Issue - meetings
Integrated Employment Service
Meeting: 01/09/2016 - Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 13)
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Minutes:
The Committee received a report that provided an update on the development of several measures relating to the long-term delivery of Integrated Employment Support across the borough. It seeks to update on inter-related issues cited in the Strategic Plan, including: the upscaling of the Raising Aspirations pilot and the Growth Borough ESF Programme; the development of a new CRM system and related methodologies, and related service reviews across the council which need to be considered as part of the long term implementation of IES. The main points of the discussion may be summarised as follows:
The Committee:
Noted that work was being undertaken:
· To increase the numbers of places for apprentices across the Borough;
· To Re-establish the Economic Growth Partnerships;
· review the local jobs market;
· To assist in helping residents whose first language was not English to get on in work or learn more about their rights and responsibilities;
· To provide child care to enable parents to get access into the jobs market; and
· To increase the number of vocational courses.