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