9am Arrival and breakfast

9.20am Welcome and outline of our Traineeship

Martin Foulkes, Starting Point Education Services Manager

9.40am TSSP: Aims and outcomes

Jo Smith, Work Experience Coordinator

10.00am The Employer experience

Pauline Devine, Director of Employment Services, St Helens ChamberAngela Metcalfe, The Hope Centre

10.15am Comfort break/networking

10.30am The Learner experience

St Helens Chamber learners

10.45am Launch of resources

Martin Foulkes, Starting Point Education Services Manager

11.00am Evaluation and close

Martin Foulkes

AGENDA: HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO START THEIR CAREERSSt Helens Chamber, 25th July 2014

Traineeship Staff Support Project: The Background

2012-2014

Our path to an apprenticeship: Work Ready – Chamber

Approved

Skills

Communication (in

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Team

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Initiative

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Attributes

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Common sense

Motivation

Personal

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of humour

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Poor numera

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Poor IT sk

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Do You Want to Work?

Ready to commit to full time employment

Looking for training while you work

Hardworking, enthusiastic, reliable

Something to offer businesses

Our Model:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

R Employability Work Experience

Functional Skills and Job Hubs

• NCFE Employability• Health and Safety• Portfolio• Mock Interview

• 3 days per week• weeks• Pre-defined objectives• Monitored by our team• Completed open reference or

interview• Functional Skills

‘Meet the Apprentice’ Events

Outcomes in 2013/14

Learners engaged 127

Learners completing programme 101

Progression into apprenticeship 44

Progression into other learning/training 5

Progression into other jobs 12

Any Questions?

Traineeship Staff Support Project: Our Journey

April – July 2014

Project aim:To increase Traineeship capacity by improving staff training and support

Key Deliverables• To provide training and resources to increase staff knowledge and

confidence in creating Traineeships

• Creation of resource pack/good practice manual and dissemination

• Generating new SME Traineeship placements

• Evaluative conference

Staff Development

A staff survey was completed by 52 people to establish baseline knowledge and confidence:

• 59.6% people were aware of our Traineeship offer, but many could not outline key elements

• 65.38% people had never discussed Traineeship opportunities with local people or businesses

• 16% people were very confident creating/supporting Traineeships

Staff Development

The staff survey also asked how and in what format people would like further information.

The most popular responses included:• Information leaflet• Case studies• Information added to staff intranet• List of ways staff can help• Email updates• Contact details for further info

Staff Development Outcomes

• Staff Development session: Strenghtening the number and quality of Traineeships in SME’s and underrepresented sectors (attended by 52 people)Recorded and blogged

• Staff consultation Meetings/Employer Task Force

• Email updates and electronic information made available

• Information leaflet created as part of larger resource pack

Resource Materials: Outcomes

Employer Task force provided a steering group to agree content and format:

• Employer Pack

• Staff Delivery Materials

• Brokerage pack

Resources have been shared across a network of more than 1000 colleagues, members and organisations.

Resources will be accessible alongside other project TSSP outputs on website.

Generating new Traineeship placements: Outcomes

• Generate 10 new placements in 3 new sectors creating 15 new Traineeship roles

During the lifetime of the project:

• 15 new placements have been created by 14 new companies.

• This has created 15 new Traineeships initially, however many roles are ongoing.

• New placements are in a variety of sectors – created to meet demand and increase opportunities in underrepresented areas.

Generating new Traineeship placements:

Accountancy Admin Childcare

Customer Service Engineering Health

Manufacturing Materials/Supply Retail

Warehouse

Key successful approaches in generating new Traineeship placements:

• Brokerage: Agreement established between Chamber and Employer

• Local network

• Assurance of ‘Chamber Approved’ and classroom learning

• Unique position as a member organisation

• Seamless transition into Apprenticeships and ongoing careers support/development

• New placements and opportunities have been shared across relevant colleagues to further increase awareness and understanding

Distance travelled:

Following this activity, completed another staff survey to measure distance travelled:

Are you aware of our Traineeship offer and able to outline key elements

59.60%

90.32%

Initial Survey Repeat Survey

Distance travelled:

15.38%23.08%

41.27%

58.73%

Initial Survey Repeat Survey

Distance travelled:How confident would you feel creating/supporting Traineeships?

Very confident Confident

16.00%

28.00%30.16%

53.97%

Initial Survey Repeat Survey

What next:

• Use feedback and ideas from today

• Final evaluative report

• Resources to be uploaded to TSSP website and quality assured

• Use and development of resources in practice

Any Questions?

Traineeship Staff Support Project: Employer Views

Traineeship Staff Support Project:

Angela MetcalfeHope Centre

Break

Please find tea and coffee in the café and feel free to chat with other delegates

Traineeship Staff Support Project: Learner Perspectives

Traineeship Staff Support Project:Support Packs

Traineeship Staff Support Project:Evaluation and Closing Remarks