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GROUNDWORK IN NORTH WALES WILLIAM HUGHES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME CONSULTANT. Young Peoples Guarantee 18-24 on JSA has 4 strands: Future Jobs Fund Sectoral Routeways Training Community Task Force From APRIL 2010, YPG IS MANADATORY TO STAGE 3 (6-12 MONTHS JSA).
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GROUNDWORK IN NORTH WALES WILLIAM HUGHES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME CONSULTANT
Young Peoples Guarantee 18-24 on JSA • has 4 strands: • Future Jobs Fund • Sectoral Routeways • Training • Community Task Force From APRIL 2010, YPG IS MANADATORY TO STAGE 3 (6-12 MONTHS JSA)
OVER 110 000 OF 170,000 PLACES HAVE BEEN CREATED ACROSS THE UK NEXT 6 MONTHS ACROSS NORTH WALES • GROUNDWORK 72 ACROSS WREXHAM FLINTSHIRE • GROUNDWORK 120 ACROSS GWYNEDD AND ANGLESEY • WCVA target of 450 in North Wales per 6 months • RHYL CITY STRATEGY 134 IN RHYL AND CONWY (coastal regeneration areas)
Approx 776 FJF places across North Wales • Approx 4,500 18-24s claiming JSA
GROUNDWORK MODEL • ONE STOP CENTRAL CONTACT FOR JOB CENTRE ADVISORS TO RECRUIT SUITABLE PEOPLE • EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT OFFICER AND EMPLOYER LIAISON OFFICER PROVIDE MENTORING AND ADVOCACY, QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY • ARRANGE TRAINING – 12 weeks 60 hours NOCN 2 employability skills, (Deloitte model) • 2nd 3 months specific training
Wider possibilities of FJF • LINK WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES – ILM, GATEWAY, SKILLBUILD, APPRENTICESHIPS • MATCH FUNDING FOR AN ESF TRAINING PROGRAMME • DEVELOP SOCIAL ENTERPRISES • KICK START A REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROUP ACROSS NORTH WALES, GROUNDWORK, WCVA, RHYL CITY STRATEGY, MON A MENAI, HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, FE COLLEGES
Youths make up 21% of the population and 40% of the unemployed there are 970,000 young unemployed which will soon reach 1Million WHAT CAN YOU DO? • DELIVER AN FJF CONTRACT AS MAIN CONTRACTOR • HOST FJF PLACEMENTS AS SUB CONTRACTOR OR HOST EMPLOYER • PROMOTE FJF TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS IN NORTH WALES
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY QUESTIONS PLEASE TALK TO ME AFTER, RING OR ARRANGE A MEETING Will Hughes 07752487270