The Highland Council Employability Service
Highland Council’s Employability Services (HES) supports people of working age to progress towards and into employment.
For young people we can engage with students up to 6 months before they reach their statutory school leaving age who have been identified as being at significant risk of leaving school without a positive destination.
Referrals can be made by Schools, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and a wide range of partners. Self referrals can also be made.
Once a referral is made to Highland Council’s Employability Service, an initial employability assessment is undertaken to determine if the Employability Service is the right provision for the young person. Young people supported by our Service are expected to take part in a minimum of three hours employability provision a week with this increasing over time. Each young person will also be assessed as being capable of progression towards and into employment. If it is assessed that our Employability Service is not the best option at this stage for the young person, an onward referral will be made to our partner organisations and services.
To refer young people to the Employability Service, please complete our Referral Form
If you require any further information at this stage please do not hesitate to contact us at employability@highland.gov.uk and a member of our Team will contact you.
The Highland Local Employability Partnership are in the process of developing a partnership delivery plan which will lead to additional employability services in Highland and further information will be provided in due course.
Follow us in Facebook - search for Highland Employability Service.
Highland Council Employability Services – Care Experienced Young People (Family Firm), please complete our CEYP Referral Form
Highland Council’s Employability Services has a specialised team that offers additional support to CEYP’s that are at risk of leaving school into a negative destination. HES CEYP can link in with young people aged 15 plus to offer advice and guidance to the lead professional and make plans for when the young person leaves school. Support can be in and around supporting a part-time timetable, offering bespoke group work towards employability awards, supporting applications for early release to college and more.
Referrals must come from the lead professional with the consent of the Young Person or alternatively if there is no lead professional referrals can come from the school. Self-referrals can also be made.
Once a referral is made to Highland Council’s Employability Service, an initial assessment is undertaken to determine the level of support. If it is assessed that our Employability Service is not the best option, at this stage, for the young person then there will be an onward referral our partner organisations and services.
To refer to the Employability Service, please use the Referral Form attached and return to employ.ability@highland.gov.uk .
Alternatively you can contact your local area coordinator:
Area Client Service Coordinators
North – Fiona Webster fiona.webster@highland.gov.uk
Inner Moray Firth – Scott Smart Scott.Smart@highland.gov.uk
West – Mairi Annan Mairi.Annan@highland.gov.uk
Care Experienced Young People - Paul MacMillan paul.macmillan@highland.gov.uk
Documents
- Employability Service Generic Referral Form (docx)
- CEYP Youth Employment Services Referral Form (docx)
Tags
Also consider...
-
Lead Scotland
Lead Scotland, is a voluntary organisation set up to empower disabled young people and adults and carers across Scotland to access learning opportunities. For further information about our programmes throughout Scotland click -> HERE Or... -
Skills for Work
Skills for Work courses focus on generic employability skills needed for success in the workplace. The courses offer learners opportunities to learn these skills through a variety of practical experiences that are linked to vocational... -
High Life Highland – Adult and Youth Services
Adult and Youth Services, as part of Community Learning and Leisure, supports the personal development and lifelong learning of young people and adults in Highland. Adult Learning encourages people to acquire knowledge and skills, share... -
National Autistic Society (NAS) Scotland Prospects
Prospects is an employment and training service for people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who wish to work. Our aim is that people with an ASD should have the same training and employment opportunities... -
Calman Trust Ltd
At Calman, we provide a number of training opportunities in Inverness and Invergordon for young people aged 14 to 25. We have training centres where we run our life skills and employability programmes and you... -
AbilityNet
AbilityNet supports anyone living with any disability or impairment to use technology to achieve their goals at home, at work and in education. AbilityNet was created in 1998 by IBM and Microsoft to share tech... -
Jobcentre Plus Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Jobcentre Plus is an executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions. It is responsible for assisting people of working age find jobs through its network of Jobcentre Plus offices. It is also responsible... -
UHI Inverness
The University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) is where learning means more. We’re more than a college and more than a university. From our campuses in Inverness, we offer flexible and supported learning from access...