the young person to learn at their own pace while gaining useful skills for work and education.

Within CYS we offer QQI Level 3 and QQI Level 4.

Level 3 – Employability Skills

Core Modules:
- Application of Numbers
- Communications
- Career Preparation
- Computer Literacy
Elective Modules
- Breads, Pastries & Desserts
- Art & Design
- Craft Pyrography
- Nutrition & Healthy Options
- Music Appreciation

Level 4 – Creative Media Technology

Core Modules
- Personal Effectiveness
- Mathematics
- Communications
- Work Experience
- Information Technology Skills
Elective Modules
- Digital Media Technology
- Graphic Design
- Drawing

Please note: Young people may be eligible for a training allowance from the Education and Training Board

Moving On

This course will help you to develop the practical and personal skills you need to move on to further education, training or employment. Each young person develops an Individual Learning and Progression Plan as a tool to setting and reviewing their own goals.

The course is a blend of work-based training in a supported work placement of interest and in-centre training. CTC tutors will provide supports to develop confidence with job seeking skills such as producing a professional CV, practicing job and college applications, cover letters and interview skills.

Through one to one sessions, the Career Guidance Counsellor will help you to explore your interests, strengths and abilities and how they relate to careers and progression opportunities

Contact

Edel Mc Donough

CTC Manager, Clare Youth Service, Carmody Street, Ennis, Co. Clare

Telephone: 065 6845350 / 085 8511 990

Email:emcdonough@clareyouthservice.org

For more information and application click on this link and insert Clare Youth Service in the search.

Our Courses

Clare Youth Service Community Training Centre is a Member School of Sanctuary. This means we strive to make our centre as safe, welcoming and inclusive as possible for all students/young people and their families. By adopting the three Sanctuary Principles, LEARN/ACTION/ SHARE, we are becoming an ever more inclusive and empathetic place of intercultural learning and practice. We are learning to understand and respond to the challenges and needs of those who seek sanctuary in our school, our community, in Ireland and in the wider world. We celebrate and welcome diversity in all its wonderful forms and colours and we are proud to act as a beacon of sanctuary and kindness in our community.