Project Search SCQF 4

Course description

Edinburgh Project SEARCH is a unique partnership between Edinburgh College, The City of Edinburgh Council, NHS Lothian and Virgin Hotels. During this course, you will learn relevant and transferrable skills while working in a business environment. You will take part in three internships where you will learn new skills and improve your confidence while gaining over 600 hours of work practice. You will be supported to do this by a supported employment specialist (The City of Edinburgh Council). In addition to this, a learning and engagement officer will be there to support you and will work closely with the business to provide relevant workroom learning and internships to help you get ready for employment. Edinburgh Project SEARCH offers a study towards an SQA Employability Award that demonstrates your job readiness to employers. 

Our goal is that 100% of people on the programme find employment before the end of the course or within a short period of graduation.

What you will learn

You will complete workroom-based activities and tasks to help you get ready for employment and gain skills in:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Problem Solving
• Certificate of Work Readiness
• SQA Mental Health Award

Learning outcome

• As well as employment, our young people have also progressed to further study on a Modern Apprenticeship with employers such as The Scottish Government and Amey

• On completion of this course, many young people progress into employment either in the host businesses or working with one of our business partners. 
• You will be supported to find employment by the learning and engagement officer and job coaches.