Useful Contacts/Initiatives for Skills: Recession and Recovery Project
Useful Contacts/Initiatives
Jobcentreplus ......Steve Martin & Dave Wright
With enough notice and before RRS kicks in, Jobcentre Plus can put employers in touch with Business Link and ACAS, if they haven't already made contact, to help them work through alternatives to redundancies and support for employees.
As part of the DWP, jobcentreplus can bring job findings and benefits services together in one organisation to support workers threatened by redundancy.
For more information go to, www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Next Steps ........Edwin Milligan... emilligan@cftb.com 01913349970
Next step is a free service that can offer face-to-face advice on training, learning and employment opportunities.
Advisers can help Union members understand the jobs market, search and apply for jobs, research funding opportunities to help with gaining new qualifications to help you progress in your current job, develop CVs and improve your interview skills. There are currently 4 ULRs seconded to next steps as part of their team of advisors.
www.nextstepnortheast.org.uk or call 08000277944
Money made Clear ......Stuart Dodson. Stuart.Dodson@fsa.gov.uk 07769887153
Moneymadeclear is a free service offered by the Financial Services Authority. When it comes to money, their impartial information and tools can help you work out what's right for you.
Helpline Number 03005005000 and website address is. Moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/redundancy
Onenortheast.....real help for Business and ...People support
Businesses and people should be aware of real help now initiative to see the range of helpful services on offer of support. Businesses could get support in financial assistance, for example, looking at grants and loans.
People can get support on careers, finance, skills enhancement and advice about future jobs.
Talent Challenge project
Bespoke support for adults at L4 and above offering tailored assessments and personal development planning. This project in delivered by Northern recruitment group.
Contact details...08454810469 and talentmanagement@nrgplc.com
Rapid Response Service.
The Rapid Response Service helps workers and employers by giving those facing redundancy access to the services of Jobcentre Plus and its partners before they lose their jobs. The support available through the Rapid Response Service is not just about Jobcentre Plus services - where appropriate other partners, such as the LSC, the devolved administrations, Local Authorities and Regional Development Agencies, will be involved to provide a package of support to those affected.
As the name suggests, early intervention is a priority objective, helping some workers into decent new jobs before they have lost their current ones.
Jobcentre Plus and its partners offer workers faced with redundancy a range of options to help them find alternative work. The service can be an important resource for union representatives in this situation.
There is a Rapid Response Service manager in each of the Jobcentre Plus regional offices (their contact details can be found on the Jobcentre Plus Website, www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/employers - click on 'help with redundancies').
Redundancy Support Fund
North East employers with staff facing the threat of redundancy are able to tap into
a multimillion pot of funding to equip their workers with the skills needed to stay in
work or make it easier for them to find alternative employment.
The Train to Gain Redundancy Support Fund, funded by the Learning and Skills
Council (LSC) North East through the European Social Fund (ESF), provides
short, sharp, job related training for anyone identified at risk of being made
redundant to help them get another job.
Available to all sizes of organisation in threat of redundancy
Available to Public Sector organisations in threat of redundancy
100% funding for training in Job Searching, Interview Techniques, CV writing and any other training that would help the person being made redundant to become employable elsewhere or start up their own business
Any employer of any size who has staff facing redundancy can access the Train to
Gain service through Business Link by contacting 0845 600 9 006.
Flexible Skills Fund
This fund ends 30/09/10 training needs to be complete and the claim submitted to NEEIC by this date
The Flexible Skills Fund (FSF) is for training at Level 4 accredited, non accredited or above for people aged 19 and over.
Available to Small to Medium Enterprises (SME's) only (up to 250 full time staff or equivalent).
45% contribution from Business Link.
Customer pays 100% to the provider and claims 45 % back from Business Link at the end of training.
Evidence of all transactions is needed at claim stage, training commenced before a contract start date will be ineligible for funding.
For more information email: enquiries@businesslinknortheast.co.uk or telephone 0845600006
Talent Challenge
Talented individuals affected by the recession are being encouraged to take advantage of a unique service set up to help deal with the effects of the economic downturn.
One North East has initially approved funding of £1.4m to develop Talent Challenge, a project which supports the region's talent pool.
The initiative is aimed at people who have leadership, managerial and professional experience and expertise as well as those who are highly skilled technical staff (NVQ level 4 or above) within priority or growth sectors - such as process industries and manufacturing - who face the possibility of redundancy, have recently lost their job or have been put on short-time working. The project is aiming to ensure that their skills and experience are retained within the region.
Talent Challenge is being carried out on behalf of the Skills and Employment Response Group (SERG), which comprises One North East, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Jobcentre Plus and Government Office for the North East and is part of the region's 'Real Help for Business and People' campaign.
It is providing funding for a bespoke support service for the key target groups as well as help with bursaries, higher level skills training and placements working with the region's universities and colleges.
Plans are already underway to put the next phase of the service in place to March 2012. Those interested can contact the NRG dedicated project team on 0845 481 0469 or send an email enquiry to talentmanagement@nrgplc.com
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