Common use of Youth Employment Clause in Contracts

Youth Employment. Recognising the rise in youth unemployment both nationally and locally, a key priority for the Partnership is supporting young people into employment. Our activity in this regard is informed by the outcome of the Youth Employment Summit hosted by the Community Planning Partnership in August 2012 andincludes: the implementation of a Single Employer Offer to ensure that employers are supportedeffectively to provide employment opportunities for local people; increasing the number and uptake of Modern Apprenticeships, and the availability of work placements and pre-employment activity; and the provision of support to our most vulnerable young people. Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) - The Council traditionally supports around 50 MAs per year. To stimulate demand and create new jobs, the Opportunities for All resource is creating an additional 100 MA opportunities in the private and third sectors. Employers within the travel to work areas for East Ayrshire residents are able to access a 100% wage contribution and, where participants have additional support needs, are young carers or are looked after and accommodated, their support is supplementedto meet their travel or tenancies costs. East Ayrshire’s Employability Forum was established, as a formal sub-group of the Delivering Community Regeneration Action Plan Working Group, to ensure effective partnership working across key employability services and provide a strategic and co- ordinated response to delivering effective employability services to meet the needs of local people and the local labour market; and to ensure that resources are being used to provide maximum benefit to our resident and business communities. Given the priority on youth employment, a key strand of this work is youth employment. Kilmarnock College and Employability - a key priority for the College is ensuring that learning and skills support employability. A range of activity is in place to ensure that learning is linked to employment opportunities, including:  working closely with partners to develop and deliver courses which meet labour market needs, including ‘Step into Engineering’designed to meet specific employer needs with a number of fully funded Modern Apprenticeship places at the end of the course; and‘Get into Hospitality’ developed and delivered in partnership with the Prince’s Trust and Dumfries House;  facilitated volunteering opportunities for students both within and outwith the college to help them gain valuable work experience; and  work placements as an integral part of a wide range of programmes to provide students with real work experience. Business Enterprise and Skills Centres –Each of our nine secondaryschools delivers initiativesand programmestailored to suit therequirements and talents of their studentsto ensure they are equipped with the essential ‘business ready’ skills and knowledge that will allow them to realise their full potential andprepare them for the world of work.The focus is on helping young people to ‘make their own jobs’ by building the development of entrepreneurial skills into their education. Programmes are backed byaccredited SQA qualifications at arange of levels, right up to Higher.Such qualifications not only makeyoung people more desirable in theeyes of employers, but also developtheir personal awareness and skillssuch as communication,team working and leadership.Local business leaders play a greatpart by acting as role models,offering their experience and supportin mentoring students and backingthis ambitious education initiative. Engineering - Recognising that wealth creation within the economy is to a degree dependent on the maintenance of a pool of suitably qualified people with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) background, there is now an increased focus in the curriculum of our secondary, primary and early years establishments, as well as in our colleges,on the STEM subjects with the aim of increasing the number of young people choosing engineering as a career.  The Primary Engineer Programme delivers practical maths and science through ‘design and make’ activities for young people. Schools in East Ayrshire support the belief that STEM subjects are key to securing positive opportunities and career paths for future generations and that this begins in primary school. Whole-class projectsare mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence and designed to inspire and enthuse. The programme provides children with the opportunity to apply practical maths and science to design and technology projects. All projects are linked to practising engineers to bring the ‘wow’ factor into the classroom and provide a real-world context for learning.  The Interaction Initiative, supported by one of our Business Leaders, is running in schools 2012-13. Secondary pupils are challenged to design innovative and fit-for- purpose structures for use in selling enterprise products created in schools.  Improving Skills and Training - Working with Kilmarnock and Ayr Colleges, and Skills Development Scotland, the Council’s Economic Development team is supporting local companies to ensure that training delivered to young people is closely aligned to employers’ requirements. The Council also provides grant support to companies wishing to upskill employees and make their jobs more sustainable. Literacy across Learning Initiative–The lack of good literacy and numeracy is frequently highlighted as a problem by employers and within East Ayrshire we are intervening early to address this issue. In2012, DoonAcademy inDalmellington won theLiteracy across LearningAward,the mostprestigious nationalaward in Scottisheducation, for itspioneering project whichtackled the literacy difficultiesof a group of S1 pupils.Significant gains in reading, writingand spelling were achieved by allpupils involved in the project. Theinitiative also improved pupils’confidence and determination tosucceed, which will help them progressin all subjects across the curriculum. The Hive,standing for(Hope, Inspiration and Vision in Education), is a dedicated learning space within Kilmarnock College where staff focus on preparing young people with individual challenges for future success and supporting them to remain in education.A range of programmes, aimed at different age groups and at different levels, aims to meet individual needs. Many of the students in the HIVE have behavioural challenges and/or offending backgrounds. Some students are the first in three family generations to be in further education. By delivering learning in a non-threatening way, the students are encouraged to see the value of education and develop the confidence to have aspirations. For a high percentage of students, the College gives them a focus and keeps them out of trouble.

Youth Employment. Recognising the rise in youth unemployment both nationally and locally, a key priority for the Partnership is supporting young people into employment. Our activity in this regard is informed by the outcome of the Youth Employment Summit hosted by the Community Planning Partnership in August 2012 andincludes: the implementation of a Single Employer Offer to ensure that employers are supportedeffectively to provide employment opportunities for local people; increasing the number and uptake of Modern Apprenticeships, and the availability of work placements and pre-employment activity; and the provision of support to our most vulnerable young people. Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) - The Council traditionally supports around 50 MAs per year. To stimulate demand and create new jobs, the Opportunities for All resource is creating an additional 100 MA opportunities in the private and third sectors. Employers within the travel to work areas for East Ayrshire residents are able to access a 100% wage contribution and, where participants have additional support needs, are young carers or are looked after and accommodated, their support is supplementedto meet their travel or tenancies costs. East Ayrshire’s Employability Forum was established, as a formal sub-group of the Delivering Community Regeneration Action Plan Working Group, to ensure effective partnership working across key employability services and provide a strategic and co- ordinated response to delivering effective employability services to meet the needs of local people and the local labour market; and to ensure that resources are being used to provide maximum benefit to our resident and business communities. Given the priority on youth employment, a key strand of this work is youth employment. Kilmarnock College and Employability - a key priority for the College is ensuring that learning and skills support employability. A range of activity is in place to ensure that learning is linked to employment opportunities, including:  • working closely with partners to develop and deliver courses which meet labour market needs, including ‘Step into Engineering’designed to meet specific employer needs with a number of fully funded Modern Apprenticeship places at the end of the course; and‘Get into Hospitality’ developed and delivered in partnership with the Prince’s Trust and Dumfries House;  • facilitated volunteering opportunities for students both within and outwith the college to help them gain valuable work experience; and  • work placements as an integral part of a wide range of programmes to provide students with real work experience. Business Enterprise and Skills Centres –Each of our nine secondaryschools delivers initiativesand programmestailored to suit therequirements and talents of their studentsto ensure they are equipped with the essential ‘business ready’ skills and knowledge that will allow them to realise their full potential andprepare them for the world of work.The focus is on helping young people to ‘make their own jobs’ by building the development of entrepreneurial skills into their education. Programmes are backed byaccredited SQA qualifications at arange of levels, right up to Higher.Such qualifications not only makeyoung people more desirable in theeyes of employers, but also developtheir personal awareness and skillssuch as communication,team working and leadership.Local business leaders play a greatpart by acting as role models,offering their experience and supportin mentoring students and backingthis ambitious education initiative. Engineering - Recognising that wealth creation within the economy is to a degree dependent on the maintenance of a pool of suitably qualified people with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) background, there is now an increased focus in the curriculum of our secondary, primary and early years establishments, as well as in our colleges,on the STEM subjects with the aim of increasing the number of young people choosing engineering as a career.  • The Primary Engineer Programme delivers practical maths and science through ‘design and make’ activities for young people. Schools in East Ayrshire support the belief that STEM subjects are key to securing positive opportunities and career paths for future generations and that this begins in primary school. Whole-class projectsare mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence and designed to inspire and enthuse. The programme provides children with the opportunity to apply practical maths and science to design and technology projects. All projects are linked to practising engineers to bring the ‘wow’ factor into the classroom and provide a real-world context for learning.  • The Interaction Initiative, supported by one of our Business Leaders, is running in schools 2012-13. Secondary pupils are challenged to design innovative and fit-for- purpose structures for use in selling enterprise products created in schools.  • Improving Skills and Training - Working with Kilmarnock and Ayr Colleges, and Skills Development Scotland, the Council’s Economic Development team is supporting local companies to ensure that training delivered to young people is closely aligned to employers’ requirements. The Council also provides grant support to companies wishing to upskill employees and make their jobs more sustainable. Literacy across Learning Initiative–The lack of good literacy and numeracy is frequently highlighted as a problem by employers and within East Ayrshire we are intervening early to address this issue. In2012, DoonAcademy inDalmellington won theLiteracy across LearningAward,the mostprestigious nationalaward in Scottisheducation, for itspioneering project whichtackled the literacy difficultiesof a group of S1 pupils.Significant gains in reading, writingand spelling were achieved by allpupils involved in the project. Theinitiative also improved pupils’confidence and determination tosucceed, which will help them progressin all subjects across the curriculum. The Hive,standing for(Hope, Inspiration and Vision in Education), is a dedicated learning space within Kilmarnock College where staff focus on preparing young people with individual challenges for future success and supporting them to remain in education.A range of programmes, aimed at different age groups and at different levels, aims to meet individual needs. Many of the students in the HIVE have behavioural challenges and/or offending backgrounds. Some students are the first in three family generations to be in further education. By delivering learning in a non-threatening way, the students are encouraged to see the value of education and develop the confidence to have aspirations. For a high percentage of students, the College gives them a focus and keeps them out of trouble.

Youth Employment. Recognising the rise in youth unemployment both nationally and locally, a key priority for the Partnership is supporting young people into employment. Our activity in this regard is informed by the outcome of the Youth Employment Summit hosted by the Community Planning Partnership in August 2012 andincludesand includes: the implementation of a Single Employer Offer to ensure that employers are supportedeffectively supported effectively to provide employment opportunities for local people; increasing the number and uptake of Modern Apprenticeships, and the availability of work placements and pre-employment activity; and the provision of support to our most vulnerable young people. Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) - The Council traditionally supports around 50 MAs per year. To stimulate demand and create new jobs, the Opportunities for All resource is creating an additional 100 MA opportunities in the private and third sectors. Employers within the travel to work areas for East Ayrshire residents are able to access a 100% wage contribution and, where participants have additional support needs, are young carers or are looked after and accommodated, their support is supplementedto supplemented to meet their travel or tenancies costs. East Ayrshire’s Employability Forum was established, as a formal sub-group of the Delivering Community Regeneration Action Plan Working Group, to ensure effective partnership working across key employability services and provide a strategic and co- ordinated response to delivering effective employability services to meet the needs of local people and the local labour market; and to ensure that resources are being used to provide maximum benefit to our resident and business communities. Given the priority on youth employment, a key strand of this work is youth employment. Kilmarnock College and Employability - a key priority for the College is ensuring that learning and skills support employability. A range of activity is in place to ensure that learning is linked to employment opportunities, including:  • working closely with partners to develop and deliver courses which meet labour market needs, including ‘„Step into Engineering’designed Engineering‟ designed to meet specific employer needs with a number of fully funded Modern Apprenticeship places at the end of the course; and‘Get and „Get into Hospitality’ Hospitality‟ developed and delivered in partnership with the Prince’s Prince‟s Trust and Dumfries House;  • facilitated volunteering opportunities for students both within and outwith out with the college to help them gain valuable work experience; and  • work placements as an integral part of a wide range of programmes to provide students with real work experience. Business Enterprise and Skills Centres –Each – each of our nine secondaryschools secondary schools delivers initiativesand programmestailored initiatives and programmes tailored to suit therequirements the requirements and talents of their studentsto students to ensure they are equipped with the essential ‘„business ready’ ready‟ skills and knowledge that will allow them to realise their full potential andprepare and prepare them for the world of work.. The focus is on helping young people to ‘„make their own jobs’ jobs‟ by building the development of entrepreneurial skills into their education. Programmes are backed byaccredited by accredited SQA qualifications at arange a range of levels, right up to Higher.. Such qualifications not only makeyoung make young people more desirable in theeyes the eyes of employers, but also developtheir develop their personal awareness and skillssuch skills such as communication,, team working and leadership.. Local business leaders play a greatpart great part by acting as role models,, offering their experience and supportin support in mentoring students and backingthis backing this ambitious education initiative. Engineering - Recognising that wealth creation within the economy is to a degree dependent on the maintenance of a pool of suitably qualified people with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) background, there is now an increased focus in the curriculum of our secondary, primary and early years establishments, as well as in our colleges,, on the STEM subjects with the aim of increasing the number of young people choosing engineering as a career.  • The Primary Engineer Programme delivers practical maths and science through ‘„design and make’ make‟ activities for young people. Schools in East Ayrshire support the belief that STEM subjects are key to securing positive opportunities and career paths for future generations and that this begins in primary school. Whole-class projectsare projects are mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence and designed to inspire and enthuse. The programme provides children with the opportunity to apply practical maths and science to design and technology projects. All projects are linked to practising engineers to bring the ‘wow’ „wow‟ factor into the classroom and provide a real-world context for learning.  • The Interaction Initiative, supported by one of our Business Leaders, Leaders is running in schools 2012-13. Secondary pupils are challenged to design innovative and fit-for- purpose structures for use in selling enterprise products created in schools.  • Improving Skills and Training - Working with Kilmarnock and Ayr Colleges, and Skills Development Scotland, the Council’s Council‟s Economic Development team is supporting local companies to ensure that training delivered to young people is closely aligned to employers’ employers‟ requirements. The Council also provides grant support to companies wishing to upskill employees and make their jobs more sustainable. Literacy across Learning Initiative–Initiative – The lack of good literacy and numeracy is frequently highlighted as a problem by employers and within East Ayrshire we are intervening early to address this issue. In2012In 2012, DoonAcademy inDalmellington Doon Academy in Dalmellington won theLiteracy the Literacy across LearningAward,Learning Award, the mostprestigious nationalaward most prestigious national award in ScottisheducationScottish education, for itspioneering its pioneering project whichtackled which tackled the literacy difficultiesof difficulties of a group of S1 pupils.. Significant gains in reading, writingand writing and spelling were achieved by allpupils all pupils involved in the project. Theinitiative The initiative also improved pupils’confidence pupils‟ confidence and determination tosucceedto succeed, which will help them progressin progress in all subjects across the curriculum. The Hive,Hive standing for(Hopefor (Hope, Inspiration and Vision in Education), ) is a dedicated learning space within Kilmarnock College where staff focus on preparing young people with individual challenges for future success and supporting them to remain in education.. A range of programmes, aimed at different age groups and at different levels, aims to meet individual needs. Many of the students in the HIVE have behavioural challenges and/or offending backgrounds. Some students are the first in three family generations to be in further education. By delivering learning in a non-threatening way, the students are encouraged to see the value of education and develop the confidence to have aspirations. For a high percentage of students, the College gives them a focus and keeps them out of trouble.

Youth Employment. Recognising the rise in youth unemployment both nationally and locally, a key priority for the Partnership is supporting young people into employment. Our activity in this regard is informed by the outcome of the Youth Employment Summit hosted by the Community Planning Partnership in August 2012 andincludesand includes: the implementation of a Single Employer Offer to ensure that employers are supportedeffectively supported effectively to provide employment opportunities for local people; increasing the number and uptake of Modern Apprenticeships, and the availability of work placements and pre-employment activity; and the provision of support to our most vulnerable young people. Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) - The Council traditionally supports around 50 MAs per year. To stimulate demand and create new jobs, the Opportunities for All resource is creating an additional 100 MA opportunities in the private and third sectors. Employers within the travel to work areas for East Ayrshire residents are able to access a 100% wage contribution and, where participants have additional support needs, are young carers or are looked after and accommodated, their support is supplementedto supplemented to meet their travel or tenancies costs. East Ayrshire’s Employability Forum was established, as a formal sub-group of the Delivering Community Regeneration Action Plan Working Group, to ensure effective partnership working across key employability services and provide a strategic and co- ordinated response to delivering effective employability services to meet the needs of local people and the local labour market; and to ensure that resources are being used to provide maximum benefit to our resident and business communities. Given the priority on youth employment, a key strand of this work is youth employment. Kilmarnock College and Employability - a key priority for the College is ensuring that learning and skills support employability. A range of activity is in place to ensure that learning is linked to employment opportunities, including:  working closely with partners to develop and deliver courses which meet labour market needs, including ‘„Step into Engineering’designed Engineering‟ designed to meet specific employer needs with a number of fully funded Modern Apprenticeship places at the end of the course; and‘Get and „Get into Hospitality’ Hospitality‟ developed and delivered in partnership with the Prince’s Prince‟s Trust and Dumfries House;  facilitated volunteering opportunities for students both within and outwith out with the college to help them gain valuable work experience; and  work placements as an integral part of a wide range of programmes to provide students with real work experience. Business Enterprise and Skills Centres –Each – each of our nine secondaryschools secondary schools delivers initiativesand programmestailored initiatives and programmes tailored to suit therequirements the requirements and talents of their studentsto students to ensure they are equipped with the essential ‘„business ready’ ready‟ skills and knowledge that will allow them to realise their full potential andprepare and prepare them for the world of work.. The focus is on helping young people to ‘„make their own jobs’ jobs‟ by building the development of entrepreneurial skills into their education. Programmes are backed byaccredited by accredited SQA qualifications at arange a range of levels, right up to Higher.. Such qualifications not only makeyoung make young people more desirable in theeyes the eyes of employers, but also developtheir develop their personal awareness and skillssuch skills such as communication,, team working and leadership.. Local business leaders play a greatpart great part by acting as role models,, offering their experience and supportin support in mentoring students and backingthis backing this ambitious education initiative. Engineering - Recognising that wealth creation within the economy is to a degree dependent on the maintenance of a pool of suitably qualified people with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) background, there is now an increased focus in the curriculum of our secondary, primary and early years establishments, as well as in our colleges,, on the STEM subjects with the aim of increasing the number of young people choosing engineering as a career.  The Primary Engineer Programme delivers practical maths and science through ‘„design and make’ make‟ activities for young people. Schools in East Ayrshire support the belief that STEM subjects are key to securing positive opportunities and career paths for future generations and that this begins in primary school. Whole-class projectsare projects are mapped to the Curriculum for Excellence and designed to inspire and enthuse. The programme provides children with the opportunity to apply practical maths and science to design and technology projects. All projects are linked to practising engineers to bring the ‘wow’ „wow‟ factor into the classroom and provide a real-world context for learning.  The Interaction Initiative, supported by one of our Business Leaders, Leaders is running in schools 2012-13. Secondary pupils are challenged to design innovative and fit-for- purpose structures for use in selling enterprise products created in schools.  Improving Skills and Training - Working with Kilmarnock and Ayr Colleges, and Skills Development Scotland, the Council’s Council‟s Economic Development team is supporting local companies to ensure that training delivered to young people is closely aligned to employers’ employers‟ requirements. The Council also provides grant support to companies wishing to upskill employees and make their jobs more sustainable. Literacy across Learning Initiative–Initiative – The lack of good literacy and numeracy is frequently highlighted as a problem by employers and within East Ayrshire we are intervening early to address this issue. In2012In 2012, DoonAcademy inDalmellington Doon Academy in Dalmellington won theLiteracy the Literacy across LearningAward,Learning Award, the mostprestigious nationalaward most prestigious national award in ScottisheducationScottish education, for itspioneering its pioneering project whichtackled which tackled the literacy difficultiesof difficulties of a group of S1 pupils.. Significant gains in reading, writingand writing and spelling were achieved by allpupils all pupils involved in the project. Theinitiative The initiative also improved pupils’confidence pupils‟ confidence and determination tosucceedto succeed, which will help them progressin progress in all subjects across the curriculum. The Hive,Hive standing for(Hopefor (Hope, Inspiration and Vision in Education), ) is a dedicated learning space within Kilmarnock College where staff focus on preparing young people with individual challenges for future success and supporting them to remain in education.. A range of programmes, aimed at different age groups and at different levels, aims to meet individual needs. Many of the students in the HIVE have behavioural challenges and/or offending backgrounds. Some students are the first in three family generations to be in further education. By delivering learning in a non-threatening way, the students are encouraged to see the value of education and develop the confidence to have aspirations. For a high percentage of students, the College gives them a focus and keeps them out of trouble.