Youth Skills and Employment Guarantee Careers Cluster Employer Engagement

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London Borough of Hounslow awarded a contract to Hounslow Education Business Charity (t/a Spark!) for the Youth Skills and Employment Guarantee Careers Cluster (YSEG CC) Employer Engagement.

The service provider will support the Local Authority in delivering its statutory duty under Raising the Participation Age (RPA) to ensure all young people participate in education, employment or training until their 18th birthday.

The service focuses on brokering sustainable relationships between local employers and Hounslow Secondary Schools/West Thames College, and enabling activities and projects that enhance Careers Education Curricula for young people aged 11-19.

The full offer is delivered in partnership with the 14-19 Service within LB Hounslow and involves close partnership working with Secondary Schools, Special Schools, West Thames College, Woodbridge Park Education Service (Alternative Provision), and the CEIAG network and Senior Leaders of Teaching and Learning group through the Hounslow Education Partnership.

The service supports both the YSEG Universal offer (supporting all young people to make positive post-16 transitions) and the targeted offer (support for those disadvantaged or facing specific barriers that make them more likely to become NEET post-16).

The provider will consider how to support employers to engage with and support those most at risk of becoming NEET, and will focus employer engagement with local sectors/employers where future labour needs are anticipated due to predicted growth or labour shortages/high levels of vacancies.

The contract value is £51,840.