Falkirk Council

Falkirk Council
Telephone: 01324 506070

Falkirk Council Employment & Training Unit Post School Interventions

If you live in one of the priority areas and want to find out what this project is doing specifically in your area, please contact Pamela Smith|.

This project is about engaging effectively with young people who have left school to reduce the number of young people remaining disengaged. The project provides a range of post school activities and interventions and links to the piloting of the 16+ guarantee for young people and thus includes two elements:

  1. stemming the flow to NEET (not in education, employment or training) by providing a guaranteed post school offer (currently around 40% of the 1600 school leavers will require this additional provision)
  2. reducing the previous school leavers who have not gained or sustained a post school option (currently around 600)

The project will specifically focus on activities which enhances three areas of service delivery:

  1. Pre Employment Support – initial engagement, employability planning, core skills, motivation and confidence etc.
  2. Non Contract Provision – national programmes require compliance to be met and are often inappropriate to meet the needs of some young people.  This provision will enable more tailored interventions.
  3. Enhanced Work Based Training – this activity will support the pathways progression for young people to work based vocational training and mainstream provision via Skillseekers/Modern Apprenticeships through alternative entry routes.
Financial Allocation and Main Project Outputs 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
FSF allocation

£278,295

£278,295

£278,295

No. of young people provided with a pre employment programme

60
(with 80% completion)

60
(with 80% completion)

60
(with 80% completion)

No. of young people engaged on Activity Agreements

42
(with 80% completion)

42
(with 80% completion)

42
(with 80% completion)

No. of young people entering work based training via mainstream Skillseekers/Modern Apprenticeships

20
(with 80% completion)

20
(with 80% completion)

20
(with 80% completion)

Total FSF allocation £834,885

Progress 2008/09

Project Update
Output No. completing Pre Employment Programme No. participating in non contract Get Ready For Work training No. entering mainstream work based training
Annual Target

60

42

20

Progress Quarter 1

47

4

0

Progress Quarter 2

41

13

25

Progress Quarter 3

65

99

12

Progress Quarter 4

39

112

14

Total Progress to date

192

228

51

Variance

+132

+186

+31


Progress 2009/10

Project Update
Output No. completing PEP No. entering work based training
Annual Target

48

20

Progress Quarter 1

24

26

Progress Quarter 2

43

98

Progress Quarter 3

26

76

To contact this project please call 01324 504400.

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Contact Us
  • By Post: 
    Employment & Training Unit
    Municipal Chambers
    Bo’ness Road
    Grangemouth
    FK3 8AH
  • By Telephone:
    01324 504400
  • By Email
    pamela.smith@
    falkirk.gov.uk