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Evelyn Simpson

access2employment Coordinator

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West Lothian Council Structure

Economic Development Managerand lead Officer for Working for Families

Alistair Shaw

Monitoring & Compliance Officer

Employment Advisers7 WfF + 3.5 Non WfF

Administrators2 WfF + 1 Non WfF

Working for FamiliesSteering groupWorking for Families

(access2employment)Co-ordinator

Evelyn Simpson

Team Leader

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Workforce structure

Generic Employment Advisers(Key Workers) Employment Adviser

Employer Links

Employment AdviserCourse Delivery

Discretionary Fund Childcareother barrier removal

Employment AdviserChildcare Workforce Development

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Major Achievements

Established contact with a range of Services

Implemented Partnership working

Employability service available throughout West Lothian though outreach

Successful marketing through launches, road shows, streetfairs

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Challenges

Overwhelming registrations – not all target group

Staff turnover, loss of expertise

IT problems – connectivity at outreach

Widespread locations of Advisers

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New registrations

For the 11 months to 28th February ’07 the programme has recruited 335 clients. The target for the same period was 285 clients, representing an over achievement of 18%

Client registrations to 28.02.07

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New registrations

For the 11 months to 28th February ’07 the access2employment programme has recruited 1080 clients. The target for the same period was 974 clients, representing an over achievement of 11%

New registrations

335 285

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Gender & Age Groups

WFF results compiled by Napier University at the end of September ’06 show that from the 20 authorities in the WFF initiative, West Lothian has the highest percentage of male clients.

At 28.02.07, we registered 239 females (71%) and 96 males (29%)

Age Groups of Clients split into Gender

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Marital Status

43% of our clients are living with their Spouse or Partner, which means that 57% are either divorced, separated or single

Clients living w ith Spouse / Partner

43% 57%

Yes No

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Number of Children per Family

The table below shows that 48% of WFF clients have one child and 30% have 2 children representing a combined total of 78% of clients with less that 3 children

No. of Children 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pregnant Unknown

No. of Clients 160 102 43 12 8 0 6 4

% of total Clients 48% 30% 13% 4% 2% 0% 2% 1%

Number of Children per Family

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12 806 41

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Main Language

The main language for our clients is predominantly English – 97%. The remaining 3% who’s first language is not English all have a grasp of the language and necessary communication is possible. Translation requirements would be arranged if required.

Main Language English Polish Spanish French Russian African Latvian UrduNo. of Clients 326 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

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Client Qualifications

63% of the clients are qualified SVQ/NVQ1 General standard grade or lower

Client Qualifications

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Referral Sources

Clients are referred predominantly from JobCentre+ or are self referrals

Agencies referred from

1 1 0 1 4

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West Lothian College 3Family Centres 11Family / Friend 9SHAW Trust 1Library 2Cyrenians 3DSS 1PACE redundancy 5YIP 1Multi Cultural Event 1Courier Advert 1Into Work 1

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Agencies referred to:

123

2 1 5 4 5 102 7 3 9 3

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Major Transitions

Major transitions are classed as a client entering into full time or part time work, further education or training over 6 months duration with an accredited certificate.

For the 11 months to 28th February ’07 the programme has achieved 126 such transitions. The target for the same period was 119 transitions, representing an overachievement of 6%. The year target was set at 130 transitions and after 11 months this has been 97% reached.

Major Transitions

119

126

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Major Transitions

For the 11 months to 28th February ’07 access2employment has achieved 438 major transitions. The target for the same period was 462 transitions, representing an overachievement of 5%.

Major transitions

122 119

316 343

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Major Transitions

38 clients (17%) have entered “Wholesale, retail trades, repairs” and second highest is 17 clients (8%) entering full time or part time education

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