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Success through work experience
Bromley EBP is delivering the Bromley Youth Employment Scheme, funded by Council Members which is aimed at helping tackle local youth unemployment. A key strand of the project is supporting young people who are Looked After or Care Leavers with enhancing their employability skills to aid their transition to work. AW was referred to the programme as, at the time she was in Year 11 at Harris Academy, Bromley which is a school that does not offer work experience as part of the curriculum. In February 2017 we met with her to talk through the benefits of the programme and also to...
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Thanks to Councillor Stevens
Mentors are adults from the local community who volunteer to spend time with a young person with the aim of motivating and encouraging them to improve their skills and raise their aspirations. Bromley Mentoring Initiative (part of LBB Youth Services) has been delivering this successful programme of support to young people in Bromley since 1999. A steering group, made up of other local mentoring providers, Councillors and LBB Officers, provides a strategic approach to mentoring across the Borough and helps to promote the benefits of mentoring to those responsible for the welfare of children and young people. It also helps to ensure that mentoring services adhere to best practice and quality standards and provide ‘best valu...
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Bromley Youth Employment Scheme
Bromley EBP has been delivering the Youth Employment Scheme to help tackle local youth unemployment since 2014. The main aim of the project is to support young people into confirmed employment and we are pleased to have successfully helped over 140 into a range of jobs with local and national employers. We would like to remind schools that if you are aware of young people in Years 12 or 13 who are struggling with school and may potentially become NEET, we can help. Please refer the young person to us if you feel they may ‘drop out’ during the early part of this spring term. We can help with CVs and interview skills as well as offering opportunities for apprenticeships or jobs with employer contacts...
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DWP support for Schools
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) work in partnership with Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) to offer a support for schools programme. The information on offer will complement current careers IAG work and could include the following: information on local labour market including sector growth and employers in the area information on routes into apprenticeships help with employability skills including CV writing, interview skills and use of on-line resources DWP can help to provide a bespoke service for schools and they are keen to state that the support for schools is demand-led, flexible and responsive and the school decides! The priority is to work with vulnerable young people (12 to 18), particularly those identified as potential NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training). If you would like to find out more about how J...
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Get started with the Prince’s Trust
The Prince’s Trust are working with some key national employers representing a range of sectors to offer opportunities for young Londoners (16-25) who are currently NEET. Working in partnership, the aim is to offer the chance for young people to enhance their employability by: meeting new people learning new skills and gaining experience improving their confidence The programme starts with a taster day which takes place on the employer’s premises and is then followed by a work experience opportunity for young people keen to engage. Employers who have offered this type of employability opportunity include ASOS, Creative Sports and Leisure, GAP, Govia Thameslink Railway, HSBC, ISS Facilities Management, L’Oreal, Marriott Hotel Group, NBC Universal and Zara. One of the NEET young people being supported through the YES project went on the Zara Taster Day on 7th November and was then fortunate to be able to undertake a work placement at the flagship store in London the followin...
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