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WORKING FOR GROWTH – The Scottish Government’s refreshed employability framework

Explore the Scottish Government's refresh of the employability framework, highlighting achievements, partnerships, and strategies to tackle key barriers and promote economic growth.

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WORKING FOR GROWTH – The Scottish Government’s refreshed employability framework

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  1. WORKING FOR GROWTH – The Scottish Government’s refreshed employability framework Julie Bilotti & Joanne Farrow Scottish Government Employability Team

  2. Achievements since 2006 • National stakeholder groups – Scottish Employability Forum, National Delivery Group,Third Sector Employability Forum • Employability and Tackling Poverty Learning Network • Client tracking systems • Strategic Skills Pipeline

  3. Context for a different approach • Impact of economic downturn • Welfare Reform • Christie • Reform of Post 16 Education – Putting learners at the centre

  4. Strategic and effective leadership • Strategic priorities – Economic growth and skills • Enhancing leadership – The Strategic Forum, the Economy Board, the Scottish Employability Forum, the National Delivery Group, the Third Sector Employability Forum

  5. Greater integration and partnership working • Partnership with the UK Government and its providers • BASES for those seeking work and employers • Better partnership working at a local level

  6. Towards Prevention – tackling inequality • Importance of person centred delivery • Tackling key barriers – recognising range of multiple complex barriers individuals can face including age, gender, childcare, poor physical or mental health, disability, ethnicity, offenders, drug and alcohol misuse, low/no skills and living in our most deprived areas

  7. Improving performance • Learning from each other • Finding local solutions – Community Planning and SOAs, sustainable procurement • Targeting national resources – Making Training Work Better, Employability Fund, European Structural Funds • Working with the Third Sector

  8. Next steps? Testing some ideas this year with local partnerships Action plan to be developed more fully with partners Implementation monitored by SEF

  9. Any questions?Julieann.bilotti@scotland.gsi.gov.ukjoanne.farrow@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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