ERSA

“Under the Radar”

Ex Military Service Personnel

Work Programme

ERGONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS

In-work support leading to sustainable employment

Access to Work

Vocational Assessment

• Veteran’s Employment

• Help for wounded, injured and sick

• What can be done?

Outline

Veteran’s EmploymentVeterans unemployment is an ‘information blackhole’ Research that has been done is contradictory

However :

• There is cohort of veterans >100k who are on JSA

• Younger ones usually early service leavers

(ESLs), but many left the military many years ago

• Many face substantial obstacles to employment Often, but not always related to their military service

Wounded, Injured and Sick• Services have 1000+ wounded and a larger number of

injured – many will leave in next few years

• Defence Recovery Capability major priority for all Service charities – Help for Heroes, Royal British Legion, ABF the Soldiers Charity, RBLI etc

• Charities in partnership with the 3 Services

• Creation of regional Personnel Recovery Units

What can be done?

• DWP

• Welfare to Work Providers

• Service Charities

DWP

• Fastrack……….Work Programme

• Champions…………impact variable

• Data Field……….essential

• Evaluation………….downstream

• Refer most difficult to help to RBLI……

Providers

• Identify………but how

• Seek advice from RBLI…..

• Refer most difficult to help to RBLI…………

• Evaluate and spread good practice…..

Service Charities

• Employment cluster is producing results

• Improve connectivity to JCP and providers

• Evaluation

• LifeWorks residential courses

• Funded by Service Charities

• Free to JCP and Providers

• Coaching4Change

• Vocational assessment

What to do with your more difficult to help Veterans

Contact Details

Liz Rickaby, Director of Business Development

Mobile: 07971222935

Email:liz.rickaby@rbli.co.uk

General Enquiries

Freephone: 0800 319 6841

Email: enquiries@rbli.co.uk