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Don Toonen Head of Service, Shirlie Project

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Don Toonen Head of Service, Shirlie Project

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    1. Don Toonen – Head of Service, Shirlie Project David Stewart – Director, Highland Employer Coalition

    3. SHIRLIE Project perspective Client-led Focus on sustainable outcomes Comprehensive information about individual’s aspirations, skills, abilities, support needs

    4. Our service provides All levels of support from first contact to continued support whilst in employment

    5. Service includes Pre work Vocational Profiling Better-off calculations and debt counselling Job search Negotiating terms and conditions

    6. Service includes In-work and aftercare Job analysis Risk assessment On-the-job training Advise on JC+ programmes, support with reasonable adjustments Advise on staff training and induction Monitoring and aftercare

    7. Benefit to employer of pre work support Screening and job matching Approached Highland Employer Coalition to present to outreach workers, job coaches and advisors

    8. Highland Employer Coalition. David Stewart, Director

    9. Coalitions chaired by prominent local business leaders. Coalitions work with employers and strategic partners to deliver a ‘joined-up’ approach to employment and skills issues. NEP provides an employer led, business perspective to the design and delivery of Welfare to Work strategy NEP chaired by Lord Sandy Leitch, Leitch Report to be submitted to Chancellor of the Exchequer on December 6th, 2006. www.nationalemploymentpanel.gov.uk Employer Coalitions

    10. The importance of employer engagement Understanding of employer’s needs Understanding of sector trends Skills gaps Skills matching Win/Win for employers and candidates

    11. Recruitment is costly. Labour market trends Level of information to support the application. Support for employer as well as the candidate. Corporate Social Responsibility In most cases employers will be charitable, but NOT charities. What’s in it for the employer?

    12. What’s the employer looking for? Good attitude Willingness Suitable behaviours Attendance Good basic skills Value for their investment – “real jobs for real pay”

    13. Barriers to employer engagement

    14. Barriers to employer engagement

    15. The offer to employers will be: Common Assessment There will be a common assessment approach for potential employees, to help match clients to your needs. Aftercare and in-work support There will be “aftercare” and in-work support provided for people who need it, to help them adjust to their new employment, especially those who may not have worked for some time. This should help you to reduce the cost and effort of losing new employees within weeks of recruitment. Brokerage service There will be a trial/pilot of a “brokerage” service which will provide you with a clear access point to help you make an informed choice when and if you need help with recruiting or keeping people in work Good basic soft skills Employers can expect potential recruits to have good basic soft skills. Workforce Plus

    16. Workforce Plus ‘We need to offer employers simple, effective and appealing ways of benefiting from these potential new recruits, as well as access to the range of support available to help them reach out to unfamiliar sources of labour’ Scottish Executive 7 Target areas Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Dundee Target Reduce the number of people dependant on welfare benefits by 66,000 by 2010

    17. Examples of employer engagement Prepare to Work Retail, Construction, Contact centre, Transport , Care, Hospitality ‘Get a Goal’ – Ross County Lifeskills through Sport ‘Support Employment’ Rangers, Celtic, St. Mirren, Falkirk, Hibernian, Hearts, Dundee, Dundee United ‘Unlock Your Potential’ – Shirlie Project City Strategy – part of the Glasgow consortium. Industrial Occupational Knowledge.

    18. What employers can provide. Flexibility Hours of work, shifts, working patterns Application process Reason adjustment to job or people spec. Ring fence / guaranteed support Assist in design pre-recruitment training Workplace familiarisation for support advisors Workplace familiarisation, work experience, work trial Appropriate attention to induction Inclusion with supporters and providers. Mentoring

    19. Job role Job profile/description – question detail Skills requirements Personal Vocational Social Skills matching Support requirement Physical Environmental Social Timed role and career aspirations/expectations

    20. How to bring the perspectives together Address skills gap by effective and efficient training Awareness of employer’s needs through job analysis Business proposition, not charity Look beyond the job description

    21. What can agencies/providers offer Employers The candidate with a full history Expertise in supported/hard to place employment Benefits and risks assessment Advice on process or equipment modification Advice on employment issues, DDA, H&S, etc. A trusted reliable recruitment option A better understanding of the support/provider infrastructure.

    22. Added value to individual Job that matches aspirations Paid going rate Confidence in their job Sustainable results Transferable skills through focus on good working practices

    23. Added value to employer Advise regarding reasonable adjustments Risk assessment translated into good working practices Sustainable results

    24. Thank you

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