Skills for Jobs
The aim of the Skills for jobs is to tackle worklessness by reducing the number of individuals not in employment. Skills for jobs aims to offer workless individuals a tailored package of support that recognises the needs and aspirations of beneficiaries. This will be delivered by the engagement of individuals and providing tailored packages of coaching, ongoing support, learning and the achievement of qualifications. The project will enable beneficiaries to secure and sustain employment and to continue to learn and receive ongoing support once they have entered employment
Beneficiaries will also be able to access advice and guidance which will assist them to progress into other funded programmes to enable them to gain skills at higher levels, for example to continue learning in work via Train to Gain programme.
Beneficiaries are eligible for the skills for jobs project if they meet the following eligibility criteria:
Are 19+ and not in employment, but wanting to work.
And:
low skilled adults without a level 2 qualification,
Or
facing specific barriers and experiencing significant disadvantage.
Skills for jobs will engage with disadvantaged adults who are both economically inactive or on benefits who need additional training and support to prepare them for sustainable employment.
This project is to be delivered across Tees Valley and has the following objectives:
To engage with 95 beneficiaries;
To progress 35 beneficiaries into learning;
To progress 31 beneficiaries into Jobs with training;
To progress 31 beneficiaries into sustainable Jobs (a minimum of 13 weeks).
As with all Tees Valley Works projects all provision is subcontracted out to specialist delivery agencies. Providers currently delivering this programme are:
- Routes to Employment (Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council);
- Stockton Training and Employment Service (Stockton Borough Council);
- Hartlepool Working Solutions (Hartlepool Borough Council).
