Moving from education into employment with/or training

Lindsay Collins KATO

Jayne Faulkner DWP

4th June 2014

Aims

• Barriers experienced

• Claiming Jobseekers Allowance

• Traineeships

• Apprenticeships

• Help available through Jobcentre Plus

Barriers• Transient life style• Isolation• Low educational attainment• Lack of support networks• Not knowing the local area• Lack of confidence• Poor budgeting skills

Education and Training

• Sixth Form• Further Education Colleges• Independent Training Providers

• 16 – 19 Study Programme• Traineeships• Apprenticeships

• Higher Education/ Universities

Claiming Jobseekers Allowance

• Catch 22• 3 Way Interviews• Easements • Social Justice Agenda

Work Related Activity

• Confidence• Employability Skills• CV’s• Interview techniques• Emails• Universal Jobmatch• Digital Job search• Basic Skills• ESOL

Support

• Voluntary Work

• Discretionary Flexible Support Fund

• Travel to Interview

• Work Trials

• Work Clubs

• Wage Incentive

Support

• Disability Employment Coach• Employment Support Coach• Work Psychologist • Lone Parent Coach• Under 18’s Work Coach• 18 – 14 Work Coach

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