Education & training

Skills Builder is a free resource used in schools, colleges, and workplaces to assess and chart progress on developing the soft skills needed in the workplace. The framework covers the following soft skills:

• Listening
• Speaking
• Problem solving
• Creativity
• Staying positive
• Aiming high
• Leadership
• Teamwork

The framework is now used with 700 organisations. An overview is attached to this page.

Extra support and activities are available at a cost.

As part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded project, Employment is Everyone's Business, the National Development Team for inclusion (NDTi) and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have published three guides that demonstrate best practice in the transition of young people with disabilities from education to employment. The three guides comprise;