Our Skills and Knowledge
"Creativity is about creating, making new things that did not exist before. It is about the individual expression of emotions, ideas, desires. It is about creating new solutions to existing problems, or creating new problems. It is about leaving conventions behind and going off the beaten track." Michael Vendenbroeck
Isaacs UK works with two teams of Associate Consultants and Organisations, one based in the North West and one based in Yorkshire. Between us we can offer the following skills and knowledge areas:
Knowledge:
- Skills and Enterprise, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, work-based learning.
- Professional development, review and evaluation, training needs analysis.
- Online and distance learning, knowledge management systems.
- Arts and Cultural Policy, Practice, Funding, Education and Training infrastructures.
- Early Years Foundation Stage and National Curriculum pedagogic and Learning infrastructure.
- Early Years Policy, Practice, Funding, Education and Training infrastructures.
- Social Care Policy, Practice and infrastructure.
- Workforce Development in the Performing, Visual, Media and Community Arts.
- Inclusion and Equality Strategy design and implementation.
- European Cultural Policy and Cultural Education Policy.
- Regeneration and Urban Design, Environmental Arts.
Skills:
- Advanced Excel, Word, Access, Microsoft Outlook and Web design.
- Quality Assurance, Monitoring and evaluation.
- Project and budget management.
- Securing and building European partnerships and networks.
- Project appraisal and evaluation.
- Recruitment and Selection, procurement and contractor management.
- PR and Marketing strategies.
Administrative Resources Available:
Isaacs UK is based in a fully ICT compliant office with access to the latest hardware and software for administration and information management systems, database development, financial management, and telecommunications.
Isaacs UK strives in everything to comply with the following legislation: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Employment Relations Act 1999, Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, Human Rights Act 2000, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Sex Discrimination (Amended) Act 1975, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and Data Protection Act 1998.
Associates and Business Operations Teams work to contract, including fulfilling their legal obligations, Company Policies and Protocols as set out in the Company Handbook. These include Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Best Value, Cultural Diversity, Human Rights and Relations, Data Protection, Travel and Subsistence. Isaacs UK staff and associates are all required to carry adequate Professional Indemnity insurance, Office Contents and Travel insurance. Associates are also required to be fully CRB checked if coming into direct contact with children during their work.