FALKIRK YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY PLAN

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1 FALKIRK YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITY PLAN Introduction The Falkirk Youth Employment Activity Plan is based on local partnership delivery arrangements, including key contacts for local provision and details on referral routes for 16+ opportunities. This Activity Plan is therefore a working document for use by partners and it is not a strategy. In times of recession youth unemployment tends to rise quickly and takes time to return to previous rates. The downturn following the global credit crunch of 2008 has been no exception. The impact on young people s employment prospects since 2008 have been acute across Scotland with young people having found it increasingly harder to move into sustained employment. The picture for Youth Unemployment levels in the Falkirk area are slightly more positive and there has been a reduction from a peak in August 2011 at 1,440 (10.6%) to a current level of 1,295 (9%) which is still considerably higher than the pre-recession levels of 5.7%, which was still disproportionately higher than the average unemployment rates even when there was overall lower unemployment levels. 16 /17 years olds have seen a better improvement in the number unemployed and seeking as a result of the key focus on delivering opportunities for all this is illustrated in the tables below.

2 Trend in Youth Unemployment (18-24 yrs) Level Series Year Figure yrs Unemployment Level yrs 17 yrs 18 yrs 19 yrs Figure 2

3 Opportunities for All Addressing youth unemployment is a key priority of the Scottish Government key and this was demonstrated in December 2011 with the appointment of Angela Constance, the Minister for Youth Employment. This was the first appointment of its kind in the UK. Ms Constance launched Opportunities for All in April 2012 which is an explicit commitment to young people in Scotland that offers a place in learning or training to every year old not currently in employment, education or training. This unprecedented commitment ensures that all young people have the opportunity to improve their chances of sustainable employment through learning or training. It also ensures that the post-16 system focuses on supporting those at risk of disengaging and those who have already done so. Youth Employment Strategy Following the launch of Opportunities for All, the Scottish Government published Scotland s Youth Employment Strategy in June 2012 detailing their commitment to providing more opportunities for young people. The Strategy describes ways in which those working with young people can contribute to increasing youth employment: The Youth Contract The Youth Contract ( was introduced by the Government in April 2012 to provide additional support, worth almost 1 billion, to young unemployed people over the next three years. The Youth Contract builds on existing support to provide young people with more intensive adviser support and work experience, as well as providing employers with wage incentives and apprenticeship grants to encourage them to recruit young people. The Youth Contract Offer The -led elements of the Youth Contract which are now available include: 160,000 wage incentives worth up to 2,275 each, for employers who recruit an year-old from the Work Programme or Jobcentre Plus; An extra 250,000 work experience places, including those that offer training and guaranteed interviews, ensuring that there is an offer of a place for every 18 to 24 year-old who wants one, before they enter the Work Programme.

4 The Falkirk Approach The Customer Offer WorkStream is a sub group of the Falkirk Employability Partnership. The group is seeking to take forward the key recommendations of the Better Alignment of Scotland s Employability Services (BASES) work at a local level and covers all post school employment and skills support. This workstream focuses on the supply side of the labour market preparing jobseekers to enter, sustain and progress in employment. Customer Offer Workstream Strategic Aim - To provide a coherent offer of employability services to jobseekers which contains a menu of universal and targeted support creating a simpler customer journey that will contribute to better outcomes. Objectives - To review the Falkirk Strategic Skills Pipeline and map the existing local customer offer, identifying any gaps or duplication in provision, and identify areas which the partnership may need to commission, decommission, or deliver services to address the issues identified. Deliverables 1. Strategic Skills Pipeline - Updated service mapping across strategic skills pipeline which creates a local menu of employability services and support, articulating partner contributions. 2. Assessment and Referral - Development of a robust system and process to allow for effective common assessment and referral of customers to provision 3. Quality Standards - Customer Charter which articulates core service standards for customers 4. CPD - Frontline staff to be involved in joint training to help build relationships and increase knowledge of local offer. 5. Data Sharing - Improve the sharing and use of local data and intelligence to improve service design and outcomes. 6. Investigate the scope ands potential for an online directory of services as per BASES model 7. Improve the delivery infrastructure for the increased digitalisation of services Strategic Skills Pipeline The Strategic Skills Pipeline as outlined in Figure 3 below has been adopted nationally as a five stage approach to articulate the framework for the delivery of employability support services for learners and job seekers. The Strategic Skills Pipeline provides an employability pathway and assists the prioritisation and allocation of resources to meet identified needs.

5 Strategic Skills Pipeline STAGE 1 Engagement And Personal Skills STAGE 2 Barrier Removal and Core Skills STAGE 3 Vocational and Work Focussed Training STAGE 4 Supporting Job Entry STAGE 5 In-work Support + Skills Development Figure 3 About the Stage 1 Engagement and Personal Skills Stage 1 interventions are designed for our most vulnerable young people. Many young people experience disrupted school education for a wide range of reasons. This may result in poor educational outcomes; a significant disadvantage in the labour market, irrespective of economic conditions. Re-engagement with education and training for this group is a critical step in the route to sustained employment. Such re-engagement often requires a wide ranging package of intensive, often prolonged, support tailored to the needs of the individual. Stage 2 Barrier Removal and Core Skills At this stage, young people still require a significant level of support to help them to remain engaged and move forward in terms of meeting their educational, skills, personal and social development needs. Stage 3 Vocational Activity and work focussed Training Stage 3 programmes have a specific employability focus and are usually designed for young people who are close to the labour market but require to brush up on their general employability skills, develop some sector specific skills and potentially gain some work experience of the workplace. It may be appropriate for a young person to progress from one stage 3 intervention to another depending on the specialism of the particular programmes. Stage 4 Supporting Job Entry Programmes at this stage are designed for young people who are job ready and require support to access appropriate employment. Stage 5 In Work Support and skills Development Even after a young person has found a job, continued support for them and their employer can be critical to ensure they sustain employment.

6 - CLD Liz Paton Stage 1 April 2014 to March 2015 Target group most vulnerable and at risk of not making or sustaining a positive destination To deliver one to one and group support to school leavers who are unable to sustain any mainstream provision Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 2 80 Rolling recruitment All age Life Skills Key Worker/Ad hoc - Providing initial assessment, confidence and engagement to progress to structured programme provision CJS and ETU part funded. Residual provision from Cyrenians and the Salvation Army

7 Stage 2 April 2014 to March years Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 3 20 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

8 Stage 2 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 3 20 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

9 Falkirk council Stage 2 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 3 10 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

10 Falkirk council Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment MA Stage Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

11 Falkirk council Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment Stage Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

12 Falkirk council Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment MA Stage 4 30 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

13 Falkirk council Stage 4 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment MA 10 rolling recruitment Employability Fund

14 Falkirk council Stage 4 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment MA 30 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

15 Falkirk council Stage 4 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment 20 Rolling recruitment Employability Fund

16 Real Jobs Stage 2 April 2014 to March 2015 Stage Local Authority Falkirk Area Further pipeline stages Employment MA 50 Rolling recruitment Transition Support for young people with Disabilities - helps to provide advice, guidance and job coaching Education Services - mainly focussing on Carrongrange School

17 - Social Work Services Stage 1 April 2014 to March 2015 Stage 2 Stage Local Authority Falkirk Area Further pipeline stages Employment MA 36 Rolling recruitment Advice, Guidance and Supported Employment - for people with Learning disabilities Focussing on people with learning disabilities who are capable of some type of employment (ASSET)

18 Stage 2 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 3 72 Rolling recruitment NTP Wraparound

19 Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 4 or Employment 120 Rolling recruitment Pre Vocational Programmes/Projects - These programmes provide general employability support and the Bronze Employability Award (16wks average part funded by EF Focussing on establishing core employability competencies, behaviours and attitude as well as core skills

20 Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area 180 Rolling recruitment Employer Recruitment Incentive ESF P5

21 - ETU Julieann Airens Stage 5 April 2014 to March and 25+ Local Authority Employers Falkirk Area N/A 70 rolling recruitment 16-19yrs Sponsored Modern Apprenticeships - Additional Training Costs and excludes employer costs Services - and policy commitment to deliver

22 - ETU Julieann Airens Stage 5 April 2014 to March /19 Local Authority Falkirk Area Employment 20 Rolling recruitment yrs Graduate Jobs Programme - 39 week Transitional Employment undertaking Council Project Unemployed Falkirk Graduates direct recruitment

23 - ETU Julieann Airens Stage 4 April 2014 to March Local Authority Self referral Employment Falkirk Area 40 Rolling recruitment 20yrs + Falkirk Jobs Programme weeks Transitional Employment in Council Services and Public/Third Sector Unemployed pre work programme in receipt of JSAdirect recruitment and /or Stage 4 Progressions

24 ASSET - Stage 1 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 2 9 Rolling recruitment Pre-Employment Vocational Training and Supported Employment Service for Adults with Learning Disability. We are working with 9 people towards employment but they do not meet the criterion set in stage 2. Total service provision across stages for 48 with 3 out with Falkirk

25 ASSET - Stage 2 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 3 9 Rolling recruitment Pre-Employment Vocational Training and Supported Employment Service for Adults with Learning Disability. We are working with 9 people towards employment they do not fully meet the criterion set in stage 2, however they are working at a higher level that indicated in stage one.

26 ASSET - Stage 3 April 2014 to March Local Authority Falkirk Area Stage 4 Employment MA 23 Rolling recruitment Pre-Employment Vocational Training and Supported Employment Service for Adults with Learning Disability.

27 ASSET - Stage 4 April 2014 to March Local Authority MA 7 Rolling recruitment Pre-Employment Vocational Training and Supported Employment Service for Adults with Learning Disability.

28 Forth Valley College Forth Valley College Road Falkirk FK1 2RE Tel: linda.petrie&forthvalley.ac.uk Stage 3 & 4 April 2014 to March 2015 Hospitality/Construction All age Self Referral JobCentre plus Other Training Providers Forth Valley College - Stage 3 to Stage 4 Stirling - Hospitality Full Time Employment Falkirk - Construction Full time College Course Alloa - Construction Modern Apprenticeship Stage 3 Construction /08/13-18/11/13-10/03/14 (Falkirk only) Stage 3 Hospitality /08/13-11/10/13-06/01/14 Stage 4 Construction /11/13 (Falkirk only) - 03/03/14 Stage 4 Hospitality /10/13-08/11/13 Stage 3 is to provide the candidates with the Certificate of Work Readiness award. This incorporates: Responsibilities of Employment, Dealing with Work Situations, Personal Development: Self and Work, Skills for Customer Care and Skills Development Scotland customized Unit: Practical Work Place Skills. They will also carry out practical experience within the Hospitality/Construction Departments. They will then be placed within a company to gain knowledge and hands on experience within that field of work. In the hospitality programme the work placement will be within the restaurant, bistro or refectory at Forth Valley College campuses. Stage 4 Qualifications at Stage 4 Construction CSCS Card Selected units from National Progression Award in Construction Hospitality World Host Principles of Customer Care Training The college is also looking at offering a Stage 2 in Construction.

29 Forth Valley College Funding Period (if applicable) Stage 2 All ages Forth Valley College - Falkirk Campus Self Referral Pupil Support Teacher Parent/guardian Social Worker Criminal Justice Worker Homeless Team JobCentre plus Full time college course Modern Apprenticeship NEW START This course is aimed at learners who want to experience a range of academic and vocational taster courses whilst simultaneously improving their Core Skills in Communications and ICT. Learners will also attend workshops which will facilitate personal development; personal learning plans and provides support to learners when applying for future courses. Core Skills sessions are a compulsory element of the course. In addition, learners will also have the opportunity to choose a vocational taster route from Construction/Engineering, Creative Industries, Care and Community of the Service Sector. Other Full Time Courses:- Introduction to Care, Health and Sport Falkirk and Stirling - SCQF Level 4

30 Forth Valley College Stage 3 & 4 April 2014 to March 2015 All age Self Referral Pupil Support Teacher Parent/guardian Social Worker Criminal Justice Worker Homeless Team JobCentre plus Forth Valley College - Falkirk Stirling Stage 3 Falkirk PASSPORT TO LEARNING This course provides opportunities to develop confidence, learning and employability skills, through taking part in realistic projects. During the course the learner will be supported in preparing themselves for progression to a more advanced college course or into employment. The course is assessed through the completion of project work related to socially relevant themes. Projects will develop the knowledge and skills associated with a range of subject areas including the Social Sciences, Early Education, Creative Industries, Salon Services, Engineering and Business. There will be 2 intakes of this group, commencing August and January. NC INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION This introductory course is designed for people who have few formal qualifications and little experience of office work. The course takes an active approach to developing the skills that are essential when working in a business or office environment. On completion learners will be able to present themselves effectively to employers and customers, work with others and make informed decisions about their future employment and training plans.

31 The College also offers a wide range of courses at SCQF Levels 5 & 6 that lead to a nationally recognised qualification in:- Science Carpentry & Joinery Computing Furniture Crafts Games Development Built Environment Hard Landscaping & Gardening Construction Business Civil Engineering Administration Computer Design & Technology Art & Design Finance Media Travel & Tourism Sound Production Care (Health, Social Care, Early Years) Electrical Engineering Social Sciences Measurement & Control Sport & Fitness Mechanical Engineering Health & Wellbeing Welding Beauty & Nail Service Hairdressing Hospitality & Professional Cookery

32 Forth Valley College Stage 2 All ages Self Referral Pupil Support Teacher Parent/guardian Social Worker Criminal Justice Worker Homeless Team JobCentre plus Alloa - PATHFINDER This access to further education programme provides students with the opportunity to find out what the College has to offer and to build both self-confidence and employment skills, with ongoing support and guidance. Learners will be supported throughout the duration of the course within a positive and respectful college environment. August and January starts. This course can progress to the Passport to Learning programme. Alloa - LIFESTART This course provides a link into adult and community services. Learners will study a range of subjects and will get the opportunity to develop and practice their skills within a supportive adult environment. There will be an emphasis on extending social and life skills and encouraging independence. Full-time 1 year. Part-time routes may be discussed at interview. Stirling - Alloa - WORKSTART Learners can further develop their core and interpersonal skills by: taking part in a range of subjects in the College; following individual programmes of study appropriate to their needs; participating in work preparation activities and where appropriate, undertaking periods of work placement. Full-time 1 year, Part-time routes may be discussed at interview. Progression from this course could be supported, Employment Opportunities, Community programmes or Vocational Courses.

33 Department of Work and Pensions Heron House 11b Wellside Place Falkirk FK1 5SE Tel: Fax: , 3 and 4 N/A Benefit claimants and applicants, job seekers and employers. Self Referral Skills Development Scotland Falkirk and Jobcentres Uncapped N/A Jobcentre Plus is part of the Department for Work and Pensions (). We are here to provide work for those that can, and support for those that cannot. Many of our services are delivered over the phone; we are also improving ways for people to access our services on the internet. More and more we will encourage people to find information, make claims and look for jobs online. Jobcentres will mostly be used for booked appointments. This is so we can spend more of our time helping people who need extra support. Some of our services to help people will be delivered for Jobcentre Plus by other organisations (such as training providers). You can get our contact details and more information on services online at