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Oxford Co-operative Training Scheme was formed in 1985 by an inter-agency effort designed to improve access to training for workers who traditionally missed out on appropriate training.  It remains a co-operative initiative that is run by the people who need it and is planned by the people who use it.   

OCTS’s aim is to offer affordable, appropriate training to those ‘front-line’ workers in residential settings, in day centres, in advice centres, in the community etc, who are working with clients many of whom have multiple and complex problems.

OCTS runs two programmes of courses a year.  The Spring Term runs from the end of April to the end of June and the Autumn Programme from the end of September to the beginning of December. The one/two day course format is used most of the time, with the maximum number of participants being 24. 

Affordability is a key concept and prices are based simply on the need to cover costs. Course content and development are user-based and meetings, throughout the year, of the elected executive committee,  deal with putting suggestions for courses into practice.

Currently, the executive committee is made up of eight members who come from a wide range of statutory and voluntary agency backgrounds. Paul Goodman, Chair, is also a board member of the Oxford Night Shelter and Mike Slater from the Oxford Night Shelter is Treasurer. 

Please get in touch with us if you have any ideas or are interested in the scheme.

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