Building Employability Pathways

Programme Activity:

Building on and expanding current work with large learning providers on employability pathways
Developing and integrating clear employment route ways for all learners on a vocational course
Joining up providers to create cohesive progression for learners into employment

Development work undertaken in 2007/08 with three West London Further Education Colleges to develop referrals between their learners, employability support and in-work support. This informed the design of the subsequent programme.
Package of support offered to West London College's and Adult Education Institutes to help them embed employabilty pathways for all their learners and pilot employabilty pathways with their parent learners.
Consultancy to support the development of College and Adult Education Institutions employment strategies that include actions to embed and activate employability pathways college wide.
Delivery of employability pathways for parents by each College and Adult Education Institute with a trial cohort of 100 learners.
8 Colleges and Adult Education Institutions developed employabilty pathways and piloted pathways for parents.
A seedcorn grant was provided to Colleges and Adult Education Institutions to facilitate employability pathways for parents. Target of 800 Learners to be engaged on this programme.