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.ukAndy 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:
- Supporting and advising job seeking clients with all aspects of employability and skills development
- Engaging with and supporting local businesses in recruiting and retaining staff to aid business growth
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:
- Support in searching, securing and sustaining employment from a designated Key Worker
- Training and skills action planning
- In-work support to progress, in the form of a Skills and Training Grant - Elev8 Employment and Training Grant
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:
- Lone Parents
- Parent or child with a disability
- 3+ Children
- Minority Ethnic
- Youngest Child < 1
- Parents aged < 25
For more information please contact us at futuresforfamilies@pkc.gov.uk.
Employer Recruitment Incentives
Our new Futures for All Employer Recruitment Incentive is designed to support local employers by offering a financial contribution of up to £8,000. This contribution aims to encourage the creation of new, sustainable job opportunities, including Modern Apprenticeships, for individuals who are currently unemployed in Perth and Kinross. As an employer, you will be expected to create meaningful, high-quality jobs that offer excellent training and development opportunities.
ERI Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for this funding, employers and prospective employees must meet the following criteria:
- Employer must pay the employee the Real Living Wage for Scotland based on age/apprenticeship programme.
- Employers to be SMEs with 250 or fewer employees (those with more than 250 will be considered on a case-by-case basis).
- Employer and employee must be based in Perth and Kinross.
- Employee must be offered a contract that is between 8-30+ hours for the duration of 52 weeks or more.
- Employee must face one or more barriers to employment
Please get in touch at skillsandemployment@pkc.gov.uk if you or someone you know would benefit from this incentive.
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.