Transcript Action For Children

Action For Children
Youthbuild Inverclyde and
West Dunbartonshire
Youthbuild in Brief
• To provide much needed opportunities for young people aged 16-19 to
access training and employment in the construction sector
•Aimed at the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people
•Most young people will fall into the MCMC category
•Youthbuild assists young people who face barriers to employment. These
may include offending behaviour, lack of qualifications, social work
involvement, drug/alcohol issues, care leavers, long term unemployed, literacy
and numeracy issues.
The Youthbuild Model
The Youthbuild model is made up of three distinct stages
and is a combination of training, support, work
experience and paid employment. The programme
duration is 38 weeks or 9 months in total.
Three distinct stages:
6 weeks training and personal development
6 weeks on site work experience/trial period
26 weeks paid employment subject to performance
Stage 1 (6 weeks training)
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A training allowance of £60 per week
£12.50 lunch subsidy
Zone card for travel to and from training
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Personal development training
Industry accredited construction certificates
Individual key worker support
Stage 1 (Construction training)
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CSCS Card
PASMA
Manual Handling
Health & Safety
First Aid
Abrasive Wheels
Vehicle Marshalling
Ladder Training
UKATA
Fire Safety awareness
Trade tasters
Partnership working &
Personal development
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One – One support
Health assessments
CV workshops
College tasters
Smoking cessation
Issue focussed workshops
Sexual Health
Outward bound
Money advice/budgeting
Volunteering
Stage 2 (6 weeks paid work
experience)
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Continuation of training allowance & lunch
subsidy
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Zone card/subsidised travel
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Individualised support
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Weekly site visits
Stage 3 (6 months wage subsidy)
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Contract with employer
“Going rate” wage
Continued flexible and responsive
support
Access to relevant training opportunities
Referral process
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In West Dunbartonshire 47 referred for 12
places
In Inverclyde 118 referred for 24 places
Youthbuild Nationally is on average 6 times
over subscribed
Most referrals come from SDS, social services
and JC+
Interview & selection
Key Headlines - 2010
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100% of young people offered a place started the
programme
100% completed all core training
67% completed 6 week work experience
100% of young people were offered at least 1
opportunity
60% remain in employment, subsidy or have
completed this period
82% of young people who embarked on Youthbuild
remain in a positive destination
Our Team
Paul Aitken (Practice Team Leader)
[email protected]
01475 727363
Denise Haldane (Project Worker)
[email protected]
07590417967
Paul Ross (Project Worker)
[email protected]
07590417959
Julie McCLeary (Project Worker)
[email protected]
01475 727363
Lynne Scullion (Project Worker)
[email protected]
01475 727363