Advice on Recruitment and Helping Priority Groups
Jobcentre Plus staff are specialists in helping the recruitment process and many other organisations listed in the directory also have a wealth of experience of working with employers. Many also specialise in supporting recruitment of particular target group.
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus provides a number of programmes to help you in your recruitment, and help people return to and remain in work. Jobcentre Plus offers a wide range of support, from financial help to train recruits without the necessary experience, to practical advice on making reasonable workplace adjustments to help retain staff who become disabled.
New Deal offers subsidies to employers and grants to cover the cost of training as part of the support package to help individuals prepare for their return to work.
Access to Work offers support for employers and individuals to help them return to, or stay in work.
The Job Introduction Scheme offers a weekly grant to employers to help with employment costs for the first few weeks of employing a disabled person.
Work trials offer employers a risk-free way to try out a potential employee for up to 30 days at no cost to the business.
Skills Development Scotland Programmes
Scotland’s Get Ready for Work and Training for Work national programmes give employers a great chance to try out staff on placements or recruit staff with the support of the programmes. Get Ready for Work is a programme aimed at young people who may need additional support progressing beyond school. With the employers support, young people who take up a work placement opportunity will contribute towards the objectives of the business. For further information contact Careers Scotland on 0845 8 502 502 or log on to www.scottish-enterprise.com/se/sds/sds-ntp/sds-getreadyforwork.htm
Training for Work provides specialist training support for adults who are 18 and over, who are unemployed and actively looking for work. For employers, the programme is an excellent way to recruit staff and address skills shortages. Further information on Training for Work is available at www.scottish-enterprise.com/se/sds/sds-ntp/sds-trainingforwork.htm or contact Skills Development Scotland on 0131 313 6246.
Advice About Employment Issues for Target Groups
Some organisations’ main role is to help increase the employment prospects of particular groups in the workforce. They are therefore experts in the related employment issues in relation to, for example:
- people with specific disabilities
- lone parents
- people leaving prison
- people with mental health problems
- homeless people
- refugees
- people with learning difficulties
These organisations can be found on the Directory.
