P4L Academy

Prosperity Academy:

Opening up opportunities for young and older people in disadvantaged areas, together helping to build an enterprise culture open to all from the classroom to the boardroom. We are hoping for 500+pa young and older people to benefit from our work, from a diverse range of Ethnic backgrounds.

Internship Placements:

Will look at how the programme was meeting the key indicators, for example, building employee engagement and development. We will be looking for impetus from companies to provide internship opportunities to students by driven commitment at senior level, which will offer young and older people the opportunity to gain valuable work experience which would help raise their Career aspirations, in return will offer some companies the opportunity to develop staff within their own organization through the delegation, the planning and supervision of the P4L programme to Junior Managers.

The intent is that by tackling and preventing worklessness as a priority P4L will help to improve social inclusion and social mobility. By assisting unemployed and inactive parents into sustainable jobs this will help to alleviate child poverty. A work focused experience is one of the key initiatives which concentrates on moving customers towards their job goals and independence.

Aims and Objectives of P4L Programme

The aims and objectives of P4L Employerability Programme are to increase employment opportunities, reduce unemployment and inactivity, and assist in tackling barriers to work faced by people who:

• Have disabilities and health conditions;
• Lone parents and other disadvantaged parents;
• Older workers;
• People from ethnic minorities;
• People with low or no qualifications;
• Young people, particularly if not in education or training
• Refugees/Hard to reach customers granted leave to stay in the UK.
• Any JSA customer who would benefit from the support this provision will provide at the discretion of a Jobcentre Plus Personal Adviser.
• Customers who have failed, Employment Support Allowance Work
  Capability Assessments.

The Programme could complement other DWP/JSA provisions in different ways for example;

• Targeting people who may not otherwise come forward to, or be eligible for existing provision;
• Extending the amount or range of provision available;
• Providing additional support in key locations where additional barriers exist for people wanting to return to work;
• Providing different or more intensive support to people facing greater barriers, alongside their involvement in the main domestic programme;
• Providing specific help to particular disadvantaged people to help them find and keep a job.
• Supporting people after they enter employment, to assist with sustaining and retaining a job;
• Providing support to employers through Local Employment Partnerships to complement the help available to them through other DWP provision.

The Customer Journey

Every customer joining the programme will experience a positive journey based on their individual needs and agree realistic job goals. They will receive:

• An in depth initial assessment to identify skill requirements and barriers to employment;
• An innovative and informative induction;
• A bespoke action plan tailored to individual needs and realistic job goals;
• Regular reviews which capture customer progress and constructive job goals. A high standard of training, support and guidance.
• Regular reviews which capture customer progress and constructive feedback;
• Regular job brokerage support from a personal caseworker;
• Assistance in achieving the skills needed to meet employers’ skills gaps;
• Additional learning support for customers in achieving their learning goals;
• A designated member of staff who can offer one to one tailored support whenever it is needed;
• Support and signposting in relation to specialist services and advice;
• Access to a range of vacancies through our brokerage service; and in-work employment support programme and A work focused experience

Our Programme focus is on:

• CV building and production;
• Application forms;
• Interview techniques;
• Confidence building;
• Motivational techniques;
• Team building;
• Job search;
• Short managed placements/ tasters;
• Vocationally Recognised Qualifications;
• Skills for life/ ESOL support

Once customers become employed we would like to continue offing training in the following occupational areas:

• Business Administration;
• Customer Services;
• Retail;
• Warehousing and Storage

KEY ELEMENTS OF P4L DELIVERY MODEL

• Provide an end to end personalised support system to assist women to identify and tackle their personal barriers and to find and keep suitable employment
• Provide embedded support to those participants who have ESOL related needs to ensure equality to opportunity and parity to outcome. This could be through bespoke sub-contracted provision.
• Create a network of life skill coaching of facilitate a path to employment for each participant by officering employability skills training.
• Provide workshops in self esteem, motivation, recognising perceived and real barriers and identifying ways of managing these.
• Deliver a concentrated and comprehensive job search programme.
• Provision must be designed to last up to 26 weeks to ensure those furthest from the labour market are able to take full advantage of the opportunity.
• Develop and evidence links with employers to secure job placements, taster days and supported work experience.
• Undertake extensive employer engagement activity to break down employer perceptions of working mothers.
• Provide intensive in work support for 26 weeks.