§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 25 February (WA 29), how 114WA many mentors under the Connexions system have been subject to completed criminal records checks. [HL1880]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandAlthough Connexions partnerships provide us with the numbers of personal advisers they have recruited, they are not required to provide data on the numbers who have been subject to List 99 and Criminal Records Bureau checks. To do so would serve no purpose as it is a legal requirement for employers to ensure that personal advisers have been subjected to completed List 99 checks before they can come into direct contact with young people. Collecting information on the numbers checked would only serve to place an unnecessary burden on partnerships.
§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the contact between a mentor under the Connexions system and a pupil can take place out of school hours. [HL1881]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandIt can. In a Connexions one stop shop, a community venue or via the Internet or telephone in those areas covered by the Connexions Direct pilot.
§ Baroness Blatchasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 25 February (WA 29), which institutions provide the courses Understanding Connexions and the Diploma for Connexions Personal Advisers, and what was the length of each course in weeks. [HL1882]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandThe national training programmes for Connexions personal advisers are Understanding Connexions or the Diploma for Connexions Personal Advisers. Both programmes are accredited by universities and they are delivered by the following 21 institutions:
The College of St Mark and St John (accredited by The University of Exeter); Nottingham Trent University; Canterbury Christchurch University College; St Martins College (accredited by Lancaster University); South Bank University; University of the West of England; University of Lincoln; University of Huddersfield; University of Luton; Young at Now (accredited by Nottingham Trent University); Havering College (accredited by University of East London); Liverpool City of Learning (accredited by Liverpool John Moores University); the College of West Anglia (Nottingham Trent University); DeMontfort University; Manchester Metropolitan University; Lifetime Careers—Bolton, Bury and Rochdale (accredited by Nottingham Trent University); University of Sunderland; University of Central Lancashire; Brunel University; Connexions Black Country (accredited by the University of Birmingham); Anglia Polytechnic University.
Understanding Connexions is predominantly a workbased learning programme equivalent to approximately 150 hours of learning. It includes five days of live training and a half-day action learning set. The current Diploma for Connexions Personal 115WA Advisers is delivered over approximately 10 months. It is a distance and reflective learning programme equivalent to 800 hours of learning and includes 17 days of live training. Successful completion gains points in the Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (15 points for Understanding Connexions and 80 points for the current Diploma for Connexions Personal Advisers).