Welcome to the on-line skills audit.  This simple, questionnaire will identify your personal training and development needs and should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. You’ll be asked specific questions relevant to your role, and then questions about your general skills. If you wish to change any answer, just click the ‘Reset’ button.

What do you do? Your main responsibilities:

Your work - please tick up to THREE of the headings below which best match your role.
	1. Managerial, Supervisory or Finance
	2. Administrative, Office or Reception
	3. Community Development Worker
	4. Project Worker / Adviser
	5. Health & Safety
	6. Trustee or Committee Member

1. Managerial, Supervisory or Finance:

In answering the following questions about training or information needs, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas; ignore those which are not relevant.
	High		Medium		Low
Strategic planning
Business planning
Recruitment of staff and volunteers
Interviewing skills
Conducting appraisals/ supervision
Planning staff development (CPD)
Managing staff
Managing volunteers
Motivating staff
Challenging poor performance

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1. Managerial, Supervisory or Finance:

In answering the following questions about training or information needs, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas;; ignore those which are not relevant.
	High		Medium		Low
Budgeting
Fundraising/ grant applications
Managing contracts
Delegation
Time management
Project management
Marketing & promotion
Managing change
Monitoring and evaluation
Quality assurance
A management qualification (please specify if known)

Any other areas of need?

2. Administrative and Office Skills

In answering the following questions about administration and office skills, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas; ignore those which are not relevant.
	High		Medium		Low
Dealing with the public
Cash handling
Bookeeping
Payroll
Using IT accountancy software e.g. Sage
Minute taking
A business administration qualification (please specify if known)

Any other areas of need? ICT skills will be covered later

3. Community Development Worker

In answering the following questions about community development, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas; ignore those which are not relevant.
	High		Medium		Low
Helping groups to start up
Project management
Volunteer management
Fundraising
Giving funding advice
Event management
Publicity & promotion
A community development qualification (please specify if known)

Any other areas of need?

4. Project Worker/ Adviser

In answering the following questions about project work, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas; ignore those which are not relevant.
Working with client/ user groups (please specify if known)	High		Medium		Low

Provision of information & advice
Issues of confidentiality
Dealing with challenging behaviour in adults
Dealing with challenging behaviour in children & young people
Partnership working
Client support/ advocacy
Community research
Managing budgets
Monitoring and evaluation
A relevant qualification (please specify if known)

Any other areas of need? i.e. specialist e.g. Children, elderly, disability, arts, environment, transport, research

5. Health and Safety

In answering the following questions about health and safety, please think about what will help you most in carrying out your work

Please indicate how great your need for training is in each of the following areas; ignore those which are not relevant.
	High		Medium		Low
Fire regulations
Emergency procedures
First aid
Food hygiene