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Aim HighLifelong Learning and Employability Midlothian Council Annual Report 2017/18
Lifelong Learning and Employability is part of the Education Service in Midlothian Council.
We support young people, adults and families to improve their life chances through the development of skills for learning, life and work.
We also work with partners to implement initiatives such as Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce, Positive Destinations and Employability.
Our offer
ACCESS TO LEARNING
The chance to get back into learning
ImpROvE quALIfICATIONS
The chance to improve your qualifications
HELp WITH pOSITIvE DESTINATIONS
Help towards a positive destination – getting a job, entering a training course, going to college, university or volunteering
LOTS Of DIffERENT OppORTuNITIES
Lots of different opportunities – youth work, adult learning, family learning, vocational training, employment support and work experience
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3 in modern apprenticeships and 3 other.
• Over 80% of PAVE participants gained five or more qualifications and moved onto positive destinations: 32% to college, 42% to employment, 10% to vocational training and 16% to
Activity Agreements. During 2017 -2018, 30 young people have received a service from PAVE 2 98% were educated fully at PAVE 2, 2% at home. 87% of the young people have gained at least 5 qualifications at National 3, some have also gained National 4 English, Maths, Communications
Skills, Work Experience, Personal Development Award as well as SALTIRE/Volunteering Award. To date 68% have moved into positive destinations such as college, apprenticeships, employment or training, the others will hopefully progress in July 2018 as they are summer leavers.
positive destinations and employability
Young people
The headline aim of Developing the Young Workforce (2014) is to reduce youth unemployment by 40% by 2021. Therefore
every young person in Scotland is entitled to help towards learning, training, employment or volunteering (a positive destination).
• We assist young people towards employment or learning through Youth Activity Agreements
and one-to-one targeted programmes. 207 Youth Activity Agreement referrals led to 114 offers, of which 75 new agreements were taken up. 46 young people moved on to positive destinations: 18 in employment, 15 in employability training, 7 in further education,
Achievements – April 2017 to March 2018
4427 young people attended our
positive destinations projects,
including youth clubs (573 more
than last year, an increase of 15%).
1132 adults and families
attended our free
community projects
(8 less than last year,
a decrease of 0.7%).
363 adults and children attended LLE
Family Learning (48 less than last
year, a decrease of 11.7%).
595 LLE projects were
provided, based in
14 different towns
and villages across
Midlothian (274
more than last
year, an increase
of 85%).
421 people attended
ESOL, Literacy
or Numeracy
opportunities (3
less than last year, a
decrease of 0.7%).
1505 qualifications
achieved (580
more than last
year, an increase
of 62%).
425 local people
participated
in key equality
projects and
events. (new
measure).
£836,000 Lottery Early Action
Funding, secured
through partnership
working, based on
research on mental
health by Midlothian
Youth Platform.
939 young people took part in
School Work Experience
placements. (19 more than
last year, an increase of 2%).
130 young people attend
workshops weekly for
construction and cycle
maintenance (5 more
than last year, an
increase of 4%).
312 young people
started Duke
of Edinburgh
awards (70
more than
last year, an
increase of
29%). 156
awards were
gained (46 more
than last year,
an increase of
42%).
477 participants
from an ethnic
minority took
part in our
opportunities.
(169 more
than last year,
an increase of
55%.).
717 participants from areas of
deprivation participated
in our programmes. (234
more than last year, an
increase of 48%)
127 people with a disability/
barriers to work
received one-to-one
support from us. (55
more than last year, an
increase of 76%).
19 young people
participated in
our Programme
for Alternative
Vocational
Education (PAVE).
(2 less than last
year, a decrease
of 9.5%) and 30
Young People
in Pave 2. (2 less
than last year a
decrease of 6%)
66 people were
supported by LLE
with their Modern
Apprenticeship. (5
more than last year,
an increase of 8%).
1197 adults attended
our paid Adult
Learning courses
including
in Beeslack,
Lasswade and
Penicuik. (562
less than last
year recorded,
decrease of 31%).
(change in recording
method, numbers
will be monitored
over 18/19).
113 day and evening courses were
provided, including 18 accredited
courses. (4 less than last year, a
decrease of 18%).
32 learners have
accessed new
Individual
Training
Accounts
funding
worth £6,384
enabling them
to undertake
accredited
training provided
by LLE. (new
measure).
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• We have supported 156 young people to secure a positive destination by means of our pathways in: Animal Care, Child Care, Retail, College, Youth Work, Employability, Army, Sport and Wellbeing, Music, Independent Tenancy, Young Mums, PX2 and the Green Pathways.
Adults with Disabilities
• 127 people with a disability or barrier to work received one-to-one support in our FOCUS projects. 10 people moved into supported employment, 19 into further education and 6 into volunteering.
Equalities WorkThrough our Equalities
Engagement Officer and
partnership with Midlothian
People’s Equality Group, we have
organised 12 projects with 425
people participating. These have
included the Midlothian MELA,
Human Library events,
Unconscious Bias Training and
awareness-raising projects.
Modern Apprenticeships87% completed successfully (above
the national average).
LLE Income generationLLE has attracted over £240,000
through winning contracts and
charging for services.
How well are we doing?Satisfaction
94% of participants completing
our survey said they were highly
satisfied with the LLE programme
they had attended.
Key Skills Improvements
72% of participants completing
our survey reported an
improvement in at least one of
their “key skills” as a result of
taking part in our programmes.
Partnership Working
Learning and Employability
Conference 26th October 2017, the
successful ELM Conference attracted
over 120 delegates from business,
job seekers, adult learners, colleges,
third and public sectors. The
conference has created drive and
direction for further improving adult
learning and employability across
the partnership, building on skills for
learning, life and work.
Developing Midlothian’s Young Workforce (DYW)
Our regional and local DYW
Partnerships bring public, third and
private sectors together to support
young people. They help young
people to be more informed, inspired
and hired through improving
connections between education
and industry. Over 1500 pupils
and teachers have accessed new
programmes of activity, workshops,
industry visits and events. The
Guarantee offers a free recruitment
service to our local businesses.
An additional 200 young people
have signed up to receive job alerts
through the Guarantee and the Jobs
Roadshow Midlothian. The Job
Roadshow connected 27 recruiting
employers who had over 400 live
vacancies with 300 plus young
people from local high schools.
European Structural Fund Employability Support – LLE and
partners, including Lothians Veterans
Centre, Access to Industry, Into Work
and RUTS, have supported local
people to achieve 44 vocational
qualifications, supported 33 to
access Further Education and 19 into
employment.
Veteran’s Placement Internship Programme Midlothian Council
Sean Clancy has become the first
person to complete a veteran’s
placement internship with
Midlothian Council.
Having left the army after 33 years
of service, Sean joined the army
reserves two years ago. Sean
has been working in the Lifelong
Learning and Employability team
as a Youth Support Worker since
December last year.
Speaking about his experience of the
placement, Sean said:
“ Midlothian Council have been really good with me since day one, offering support and encouraging me. It was great to know that I could transfer into something like youth work as I was a bit worried my skill set from the army wouldn’t be compatible with much. This programme is funded by the Armed Forces Covenant and organised by LLE and Bright Green Business Partnership”.
LLE Accreditation – Improvements Over Time
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young women from the youth club
took part in two trips in February
2018 and completed a 16k cycle
ride. Specialist staff praised their
attitude and ‘can do’ spirit.
Supporting Adults, families and Young people through Employability, Lifelong and vocational Learning, Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL. (ALN) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Hani is a refugee from Syria where
his university studies in electrical
engineering were disrupted.
He started learning English
with LLE tutors and completed
SQA National 3 ESOL. He now
attends Edinburgh College at
National 4 level and hopes to
progress to National 5 level. He
is in the process of completing
his CSCS certificate for building
construction. He says, “I want to
be an electrical engineer and study
this in Scotland”.
Mia
Originally from Bulgaria, Mia
joined a small friendly ESOL group
at upper intermediate level. She
was soon able to complete some
National 5 ESOL units and knew
she would like to train as a nurse.
She was referred to Progress
through Learning Midlothian
(PTLM), who supported her onto
a nursing degree course at Napier
Youth Clubs……Not a Thing of the past
A strong partnership with Dalkeith
High School, St David’s High School,
Woodburn Primary School and the
Bill Russell Youth Project enable
LLE to deliver three youth work
activities (free swimming project,
and two new youth clubs). These
attract around 65 young people
per week, with 30% of participants
residing in SIMD 1.
Youth provision for Primary 6 and 7
is delivered at Dalkeith High School
Campus (with 25 – 30 participants
per week). This provides transition
support and healthy activities
such as football, games, crafts
and smoothie making, leading
to a Dynamic Youth Award.
Another new youth club has been
established in the MARC Building
in Woodburn, funded by Cashback
for Communities. Feedback from
young people indicates it is a safe,
fun place to meet friends, with
supportive staff and opportunities
to try new things. For example, five
Jamie attended the PAVE 2, Prince’s
Trust group and worked through
units of the Achieve Programme.
Part of that programme was to
attend a three day residential,
where we witnessed Jamie’s real
potential. He really excelled over
all three days, showing a level
of maturity we had not seen
before and demonstrating an
ability to make positive choices.
Jamie started a work experience
placement in in the early part of
2017 and completed a six month
extended placement before being
offered a full-time job, in which he
currently excels.
Youth Activity Agreements
Paul’s school attendance began
to dip and his teacher referred
him to be part of LLE’s Youth
Activity Agreement programme.
Currently he is working towards
Communication level 4 through
the LLE Sports pathway, and has
achieved his Saltire Volunteering
Award as well as a Health and
Safety qualification. Paul feels
he has made real progress and
is better at working with others
and communication – “I’m
moving onto job preparation and
interviewing skills next”.
Engineers. He also attends two LLE
Pathways (Sports and Rural Skills),
and is working towards a Youth
Achievement Award. His confidence
has gradually increased and his
positive engagement on many
levels has a led to a referral to the
Army Pathway. This is delivered in
partnership with Edinburgh College
Army Preparation Course, and leads
to a career in the Forces.
PAVE 2 young people have
designed and built a permanent
sculpture for the community garden.
A ‘Tree of Life’ sculpture was created
to share stories of their relationships,
their struggles and their hopes and
dreams. They even left a space on
the tree for visitors to the garden to
share their stories...and two minutes
after it was erected, two guests
wrote their hopes and dreams on
the branches!
Supporting Young people back into learning and work
Hannah initially found it difficult
to engage, but her PAVE 2 and
LLE key workers persevered and
she passed National 3 Maths and
English. She is now working keenly
towards five further National 3/4s.
She also attended an LLE course,
Crèche Worker Training. She really
enjoyed the course and exploring
the avenues of possible work in
her chosen career path. Hannah
commented: “These classes have
given me confidence, not only to
get back into education. I would
recommend this course to anyone
wanting to change their life”.
Allister has a long term history of
non-attendance at school, but with
one-to-one LLE guidance he is now
taking his National 3 and 4 in English
and Maths. He wants to join the
Army to do vehicle mechanics in
the Royal Electrical and Mechanical
The people behind our statistics – LLE changing Lives
(Names have been changed where requested).
University. She is very happy with
the course, has passed all her
assignments so far and is doing
well on her practical placements.
PEEP is a programme that
supports parents and children
to learn together through play.
It uses song and rhyme, books,
stories and creative play activities.
The PEEP Progression Pathway
allows parents and carers to
gain nationally recognised SQA
units at different levels, covering
communication, language, health
and physical development, and
child development stages. One
participant commented: “This was
a lovely environment to learn new
ways to help my baby develop. It
has helped me realise how simple it
can be to introduce things into daily
life to help her learn in a fun way”.
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Brian participated in various LLE
projects such as ALN groups, the
FOCUS team, Ready for Retail at
IKEA and ECDL with LLE. Brian
successfully gained SQA and
Borders College Certificates, then
did a year’s work experience with
the NHS at the Western General on
the Project Search training course.
Brian said:
“Before getting support from LLE
I was just applying for jobs and
courses, and getting nowhere.
The FOCUS team helped me take
baby steps and work on the things
I needed to change and improve.
LLE has made such a difference
to me in terms of confidence and
learning new skills. This really
helps my current role with Project
Search”
Craig was on our Stage 3
programme in the Construction
Workshops and prior to completion
we helped him apply for several
jobs. He successfully secured a
panel-beating apprenticeship.
Craig has now completed his
apprenticeship and said:
“Without the initial support and
ongoing in-work support provided
by the LLE service I would not have
completed my apprenticeship”
Eileen started on the European
Computer Driving Licence
(ECDL) course in January 2017,
which suited her childcare
commitments. She completed it
in May 2017, growing substantially
in confidence. She was offered
an unconditional place on their
HND Administration and IT
course. Eileen says that, without
the ECDL qualification, she would
not have had the necessary entry
requirements for the HND course.
Part of the course involves a work
experience placement and Eileen is
working with the LLE team one day
per week.
David had a weekend job in
retail, but was interested in social
care. David joined the LLE teams
Employability Fund Stage 4 Care
Course to undertake specific training
and gain practical work experience.
“I didn’t expect to get so much
out of the course. The hands-on
work experience was excellent”.
Within four weeks of completing his
training, David had secured a full-
time post with a local nursing home.
“I love the job and my supervisor
has talked me through the
progression routes available. I
know I can develop my career into
nursing or other health-related
professions if I choose”.
Julie attended a Relaxation course
at our Croft Street venue and says:
“I was looking to learn new skills
and join a group of like-minded
people. The tutor showed us how
to use breathing techniques for
calmness and introduced the
group to the health and wellbeing
benefits of mindfulness and
meditation. Over the ten weeks I
learned many new things, whether
it was from watching a TED talk,
carrying out a mindfulness exercise
or doing a group meditation. There
were varied levels of knowledge
within the group members and it
was good to share our experiences.
The course gave me the incentive
to start practicing yoga and
meditation at home. I feel that it
gave me a much-needed boost
to my physical and emotional
wellbeing.”
LLE are expanding the range of qualifications to help local people improve their skills, for learning, life and work.
National 5 Early Education and Childcare
Following a successful approval visit
by SQA, LLE offered the National 5
Early Education and Childcare course
to run over a year from January
2018 in Penicuik; 17 people are now
registered on the course. With the
growth in the childcare sector, in
particular the increase in hours being
offered through nursery provision,
the course is a stepping stone into
working with children. It covers child
development, health, working in the
sector and play. The course has also
benefited from the new Individual
Training Accounts, available through
Skills Development Scotland – My
World of Work. Participants attending
the course have been able to use
the Individual Training Accounts to
support their study. The next course
will run from September 2018.
Progress through Learning Midlothian – from Community Based Learning to University.
https://stv.tv/news/features/1412253-meet-the-family-with-three-generations-in-university-at-same-time/
LLE Equalities Work – reaching out, influencing views and including others.
Secondary School Teacher-
“The Human Library event on Purple
Friday at Lasswade High School was
a huge success. It was great to have
such a diversity of people from so
many walks of life coming into the
school to share their stories with our
young people. It was one of the most
meaningful workshops I had ever
seen in education”.
Roslin Primary pupils said:
“I learned that it’s okay to be
different”.
“I really liked the human library.
I learned a lot of things, like how
differences are good because if we
were all the same it would be boring”.
“I learned that it doesn’t matter who
you are or what you look like, you
should just be you”.
Quote from Human Books:
“ The huge joy of human library is seeing the lightbulb moment in the readers when they place themselves in your shoes and see your reality; including both our personal obstacles and positive experiences. I would highly recommend it for anyone with a story to tell.”
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Contact us to find out more and see what’s on offer for 18/19.
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