WORK 4 U EMPLOYABILITY PROGRAMME

Presenters:

• Angela Hamilton – Team Manager

• Claire Fraser – Senior Disability Employment Coordinator

• Graham Duncan – Disability Employment Coordinator

• Richard Power – Depute Headteacher, Lochgelly High School

Angela Hamilton – Team Manager

Content

• Beattie Report (1999)

• Strands Of Employability

• Work 4 U programme

• Transition Support

• Student Self Assessment

• Partnership perspective

• Question & Answers

Beattie Report (1999)

The Committee believes that there are 2 main issues to be addressed:

• how to ensure that young people acquire the skills and attributes which will maximise their chances of gaining and maintaining employment; and

• how to ease the transition into employment for young people who face particular barriers arising from disability or social or educational disadvantage

Extract: Beattie Report 1999, Chapter 13.2

Strands Of Employability

• Assets: these are the knowledge, skills and attitudes which a person has.

• Deployment: the ability and capability to use assets to gain and keep employment.

• Presentation: the ability to demonstrate and "market" the assets: through CVs, references, interviews skills etc.

• Context: the inter-relationship between labour market circumstances and personal circumstances

Extract: Institute of Employment Studies (IES) November 1998

Work 4 U Programme

• Assets: Employers Expectations, Personal Skills & Qualities

• Deployment: Job Search and Careers Match, Health & Safety

• Presentation: Self Awareness,Interview Skills, Application Forms, CVs

• Context: Work Placement, Work Ethic

Transition Support

• Ongoing Transition Support through regular “16+ Learning Choices” meetings.

• Individual student Action Plans completed at end of W4U Programme.

• Keyworker transition support relating to Activity Agreements.

• Six monthly follow ups for all W4U participants.

Students Self AssessmentPupils progress

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Moving On From School

Completing Application Forms

Interview Skills

Employer Expectations

Awareness of Personal Skills

Awareness of Personal Qualities

Start Of Programme

End of Programme

Partnership Perspective

Richard Power, Depute Headteacher,

Lochgelly High School

Questions & Answers