Employability Fund
- General Information
- Definition of the Training Provided at Each Stage
- Training Providers
- Eligibility Criteria
- Referrals
General Information
The Employability Fund has been allocated to six providers in Moray who are contracted to Skills Development Scotland to deliver employability training at stages 2 3 and 4.
Definition of Training Provided
| STAGE 2 Not Job Ready |
STAGE 3 Job Ready |
STAGE 4 Job Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Barrier removal | Vocational Activity and work focussed training | Employer engagement/support |
| Specialist provision | Vocational Training | Job matching |
| Core skills | Job Search Advice | Broking |
| Confidence Building | Work Experience Placement | Exit & Aftercare supported activity to apply and secure a progressive and sustainable destination |
| Basic Life & Coping skills | Raise awareness of enterprise & entrepreneurship | Initiatives to encourage employers to understand the needs of vulnerable groups and which provide support to the employer where required |
| Literacy & Numeracy | Accredited pre-employment training for core skills (eg ICT) | Innovative approaches to job matching/ |
| Personal & Motivational Programmes | Vocational training specific to the 7 Key Sectors and other high participation sectors | employer engagement |
| ESOL | Industry specific qualifications eg CSCS, SVQ in Construction, Care, etc (non statutory | Supported Employment Employer Engagement Initiatives which identify 'supports' a person might need in the workplace |
| Specialist & non-traditional employability provision (eg debt/financial, homelessness) | Supported Volunteering | Training, mentoring & supporting men and women into occupations or sectors where their gender is under-represented |
| Supported Employment initiatives that will help individuals make their own vocational choices. | Progression preparation | Assistance with childcare and for dependent persons |
| Assistance with childcare & care for dependent persons support whilst the beneficiary is in training, work placement, volunteering. | Assistance with childcare & care for dependent persons support whilst the beneficiary is in training, work placement. | Support whilst the beneficiary is in training, work placement. |
Training Providers
| Provider | Stages of support provided | Contact details | Provider Fact Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working Rite | Stage 3 & 4 | Working Rite | Stage 3 (PDF) Stage 4 (PDF) |
| Life Skills | Stage 2,3 & 4 | Life Skills | Stage 2 (PDF) Stage 3 (PDF) Stage 4 (PDF) |
| Moray College | Stages 3 & 4 | Moray College | Stage 3 (PDF) Stage 4 (PDF) |
| Moray Training | Stages 2 3 & 4 | Moray Training | Stage 2 (PDF) Stage 3 (PDF) Stage 4 (PDF) |
| Barnardo's Works | Stages 2 & 3 | Stage 2 (PDF) Stage 3 (PDF) |
Eligibility Criteria
- An individual who is 16 or 17 years old not in education, employment or training and case managed by Skills Development Scotland
- An individual who is 16 or 17 years old not in education, employment or training and not case managed by Skills Development Scotland
- An individual who is 18 – 24 years old, unemployed between 3 and 9 months, not participating on the Work Programme and in receipt of benefit
- An individual who is over 25 years old, unemployed between 3 and 12 months, not participating on the Work Programme and in receipt of benefit
- An individual who is over 18 years old, unemployed and not in receipt of benefit
- An individual who is over 18 years old, not participating on the Work Programme, in receipt of Benefit and unemployed for less than 3 months who falls into one of the following categories:
- Young person not in school
- Disabled person
- Lone parents
- Refugees
- Sector based work academies
- SIMD
- Redundant worker
- Ex offenders
- DWP Work Programme completers
- Other as agreed with Skills Development Scotland
7. An individual of any age who is under threat of redundancy and within 3 months of their notified date of redundancy
Referrals
Contact::
Skills Development Scotland
7 Commerce Street
Elgin
IV30 1BS
Tel: 01343 548884
Or your local Jobcentre 