ANGUS COUNCIL MAPPING RESPONSE. Stage 4 Employer Engagement & Matching. Stage 5 In-Work/ Aftercare

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1 Voluntary Action Angus Volunteer Centre Angus. Saltire Awards Volunteer Centre Angus. Praxis Life Skills Centre Angus currently piloting new award which will ultimately replace MV Award and be achievable across a range of levels. Fiona Walsh, Gary Malone, Social Enterprise Development Officer Praxis Centre, Saltire Awards and general volunteering Supporting people to start a new social enterprise as a route to No overall numbers, but the Education Service has an SLA with VCA in relation to volunteering, with a particular focus on young people. Copy of targets attached. They do not dicrimminate clearly between inschool, post-scholl and older adults VCA seeks to engage and support those in greatest need, including those furthest from the labour market Katrina McPherson Gary Malone Community Learning & Literacy, Numeracy, IT Development and Financial Capability Training. Range of Adult education and leisure classes Skills Development CIAG and keyworker Shona Weir, Team Scotland support Skills Development Get Ready for Work 119 Contracted Shona Weir, Team Scotland starts for Hillcrest Get Ready for Work - Shona Weir, Team Toolbox Project Angus SDS Get Ready for Work - Toolbox Project Angus Rathbone Get Ready for Work Shona Weir, Team Natalie Marr

2 Angus College Get Ready for Work Shona Weir, Team DEAP Get Ready for Work Shona Weir, Team DEAP Steps to Success Fiona Keddie Programme Penumbra Young Scotland Angus Council Opportunities for All Nova Project - (all age project)supporting people who have experienced mantal health issues Enterprise empower Employability Programme Jamie Taylor Agreements Approx. 50 per year Opportunities for All in-school interventions, Agreements and related learning provision The current number of young people on Agreements is 49. Approcimately 25 more young people are engaged with Key Workers, but are not yet ready to complete Agreements. There is no Numbers are growing quickly.planning for 2012 school leavers is based on the assumption that all those leaving school for whom Agreements are appropriate will be engaged and supported. This is a challenging target both in relation to key Worker capacity and cpacity to make Agreement appropriate learning target for , provision. The but a clear target confirmation of SG grant to ensure that all and outcome of local young people budget discussions wil leaving school are be critical to ensuring engaged and that there is capacity to supported to the deliver. most appropriate destination Lisa Gilfillan, OfA Coordinator, Lisa Gilfillan East of Scotland Enable Options Angus Gina Baird, Service OPTIONS Manager, Angus Education EDS Council, Angus Council Work Department, Experience Programme 1221 work experience placements undertaken in 2010/11 Work experience is offered to all young people from S3/4 - S6 across all Angus Secondary Schools. Joanne McFadden, Skills for Work Coordinator,

3 Angus Council Extended Angus Council Work Support for Pupils, Experience Programme Panbride Old School Murton Wildlife Trust Skills for Work course delivery - Rural Skills, Hospitality, Employability units. Angus Council - Angus Angus Employability Works Partnership - Employability Academy Delivered at Murton wildlife Park Total Participants on the academy include 15 in This Academy approach is the first of its kind in this part of Scotland and February and 15 in has been well received March. This is split by all participants. This into: year work is being reported olds, year through to Joanne olds, Farrow and the year olds and 2 in Employability National the 50+ age Delivery Group. The bracket. Partnership is now working on sector based academies including agriculture and security. Al Borland, Reserve Manager, Shelley Hague, Strategy Officer, Ec Dev Angus Council - Towards Supporting people into Employment Team: work through providing Adult one to one action planning, Childcare costs, ILA courses and training The Towards Employment Team will work with any age group and work closely with SDS and Angus Council 16+ reference group to support Youth Employment. The team is currently working on a Training for Work contract and developing ILA's. Anne McFarlane

4 Angus Council - Towards Delivering a modern Employment Team: apprenticeship Youth programme to move young people into sustained employment Currently working to place 47 young people in modern apprenticeships there are positions in administration, horticulture, leisure, agriengineering, health and social care, greenkeeping, motor vehicle and land based engineering. Christina Dakers ENET Nicholas Kidd, Project Manager Tayside Youth Business Scotland If you are in Scotland, Alan Laing aged between 18 and 25 (or 26 and 30 if you are disabled) and want to run your own business PSYBT can provide: 4999 Angus College Angus College are a main routeway for young people in Angus as shown in the recent SDS destination report with Angus having the highest amount of young people going into further education. There are a variety of vocational and training options available. Angus College loans of up to 5000 and grants of up to 1000 (conditions apply) Cath Ferrie, Director of Curriculum Support & Development, Tom Black, Angus College

5 Angus College a free business mentor Pre Entry Support for the first two years of and Guidance the business Pitstop, Forfar access to training, like free book-keeping courses YMCA, Montrose information on events such as our business networking club, Elevator - Transition Support - Individual on Course Student Supoprt Wide range of Courses, covering Full Time and Part Time Provision. - Skillzone (Specially designed Courses to meet needs of the Opportunities for All Groups) - Supported Education Courses - Skills for Work Courses (delivered in partnership with Angus Schools, both in Collge and Learning Centres with Schools) Total Enrolments Full Time Part Time The above figures include: - Skillzone (Specially designed Courses to meet needs of the Opportunities for All Groups) - FT - 29, PT Supported Education Courses - FT - 27, PT % of all young people Cath Ferrie in Angus Progress to FE -Director of Curruculum 10% higher than the Supoprt and National Average Development It may prove difficult to deliver some of the provision due to funding reduction. cath.ferrie@angus.ac.uk Tel: Skills for Work Courses (delivered in partnership with Angus Schools, both in Collge and - Get Ready for Work Learning Centres with Schools) - Modern Apperenticeships - Get Ready for Slyvia Breen, Val Cooper, Augment (Scotland) Ltd opportunities to attend exhibitions

6 Adult L:iteracy and information about how to Numeracy increase the profile of your business. There are no There are good and Pam Mackie specific targets for improving connections young learners at this stage. At present 60 young people between between adult literacy provision and the 16+ learning Choices development - all young the ages of 16 and people on 25 are engaged in Agreements who require community based literacy and numeracy provision and a support will have access. significantly higher Anus College makes number on programmes with extensive provision as part of mainstream Angus College (as programmes. It also part of wider courses) makes additional support available to students as required Employability Programmes Open employability programmes, for people of all ages no reliable The CLD Service is Pam Mackie numbers available developing this strand of mackiep@angus.gov.uk at this stage. its work and connecting Arrangements are this to the 16+ agenda. being made to ensure that data for Employability programmes run in 4 Angus communities and year=olds is more consideration is being reliably available in given to whether this the future cann and should be expended. Referral links between SDS, Job Centre Plus and this provision anre good 6