• Our way of working

    Innovative Alliance is the first step to helping our clients achieve their goals. Whether they are looking to enter the workplace, gain new knowledge or skills or overcome personal barriers, Innovative Alliance supports people aged 19 and over to take that first step towards a brighter future.
    Working across England, our team of specialists have a wealth of knowledge relating to information, advice and guidance and training. Over the years they have collectively supported thousands of individuals into work. In addition to engaging with individuals, we are now also working with a wide range of partners and employers to help fill the skills gaps and support individuals from all backgrounds move in to work, education or training.

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  • Bespoke training

    Tailored to meet the needs of our partners and in turn their clients, our bespoke training can be tailored to meet key education and training objectives for any organisation nationally.

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    Commercial training

    In addition to funded training, we are also able to offer a wide selection of courses commercial, including our tailored training packages which are available nationally.

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    Sector-based Work Academies

    Working with employers and recruitment agencies, our Sector-Based Work Academies are designed to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills needed for a specific sector.

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  • Partners & Friends

    We recognise and celebrate partnerships and friendships and are proud to have developed some great ones over the years which, ultimately, allows us to support even more individuals. We are also an accredited training provider with a number of awarding bodes.



Available courses

NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Health and Social Care

NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Health and Social Care

This course has been designed to enable learners to progress to the Level 3 Award, Certificate and Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care, further learning at Level 3 and above, or assist with progression into the workplace. This qualification aims to provide learners with knowledge and understanding across a range of key subject areas in health and social care. 

Theme 1 - Equality, Diversity and rights
Theme 2 - Human growth and development
Theme 2 - Human Growth and development - Teaching and Assessment Resources
Theme 3 - Safeguarding and protection in health and social care
Theme 4 - Infection prevention and control
Theme 4 - Infection prevention and control - Teaching and Assessment Resources


Additional Personal Development Opportunities

Trainer: Mark Jones, Carl Mullen (External IQA - HSC)

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NCFE Level 1 Health & Social Care

NCFE Level 1 Health & Social Care

Are you ready to take your first step towards working in the health and social care sector?

This course is suitable for individuals with no prior experience in the sector but who are looking to pursue a career in it. Our staff are on hand to offer the advice, guidance and the introductory knowledge and skills needed to help participants to take their first step towards a job in this sector.

Trainer: Mark Jones

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NCFE Level 2 Principles of Warehousing and Storage

NCFE Level 2 Principles of Warehousing and Storage

Are you ready to take your first step towards working in the warehousing sector?

This course is suitable for individuals with no prior experience in the sector but who are looking to persue a career in it. Our staff are on hand to offer the advice, guidance and the introductionary knowledge and skills needed to help participants to take their first step towards a job in this sector.

Tutor: Ady Edwards

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Skills First Level 1 Award in Customer Service

Skills First Level 1 Award in Customer Service

This course is suitable for individuals with no prior experience in the sector but who are looking to persue a career in it. Our staff are on hand to offer the advice, guidance and the introductionary knowledge and skills needed to help participants to take their first step towards a job in this sector.

Teacher: Ciaron Anderson, Kath Stark, Sue Sumner

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Skills First Level 1 Certificate in Customer Service

Skills First Level 1 Certificate in Customer Service

Are you ready to take your first step towards working in the customer service sector?

This course is suitable for individuals with no prior experience in the sector but who are looking to persue a career in it. Our staff are on hand to offer the advice, guidance and the introductionary knowledge and skills needed to help participants to take their first step towards a job in this sector.

Teacher: Ciaron Anderson, Norma (Lead IV) Fitzgibbon, Kath Stark, Joe Thomas

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NCFE Level 2 Creating a Business Start-Up

NCFE Level 2 Creating a Business Start-Up

This qualification is the right choice for you if you are looking to build the skills and knowledge needed to develop a business start-up. It will give you an understanding of the initial processes and requirements of a business start-up, knowledge of the first steps in creating a business start-up, including the marketing, legal and financial requirements, and an understanding of how to write a business plan.

Trainer: Katie (Teacher View) Gorrell

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Employability Level 2

Employability Level 2

This employability qualification is available for learners who are new to the employment market and are actively seeking employment, who are changing careers or who have taken a career break to care for children for example. It will provide individuals with the knowledge and understanding needed to enhance their success in employment in a range of different occupational sectors.

Teacher: Kath Stark

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Personal Social Skills

Personal Social Skills

This qualifications informs and guide you on the values, attitudes and personal skills required to thrive in the 21st Century. This qualification will focus on the rapidly changing social structures in both work, leisure, families and the ways of life. It considers the social, cultural and family diversity that impact on learners progressing to be strong, independent, resilient individuals and covers the nature of society and self-education including the impact on the journey of life.

We will cover themes  such as:

Personal Resilience and Perseverance 

Personal Change Management 

Produce a CV 

Transferable Skills and Qualities 

Problem Solving 

Understanding and Portraying British Values 

Managing Own Money

Resolving Conflict 




Teacher: Norma (Lead IV) Fitzgibbon, Kath Stark

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CSCS Practise

CSCS Practise

Following on from our learner feedback we have developed this section to give additional opportunity for learners to access the practise questions for the test.

We know not everyone passes first time and this section has been created to supported those learners who may need a second shot at the test.

Please contact your course trainer who will arrange access to these resources for you

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ETA Level 1 Securing Employment / Construction

ETA Level 1 Securing Employment / Construction

This course provides learners with an introduction to the construction industry with particular emphasis on construction site health and safety. It also contains employability training that provides learners with valuable skills regarding job-match, CV writing and interview preparation.

The course concludes with the Health and Safety in a Construction Environment online test which is one of the pre-requisite qualifications necessary before candidates can sit the Construction Industry Training Board online Health, Safety and Environment test to obtain their CSCS card.

Successful candidates will acquire three separate qualifications on the course;

  • Level 1 Certificate in an Introduction to Construction
  • Level 1 certificate in Securing Employment
  • Level 1 Certificate in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment

Teacher: Ray Ames

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Initial Assessments maths, English & ICT

Initial Assessments maths, English & ICT

Before we enrol you on to any course it is important for us to understand your current skill level in maths, English and ICT.

This section is designed for learners who wish to complete their initial assessments in these topics online, rather than paper-based.

Your tutor or business development manager will let you know how to get on and how to complete these should you need too.

Teacher: Ray Ames, Stephen Diaz, Ady Edwards, John Macdonald, Kath Stark, Sue Sumner, Joe Thomas

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Induction

Induction

Good inductions are vital in ensuring our learners feel safe, informed and included as well as making sure that accurate information on the expectations, privileges and staff/learner responsibilities are understood.
Teacher: Ray Ames, Ciaron Anderson, Hannah Gaskell, Katie (Teacher View) Gorrell, Mark Jones, Martina McShane, Kath Stark

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Infection Prevent and Control in the Workplace

Infection Prevent and Control in the Workplace

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Barbering Induction

Barbering Induction

Teacher: Karl Doctor, Nathan Hayden

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Level 2 Barbering

Level 2 Barbering

The VTCT Level 2 Certificate in Barbering is a vocational qualification that has been designed to develop a limited number of barbering skills to a high level of occupational ability and will prepare you to enter the men's hairdressing sector as a unisex hairdresser. This qualification is suitable for learners aged 16 years and over, entry onto this qualification can be via previous achievement of a Level 2 qualification in women's hairdressing and/or a successful skills test and interview.

This qualification includes the units to prepare you to work effectively as a junior unisex hairdresser, including: client consultation for hair services, cutting men's hair, cutting facial hair and following health and safety in the salon.

This qualification will develop you knowledge, understanding and skills to enable you to advise and consult with men on the type of hair cut and facial hair shaping the way they want, but just as importantly what is suitable for them. You will also learn how to work in a safe manner throughout the service protecting both yourself and your clients.

What could this qualification lead to?

This qualification will prepare you for employment as a junior unisex hairdresser. On completion of this qualification you will widen your career opportunities from working as a hairdresser to be able to offer unisex services through a variety of contexts, including:

- Working in a unisex hair salon
- Working independently/self-employed/mobile/home-based settings

Whilst this qualification's primary purpose is to prepare you for employment as a unisex hairdresser, you may choose to develop your skill base further by undertaking specialist qualifications at Level 3, including:

- VTCT Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Barbering
- VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Barbering
- VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Barbering Studies


Teacher: Karl Doctor, Nathan Hayden

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