WOULD YOU LIKE THE CHANCE TO BUILD A FUTURE PIPELINE OF TALENT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?
The Certificate of Work Readiness is an opportunity for employers to offer a short term placement to a young person. A mixture of work experience and training provider led assessments, lie at the heart of the Certificate and prove that a young person, aged 16 to 24, has reached an employer defined standard.
The certificate has benefits for both employers and placement candidates alike. For employers it has the following key benefits:
- Helps employers hire \'job ready\' staff
- Employer controlled and endorsed employee development
- Support from a training provider
- No requirements to pay a wage but the young person may be eligible for a training allowance.
- The Certificate gives a young person the chance to demonstrate the value they can bring to your business. You can help them earn a certified SQA qualification which shows they have the right work experience for the career they want.
For the young person it has the following key benefits:
- An opportunity to demonstrate skills and qualities to potential employers in an increasingly difficult employment climate
- Earn an industry recognised SQA accredited qualification upon completion
- Gain work experience
WHAT\'S INVOLVED?
- The Certificate takes around ten weeks to complete and includes a minimum of 190 hours work experience.
- A training provider will offer support to minimise the time you need to spend on the process.
HOW WILL IT WORK?
- A training provider will visit you to agree what will be expected in the workplace.
- You should allocate a supervisor who will be aware of the young person\'s attendance and attitude throughout the placement.
- You will assess the young person by completing a scorecard at the end of the placement with support from the training provider.
- A training provider will be on hand to offer support, liaising with the supervisor as required.
- During the work placement, the young person will visit with the training provider one day a week for follow up work.
WHAT\'S NEXT?
If you\'d like to offer a young person a chance of a short term work experience placement, please get in touch with our Membership Manager Eve Hughes or call 01382 443421.
