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Perth & Kinross Council

Skills and Employment Support Team

  • Stage 1

    Referral

    Reaching out and supporting individuals into regular activity and positive routines

  • Stage 2

    Assess Needs

    Assess initial needs and agree key activities to address barriers to employment and training

  • Stage 3

    Vocational Activity

    A range of core skills employability and accredited training and job search activities.

  • Stage 4

    Employers & Job Matching

    Arranging work or volunteer placements with employers

  • Stage 5

    In Work Support & Aftercare

    Supporting individuals to maintain and progress within the workplace

Contacts

Jamie May,
Futures for Families

JSMay@pkc.gov.uk

Andy Brown,
Team Leader

Pullar House 35 Kinnoull Street,
Perth, PH1 5GDSkillsandEmployment@pkc.gov.ukSESSESLinkedin

Opening Times

9:00am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 5:00pm, 9:00am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 5:00pm, 10:00am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 5:00pm, 9:00am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 5:00pm, 9:00am to 12:30pm, 1:30pm to 5:00pm,

Creating opportunity for the people of Perth & Kinross

The Skills and Employment Support Team offers an ‘all purpose’ employability service throughout Perth & Kinross to support business growth, people progressing and a wider skills agenda.

The team focus support in 2 specific fields:

Assisting an individual on their journey towards meaningful and sustainable employment cannot be underestimated. Benefits include better health and wellbeing, improved economic activity, community inclusion and more.

Current employability services for job seekers

Employability Support

Frontline employability service for all requiring support in CV building, interview skills/techniques training, assisted job search and more. View our The Hub YouTube video.

Skills Passport

Funded grant for unemployed to access training to enhance their chances of sustainable employment and business opportunities.

This grant was devised to offer the wider community in Perth and Kinross funding for training courses which are unobtainable by any other means, in order to help them with their journey back into employment or business start-up. The grant offers financial support for training courses to enable individuals to overcome barriers to employment or sustaining better employment opportunities. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

What funding is available?

Up to £3,000 can be acquired for training for unemployed individuals.

Who is eligible to apply for funding?

All residents in Perth and Kinross who are currently unemployed and have lived in the area for 3 months or more are eligible. All applications will be considered providing evidence has been shown, and will be reviewed at a panel assessment.

For more information and to apply, please contact skillspassport@pkc.gov.uk.

Futures For Families

Assisting parents with dependent children to advance within the job market, whether that be securing & sustaining employment or advancing within current role or organisation.

Futures for Families is a new initiative, part funded by the Scottish Government under the Parental Employment Support Fund. Futures for Families aims to support parents to access or progress in work. This is delivered locally by the Skills & Employment Initiatives Team.

The programme offers a tailored package of support to eligible parents. Whether a client is in or out of work they will receive relevant assistance to progress, with the ultimate aim of securing well paid, highly skilled employment.

Programme offerings include:

Eligibility for Participants

Futures for Families will focus on supporting eligible parents in a number of ways in order to assist them in progressing with their employment goals.

Support will be available for parents who fall into any one or more of the following categories:

For more information please contact us at futuresforfamilies@pkc.gov.uk.

Future Works – Employer Recruitment Incentive

Our new Future Works Employer Recruitment Incentive provides employers with a financial contribution towards the additional costs of recruiting and sustaining an individual in good quality employment. The purpose of the fund is to support employers and encourage recruitment of unemployed individuals into brand new job, sustainable employment opportunities and apprenticeships/traineeships. The funding can be utilised for staff wages and training costs.

This year we have 3 separate incentives that you can apply for based on the individual and opportunity you are looking to create.

Health, Disabilities & Reserved Benefits ERI

Reserved for individuals with disabilities and those on reserved benefits who are at risk of long-term unemployment (9+ months) - (up to £8,000). This fund is supported by Perth & Kinross Local Employability Partnership (LEP) with funding from the Scottish Government’s No-One Left Behind (NOLB) 25/26

Parental ERI

Reserved for eligible parents (up to £8,000) Must be a parent falling in one or more of the following categories: Lone Parent, Parents <25, Minority Ethnic, Parent/Child with disability, youngest child <1, 3+ children.

Apprenticeship/Traineeship ERI

Reserved for new apprenticeships/traineeships (£4,000)

How to apply

To apply, you will need to complete a funding application, which will be assessed based on eligibility and the content of your application.

For more information and to note your interest in applying, please email us at skillsandemployment@pkc.gov.uk to arrange further discussion.

Contact us

If you or someone you know would benefit from our support then please do not hesitate to get in touch at SkillsandEmployment@pkc.gov.uk. An advisor is on hand to help you start your journey. All up to date programme information can be found on our website.