Common use of Carers Clause in Contracts

Carers. The College will strive to encourage disclosure from both students and staff of non-education needs such as having carer responsibilities through awareness raising campaigns on the support and potential funding available for carers. The College has been accredited as becoming an Engaged Carer Positive Employer in Scotland to ‘exemplary status’. A Carers Charter has been created that highlights how the College values the vital work done by carers and is committed to working with them to help them continue with their education. The charter was the brainchild of the Forth Valley Student Association, and is supported by the College’s Student Services Team, carers Trust Scotland and Stirling Carers Centre. An example of where the College has reacted to the changing environment that employers are operating in, and has adapted to ensure we have a pipe-stream of work-ready students is within Modern Apprenticeship recruitment. The College has seen significant challenges in relation to employer willingness to recruit Modern Apprentices in the current climate. An innovative solution from the College has been to recruit students to pre-apprenticeship programmes which follow the same curriculum route as our MA programmes, which will allow students to switch to the MA programme seamlessly when employer confidence grows. The East Central Scotland Colleges Collaboration is a venture formed by Edinburgh College, Fife College, Forth Valley College and West Lothian College, with the purpose to jointly collaborate on a curriculum proposition that would meet the needs of the local and wider region during the economic recovery of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Colleges worked together using bespoke and accelerated Regional impact Assessment Data from SDS and evaluated this labour market intelligence data against 8 identified priority sectors. Through a series of workshops the consortium collectively generated 8 distinct curriculum product offerings that were aligned to the priority groups and sectors and possible funding streams. Scottish Government sanctioned that Skills Boost and HNC Accelerator would be taken forward to be funded, with rollout across the whole sector. Each of the colleges defined what curriculum they will lead on, and joint marketing was undertaken, along with an agreement for cross referral should there be any unmet demand. This provision is aligned to the Young Persons Guarantee and Transitions Training Fund.

Carers. The College will strive to encourage disclosure from both students and staff of non-education needs such as having carer responsibilities through awareness raising campaigns on the support and potential funding available for carers. The College has been accredited as becoming an Engaged Carer Positive Employer in Scotland to ‘exemplary status’. A Carers Charter has been created that highlights how the College values the vital work done by carers and is committed to working with them to help them continue with their education. The charter was the brainchild of the Forth Valley Student Association, and is supported by the College’s Student Services Team, carers Trust Scotland and Stirling Carers Centre. An example of where the College has reacted to the changing environment that employers are operating in, and has adapted to ensure we have a pipe-stream of work-ready students is within Modern Apprenticeship recruitment. The College has seen significant challenges in relation to employer willingness to recruit Modern Apprentices in the current climate. An innovative solution from the College has been to recruit students to pre-apprenticeship programmes which follow the same curriculum route as our MA programmes, which will allow students to switch to the MA programme seamlessly when employer confidence grows. The East Central Scotland Colleges Collaboration is a new venture formed by Edinburgh College, Fife College, Forth Valley College and West Lothian College, with the purpose to jointly collaborate on a curriculum proposition that would meet the needs of the local and wider region during the economic recovery of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Colleges worked together using bespoke and accelerated Regional impact Assessment Data from SDS and evaluated this labour market intelligence data against 8 identified priority sectors. Through a series of workshops the consortium collectively generated 8 distinct curriculum product offerings that were aligned to the priority groups and sectors and possible funding streams. These products were presented to the chief executives, and subsequently evaluated by Scottish Government with a view to taking forward with a range of measures to implementation. Scottish Government sanctioned that Skills Boost and HNC Accelerator would be taken forward to be funded, with rollout across the whole sector. Each of the colleges have defined what curriculum they will lead on, and joint marketing was undertakenhas begun, along with an agreement for cross referral should there be any unmet demand. This provision is aligned to the Young Persons Guarantee and Transitions Training Fund.