YMCA
Complex,
Aungiers Street
,
Dublin
2 01- 4782607 or email info@ymca.ie
Attendance
Options
Full
time Monday to Friday 9.30 – 4.30
Enrolment
and Start Dates Comment
Early
August and mid January
Duration
19
- 23
weeks.
Course
Fee
Free
of charge (Training allowance paid to participants)
STEP
programme is for young people aged from 17
- 25,
without Leaving Certificate or without stable employment.
Financial
Support
Participants
receive a weekly allowance depending on age plus a travel and meal
allowance.
Is
there an Interview for the programme?
Yes
- Informal.
Subjects
Taught
Basic
Concepts of Information Technology, Using Computers & Managing Files,
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentations,
Internet
and Email, Typing, Communication skills, Personal and Social Health
Skills, Jobsearch skills. Special interest subjects sometimes covered
depending on interest.
Programme
Objectives
STEP
enables young people to participate creatively in identifying, owning
& realising their goals in learning to gain employment or go on to
further education.
Four weeks are spent on work experience with local employers.
