Falkirk Council

Falkirk Council
Telephone: 01324 506070

Falkirk Council Employment & Training Unit Workforce Plus

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 seeks to support parents to access education, training and employment by providing a range of support services including access to affordable childcare. The key targets for the project are workless parents and families in receipt of welfare benefits. This project is based on the successful delivery model - Working for Families.

The project is a key strand of the Community Planning Partnership's contribution to the Workforce Plus Action Plan which places emphasis on more effective engagement of the harder to reach and harder to help, creating an employability pathway which meets the needs of these client groups. The key strands of the programme are:

  • Key Worker Support
  • Pre Employment Programmes
  • Childcare Support Fund
  • Work Based Transitional Employment Programme
Financial Allocation and Main Project Outputs 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
FSF allocation

£290,000

£340,000

£340,000

No. of clients engaged

300

200

100

No. of clients completing pre-employment programme

30

30

30

No. of clients receiving childcare support

175

175

175

No. of clients progressing from transitional employment support programmes

27

27

27

Total FSF allocation £970,000

Progress 2008/09

Project Update
Output No. of priority clients engaged No. completing Pre Employment Programme No. receiving childcare support No. progressing from transitional support
Annual Target

300

30

175

27

Progress Quarter 1

n/a

n/a

n/a

22

Progress Quarter 2

0

57

26

11

Progress Quarter 3

254

10

42

4

Progress Quarter 4

0

9

6

7

Total Progress to date

254

76

74

44

Variance

-46

+46

-101

+17


Progress 2009/10

 

Project Update
Output Annual Target Progress Quarter 1 Progress Quarter 2 Progress Quarter 3
No Priority clients engaged

200

85

17

0

No completing PEP

30

2

2

0

No receiving childcare support

175

2

4

4

No progressing from transitional support

27

7

17

28

No work placements secured

X

X

33

27

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