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LDA ESF Jobs Plus: Opportunity Live!
Jobs Plus is now live on www.competefor.com! You will need to register your organisation with CompeteFor to view and apply for the opportunity.
Please note that Jobs Plus will support residents of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, Wandsworth and Kingston upon Thames.
The Opportunity: Jobs Plus
LDA analysis has shown that mainstream support has not effectively tackled the interlinked challenges facing people furthest from the labour market. Progression within sustained employment is an important part of the LDA’s and the Mayor of London’s employment and skills strategy. The objective of Jobs Plus is to help workless individuals into sustained employment for 12 months, and for approximately one third of those individuals that sustain work to progress in their careers. The LDA currently plans to demonstrate this approach and believes that the inclusion of progression within mainstream welfare to work services is the obvious next step in improving the quality of employment outcomes for individuals and an improved return on investment for the Exchequer.
It will support long term workless (12 months or more and not currently engaged in mainstream provision) into sustained employment and support while in work to progress in their career. Jobs Plus is concerned with addressing challenges facing both individuals and employers through strong engagement, planning and support.
The customer journey supported by Jobs Plus will include the following: outreach and engaging long-term workless; skills, support, advice and job search; job entry; six months sustained Employment; ongoing personalised skills, support and advice when in employment; twelve months sustained employment; career progression.
Jobs Plus will run for five years, with the following LDA outputs and outcomes: Skills Development, Employment Support, Sustained Employment and Career Progression. Jobs Plus will be co-financed by the European Social Fund and LDA.
Applying to Deliver Jobs Plus
In order to apply to deliver Jobs Plus, organisations will be required to register with CompeteFor at www.competefor.com. Strong partnerships or consortia will be encouraged. For those who would like to apply as a member of a consortium, you will need to form this consortium before applying to CompeteFor. Jobs Plus will be live for application in August 2010, awarding the grant to a successful bidder in January 2011.
If you have any questions, please contact Susie Elwin, Project Manager at SusieElwin@LDA.GOV.UK
Posted by ELN at August 17, 2010 09:41 AM