Testimonials

Some comments made by NVQ Candidate’s:

“I’m enjoying doing the award and it’s even better that I don’t have to attend college!”

“We can always get hold of our assessor, giving us a great deal of help”

“I feel I have been supported well and have had all my questions answered. I would recommend this course to others as it has really broadened my knowledge”

“The course was relevant to the type of work that I do and has allowed me to become more objective when dealing with certain aspects of my job and the people I work with”

“I have felt supported throughout and feel someone has been there all the way through”

Some Comments Made By Learners About Their Information/induction Experience

•      Important information explained
•      Initial assessment
•      Clearly explained
•      It is interesting
•      Everything was explained in full
•      Learning about the NVQ
•      The understanding from Teresa Brooker
•      Informal & easy to undertake
•      Very interesting
•      It is at work and I could do with learning more
•      Made to feel confident in starting the course
•      No pressure & felt comfortable during the whole thing
•      I think my job will be better when I will finish NVQ course, because this course is very interesting, I will know much more
•      All information was given to start NVQ course
•      Commencing my NVQ
•      It leads to my NVQ & was very informative
•      Was clearly explained & infused enthusiasm & motivation
•      Giving me more information which I needed
•      Relaxed & friendly
•      The information on what will be happening on the NVQ course
•      Lots of information & help available when needed to do the NVQ
•      It was very thorough and a lot to take in
•      To understand how the NVQ system works & how relevant it is to my work
•      Being able to do my NVQ 2 after waiting 6yrs to start
•      Very clear understanding of what I must achieve to complete my NVQ 3 on health and social
•      Very friendly & helpful to help me choose the best for me
•      I can move forward & now get on with my NVQ & I had a good understanding of everything                         explained to me
•      Was explained very well, if I didn't understand it was explained again
•      To learn what I will be doing in my NVQs and it made it clearer
•      The information provided made me feel more confident with starting my NVQ
•      Very informative & helpful
•      Friendly approach & easy to understand
•      Organisation, good communication

European Nursing Agency Limited

“We have been enormously grateful to Acorn Training over the past two and a half years for the wonderful service you have provided for the European Nursing Agency in setting up the NVQ Assessment Centre, supporting our Manager and care coordinators  to attain the A1 Assessor Awards and V1 Internal Verifier award.
You have never failed us in providing support and advice, everything has always been swiftly and efficiently dealt with – the staff have been excellent and some of them have become real friends…and have made an enormous difference to the Team at ENA. Thank you”.
Elaine Godfrey
Quality Manager
European Nursing Agency Limited

High Quality Lifestyles

Dear Acorn

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the support you have shown our staff in getting them through their NVQs. The quality of the training that you have provided to High Quality Lifestyles has been exceptional, with all our staff coming away with very positive training experiences. It is very reassuring to know that such quality and professional training organisations as yours exists and are so accessible in helping the achievements of staff in the care industry.

With kind thanks and appreciation

Clive Harris
Workforce Development Manager
High Quality Lifestyles

As an education manager working with local and national training providers to provide NHS Community based staff with NVQ’s, I can thoroughly recommend Acorn Training Services.

Acorn’s NVQ programmes are delivered “in house” at a time that suits the candidate and the setting. This style of delivery does away with the time constricting college attendance, while also putting the candidate firmly at the centre of the process. As a result, Acorns assessors can really see what the candidate does and how he or she does it; something that a traditional college delivery model is often unable to do.

Generally speaking, my candidates prefer Acorns delivery style, and the numbers of successful candidates achieving their NVQ’s within a year of starting supports my view that Acorn are a very professional and worthy organisation to do business with.

I continue to wish Acorn well, and thank them for their continued commitment to NVQ training for my staff working in the NHS Community regions of East Kent.

Martin Hunt
NVQ programme Manager
East Kent Community Training Alliance (April 2006)

Yoakley House

Acorn Training Services Ltd has been delivering the training and assessment of NVQ’s with Yoakley House since January 2005.

They have delivered NVQ’s level 2 and 3 under Profit from Learning. Level 3’s and A1 awards under Action for Attainment plus.

The delivery method was of a high quality, flexible and responsive to the candidates needs.  There were candidates that only worked night shifts and weekends, some who lacked confidence and needed lots of support, throughout Acorn accommodated these needs with no disruption to the home, clients or staff, which enabled all 10 candidates to achieve, with 3 of them progressing to other awards.

I have no hesitation in continuing to use them or recommend them to others, and as a manager I have been kept informed and involved in the candidate’s progress throughout.

Gill Lilley
Manager
Yoakley House

Dear acorntrainingservices.co.uk

As you know the Home Office strategy for improving performance in race and diversity 2004-2009 requires police forces to assess staff as competent against diversity national occupational standards. This means we urgently need assessors who are occupationally competent in diversity and are qualified to the A1 assessor standard.

We are extremely grateful for the flexibility and professionalism you have demonstrated in the delivery of an A1 assessor development programme for us. We now have 40 staff engaged on the programme as trainee assessors and another 4 staff undergoing V1 training with you.

Feedback from the candidates has been excellent. The initial 2-day inductions that you delivered in our workplace were clear and instructive. It was very useful to have the requirements placed into a policing context. 

We are especially grateful for the follow up support that your staff have given the candidates. This has gone far beyond what we had hoped for. As a result we anticipate our staff completing the course very soon which will go a long way to helping us achieve our targets.

Several candidates have indicated their desire to progress to the V1 award and it is encouraging to see this level of professional enthusiasm in our staff. 

I have no hestitation in thoroughly recommending your training services and staff.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Rodford
Police Sergeant 3726CO
Project Manager