Delivering Your Potential

Employability

OUR VISIONWork with partners to develop and launch a leading programme

that accelerates individual change

• Enables people to take personal responsibility to transition into the world of employment

• Focuses on equipping individuals with the mindset and skills to

succeed

• Equips JCP colleagues with the knowledge and skills they need to support their clients

• Creates a sustainable approach working in collaboration with all government and community parties

• Cradle to grave learning framework enabling viable progression choices

Our Mission – to provide a differentapproach

• A partnership with all relevant stakeholders to deliver the economic growth of UK plc and Big Society ethos

• Focus on changing the individual’s mindset to take personal responsibility to succeed.....forever

• Integrated within their job seekers package especially to create no additional burden or cost wherever possible

• Utilise existing resource and equip the Job Centres to make the changes• Leave the competence and culture in the Job Centres to make

sustainable changes• Resource the individual's to find the information they need• Engage “volunteers “ to support the programme’s success• Provide technical skills such as CV writing and interview techniques to

better equip those in the employment market• We understand the tight budgetary constraints of individual JCP sites –

we aim to help spend budgets more wisely, although wherever possible we will source funding from SFA etc.

A Whole System Approach• Government

linking into the overall employability strategy • Job Centre Plus/DWP

Sponsorship or programme enhancements• Employment Advisors

To change mind-set, provide knowledge and skills • Individuals

Multi tiered programme drop-down selection from workshops, seminars and coaching

• Community support organisationsIdentification of additional resource available

• Job Centres, Employers and Education ProvidersSupport of realistic work placement and vocational opportunities

A Whole Systems ApproachAn objectives driven framework supporting on 4 dimensions of

skills, knowledge, confidence and motivation

The Learning JourneyCreating the environment for everyone to flourish

What we deliverA connected series interventions enabling individuals to take ownership and responsibility for increasing their employability.

Aim:

• Whole system approach engaging all stakeholders• Creating in partnership the environment to flourish• Targeted focus on personal action plans specific to individual

needs for the duration of the programme• Targeted learning for under represented groups• Diagnostic tools to clarify personal needs and establish achievable

milestones• Building competence and confidence through a stepped approach,

encompassing personal and practical techniques for employability• Empowering on-going structured sustainability and resilience • To create powerful realistic role models

Our Product OfferingThe product will be • Branded and accredited and quality assured• Delivered by experienced facilitators/role models• Flexible offering tailored to the JCP?DWP needs and budgets • Responsive to emerging needs

Delivered using a variety of methods that focus on developing Knowledge/Skills/Confidence and Motivation • Coaching• Mentoring• Peer to Peer interventions• Workshops• Work Placements• Work Shadowing• Volunteering• Key Note speakers• Lectures/Seminars/Open evenings• Classroom exercises/activities• Internet based activities

Employment Advisor offering

CPD Options offered through group activity through workshops/coaching programmes/key note speakersExample topics:• Understanding the employment market• Effective work placements• Creating positive mind-set• Knowledge based interventions

Individual Offering• Options offered through JCP/DWP

– Developing self belief and esteem– Understanding the careers pathways– Effective CV writing/ Interview techniques– Creating positive mind-set/brand image

• Options offered to individuals direct Wiser decision making Coaching and mentoring on the above subjects

Knowledge based interventions

• Options offered through local employers – Job readinessWork experienceWork shadowing

• Options offered through volunteering groups – Personal responsibilityWork experienceWork shadowing

• Peer to Peer interventions

Programme Framework• Phase 1– Initial diagnostic with JCP/DWP Managers Outcome : Identification of the interventions needed• Phase 2 – Develop Project Plan with JCP/DWP

managersOutcome: Milestones and measures of

success in place• Phase 3 – Engagement of Stakeholders,

Employers/External bodies Outcome : understanding and buy in from all parties• Phase 4 – Roll out

Contact Us

• Karen Powell, DYP Associates Ltd– http://www.dypassociates.co.uk/cms/home

• Cheryl Simons, Clouds Associates Ltd– http://www.clouds.247cms.co.uk/cms/home