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Information, Advice and Guidance

Information, Advice and Guidance. Skills for Young People. Skills for the Workforce. Technical Skills. Enterprise Skills. Literacy / Numeracy. Soft Skills. Employers. Skills for the Unemployed. Work Experience. Graduate Skills. Wolverhampton Skills and Employment Board.

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Information, Advice and Guidance

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  1. Information, Advice and Guidance Skills for Young People Skills for the Workforce Technical Skills Enterprise Skills Literacy / Numeracy Soft Skills Employers Skills for the Unemployed Work Experience Graduate Skills Wolverhampton Skills and Employment Board Economic Growth

  2. Wolverhampton Skills and Employment Board Priorities: World of Work Skills for Growth Employment Support Information and Support Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  3. World of Work Create and nurture partnerships between education and business to support young people and the unemployed: Wolverhampton Growth Pledge 4+ campaign Placement Hub Business Ambassadors Work Experience: young people and the unemployed Skills Factory: industrial placements for teachers Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  4. Skills for Growth The skills needed for the Wolverhampton economy to grow: Need employers at the centre driving skills investment and supporting employability (SFA/NAS/EFA/ESF/JCP) Sector Skills and Employment Plans City Deal:proposals to government for flexibilities and freedoms to help grow the Black Country economy by £1billion Employer Ownership of Skills (£3.2m Black Country bid submitted), Skills Factory (£1.8m UKCES programme) Promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math's (STEM) to young people, for example: JLR Education Business Partnership Centre University Partnership for Sci Fest’ STEMNET Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  5. Employment Support New funding landscape: need to work in partnership Wolverhampton Employability Partnership: training providers, college, AES, JC Plus, Work Programme providers, National Careers Service, Wolverhampton Homes, VCS, Skills Funding Agency, City Council working in partnership ‘Journey to Work’ mapping has been completed. Partnership Plan being finalised Youth Contract supporting: 16-17 year olds and 18-24 year olds £9.5m Big Lotto Talent Match funding to tackle Youth Unemployment across the Black Country. City Deal proposals include support for the long term unemployed Pre Employment Programme – proposal submitted to JLR Partnership working on the Graduate Offer and Jobs Fairs Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  6. Information and Support A major issue for employers: how can we help them to access the Wolverhampton offer? Strong focus in helping local companies win business through Meet the Buyer events and FinditinWolverhampton Employers need high quality information on the skills offer: web based resources through a single Portal / provider information, National Careers Service, Area Prospectus. Need for increased partnership working including Knowledge Sharing seminars for employer engagement teams across the partnership Case studies for business impact and best practice Need a simple message to raise awareness of what employers can do (Growth Pledge) Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  7. Wolverhampton Growth Pledge 5 key priorities for Wolverhampton: • Skills development • Work experience • Enterprise • Education and business in partnership • Apprenticeships Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  8. Wolverhampton Growth Pledge

  9. The Impact of your Pledge You will help people to achieve their potential (and earn more) NVQ Level 4 – Up 101% to £36,348 NVQ Level 3 – Up 39% to £25,168 NVQ Level 2 – Up 27% to £23,036 NVQ Level 1 – Up 20% to £21,684 Average Wage for No Qualifications £18,096 Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  10. The Impact of your Pledge Your company / organisation will benefit: • companies that train are more likely to succeed than companies that don’t • those companies that don’t train are more than twice as likely to go out of business as those that do Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  11. The Impact of your Pledge The wider economy will grow: • A fifth of economic growth is due to improvements in workforce skills • So just 1% growth in the Wolverhampton Economy (currently £4.3b GVA) will mean an extra £43m per annum. Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  12. Wolverhampton Growth Pledge Target: 100 employers and all secondary schools, college, university and training providers to sign the Growth Pledge and make an impact by the end of 2013 Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

  13. Wolverhampton Growth Pledge Group discussion: What contribution can you and your organisation make to helping the Wolverhampton economy to grow Encouraging enterprise, Empowering people, Re-invigorating our city Prosperity for all

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