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Within this section you'll find information on the partnership infrastructure for employability in Scotland including publications, research, toolkits & more.
Find out more about employability policy and crosscutting policy priorities in Scotland, which underpins the delivery work across the country.
Discover the latest news and find out about upcoming events relating to employability in Scotland.
Find out about our partnership approach to employability in Scotland, where the spheres of government work collaboratively with the third and private sectors.
Explore publications relating to employability in Scotland.
This publication presents statistics up to the end of March 2020; covering the first two years of Fair Start Scotland (FSS), which launched in April 2018, and the 21 months of the Health and Work Support pilot which launched in June 2018 and closed in March 2020.
This publication presents statistics on the number of referrals, starts and job outcomes for Fair Start Scotland, an employability support service aiming to help unemployed people into sustainable employment, up to the end of June 2020.
This publication presents statistics up to the end of September 2020 covering the first two and a half years of Fair Start Scotland (FSS)
This publication presents statistics for Fair Start Scotland (FSS) from April 2018 to December 2020 and new experimental statistics on the No One Left Behind approach to employability delivery, reporting on those receiving support from April 2019 to March 2020.
The plan sets out the next steps we will take to deliver more effective and joined-up employability support across Scotland.
Steps the Scottish Government will take to develop an employability system which is flexible, joined-up and responsive.
This publication outlines the next stage of No One Left Behind – the collective approach to delivering an employability system which is flexible, joined up and responsive.
To support the strengthening of local partnerships a self-assessment process has been completed by the member organisations of all 32 Local Employability Partnerships. The purpose of the assessment is to review the current functionality and effectiveness of each local employability partnership in meeting the ambitions of No One Left Behind and to inform ongoing development actions to support readiness for further implementation of No One Left Behind from April 2022.
The first Child Poverty Delivery Plan due under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017. Outlining action for the period 2018-22.
The framework has been developed following joint discussions with SLAED and SCVO and aims to provide a starting point in developing enhanced local partnership working for both strategic and delivery partners.
Report highlighting the progress made against the initial recommendations contained within the Youth Guarantee - No-one Left Behind: initial report, as well as outlining the next steps against the commitments made in the supporting activity plan.
This Young Person's Guarantee activity plan will be updated at regular points to account for progress made and future activity to be prioritised as part of the Guarantee.
The Workplace Equality Fund was designed to address long standing barriers in the labour market so that everyone irrespective of age, gender, race or disability has the opportunity to fulfil their potential and improve Scotland's economic performance as a result. An evaluation report of the Workplace Equality Fund has now been completed. The report covers an evaluation of the delivery of the fund which has been delivered each year since 2018. The evaluation reviewed the impact of the spend and assessed to what extent the fund met the objectives it had set out.
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