Opportunities for all
Glasgow City Council is wholly determined to deliver the explicit commitment identified within Opportunities for All, to offer a place in learning or training to every 16 to 19 year old not currently in employment, education or training. This unprecedented commitment ensures that all young people have the opportunity to improve their chances of sustainable employment through learning or training. It also ensure that the post-16 system focuses on supporting those at risk of disengaging as well as those who are already without current employment, education or training.
Scotland's youth employment is at its highest since 2005 and a new Participation Measure for 16 to 19 year olds in Scotland has been developed to provide a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the activities youn people are taking part in.
For the first time, the Scottish Government will have detailed information on activity for 16 to 19 year olds rather than just school leavers, who only account for a quarter of the 16 to 19 year olf population. The Participation Measure , published by Skills Development Scotland, improves the quality of information currently available and will help to more effectively focus resources and policies to help young people make a successful transition towards employment.
The local Youth Employment Activity plan builds on the implementation of these ambitions and will infom local policy and practice.
Glasgow's Youth Employment Activity Plan (YEAP)
Reflects local partnership delivery arrangements and details referral routes for 16+ opportunities. Within the YEAP is an Employability Pipeline which provides a simple route map highlighting local provision to support young people into employment through a staged process, at the core of which is the identification of individual need.
The pipeline provides practitoners throughout Glasgow with information to help them in their day-to-day contact with young people (aged 16 to 24) and provides a clear picture of the range of services available.The pipeline is reliant on the participating organisations providing updates on a regular basis to ensure information is relevant and accurate. We aim to refresh the document at least twice a year and are currently working towards making this an online resource.
This directory is produced by the Employment and Skills Patrtnership Team in Education Services and if you have any queries please contact the Opportunities For All Manager Jacqui McBride on 0141 287 6216 or by email to Jacqui.mcbride@glasgow.gov.uk
Stage Overview
Stage 1
Interventions are designed for our most vulnerable young people
Characteristically, a young person referred to a stage 1 intervention may require some one-to-one support before feeling able to participate in a groupwork setting.
Stage 1 interventions are very informal and focus particularly on increasing the young person's ability to engage with personal development interventions.
Stage 2
Programmes focus on personal development activity
Young people may progress into a stage 2 programmes directly from school if they are comfortable in group work setting but have specific issues around confidence, operating as part of a team, timekeeping etc.
Stage 1 interventions in Glasgow are designed to support every young person into a personal development Stage 2 programme. Most personal development programmes offer some kind of accreditation but often this forms an optional component part of a programme. Information on accreditation should be sought from the programme provider.
Stage 3
Programmes have a specific employability focus - either based around developing generic and/or specialist employability skills
It may be appropriate for a young person to progress from one stage 3 intervention to another depending on the specialism of the particular programmes - i.e. a generic skills programme like Connect3 may then lead onto the young person progressing to a more specialist programme like one of the Sector Skills Academy programmes.
Stage 3 programmes are designed for young people who are close to the labour market but require to brush up on their general employability skills, develop some sector specific skills and potentially to gain some expreience of the workplace.
Stage 4
Programmes are designed for young people who are job ready and require support to access appropriate employment
Typically these programmes are supported through a wage subsidy model of some kind with an employer being supported by public funds to part cover salary costs for employing a young person within their company. Many stage 4 programmes also provide support to allow young people to access training including Modern Apprenticeships.
Stage 5
Services cover aftercare offered to young people and their employers to support young people to stay in employment once they have secured a job.
Directory of Specialist Employability Programmes
We have a commitment to make sure that disadvantaged and unrepresented young people who have Additional Support Needs have access to appropriate support. There are many partner agencies who offer specific supports to these groups of young people and these specialist programmes are list below. Most of these partners are able to offer a "needs led" approach and therefore it is not appropriate to map these against the skills pipeline.
This a new area for within the directory which we intend to develop over time so presently the lists agencies who support young people with Additional Support for Learning or who are from within the BME community, both groups who are underrepresented in employability programmes across the city.
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