The creation of a successful local economy must be accompanied
by investment to enable the residents of Bath and North East
Somerset to access the jobs in the labour market. The key focus is
on increasing their skill levels and employability to reflect the
changing demands of the local economy, and enabling them to access
the employment opportunities that are available.
The team is involved in a number of key projects and area
regeneration programmes, working closely with a range of key local
strategic and delivery partners, including Jobcentre Plus, in order
to provide pathways into employment.
Key Activities
Key activities of the team include:
- Labour Market and Employment Strategy: working
with partners to develop coordinated initiatives that increase
employment rates for Bath and North East Somerset
residents.
- Welfare to Work: working with Jobcentre Plus
and a local provider to increase the employment rate of disabled
and disadvantaged people.
- West @ Work: The team in conjunction with the
LSC, our four neighbouring Authorities, Connexions and Business
Link, has begun the preparation of a strategic initiative for the
West of England, which will develop an operational strategy and
model to steer the employability activities of regeneration
programmes across the city.
- Broadband and Information and Communication Technology
(ICT): Supporting the city wide strategy of improving
local access to information and ICTs and developing new forms of
ICTs across the city.
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Employment Development: Supporting Disabled people to
find, keep and move around in paid employment of their choice
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Training Services: offer a wide range of training and
development opportunities to both individuals and businesses. These
include instructor led training courses in Information &
Technology and NVQ's across a wide range of occupational areas. In
addition Training Solutions can offer customised training to meet
specific business needs and provide a training need analysis to
assess individual business requirements.
