My first Magazine KWETB Autumn Brochure 2017 A5 [hi-res] Final | Page 30

Specialist Training Providers (STP) Vocational training and employment of people with disabilities, for the open labour market is the responsibility of the DES (Department of Education and Skills). Administration of this responsibility has been assigned to KWETB. KWETB supports STPs in the provision of learner-focused training and related services, to assist individuals to enter or re-enter the labour market. STPs address the identified training needs of people with disabilities who are experiencing exclusion and labour market disadvantage in the form of vocational training programmes. These programmes are offered at QQI Level 3 to Level 5. KWETB contract with 2 Specialist Training Providers in 3 centres to deliver training courses to people with disabilities who require more intensive support than would be available in non-specialist training provision: • NLN, First Floor, Naas Town Centre, Naas, Co Kildare • NLN, Boghall Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow • Festina Lente Enterprises, Old Connaught Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow 28 KWETB is committed to the provision of training programmes that are delivered to the highest standards and are relevant to the identified needs of learners. Specialist Training Providers remove or overcome barriers which, in other training environments learners with disabilities encounter disproportionately. These are addressed and met through: • needs relating to access • needs relating to training content and duration • non-occupational training-related needs Kildare & Wicklow Region Contact Sheila Bradley - Senior Development Officer Kildare and Wicklow Education & Training Board, Level 5, Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas, Co Kildare Mobile [phone] Email: [email protected]