Developing the Young Workforce Programme
The aim of the national Developing the Young Workforce Programme is for employers to work with schools and community partners to help young people gain the skills, experiences and qualities needed to help prepare them for the world of work.
Working with our schools and young people will help make learning real and will better prepare them for real work situations.
Typical activities could include:
- Work placements including Foundation Apprenticeships
- Career inputs and/or events
- Workplace visits
- Work shadowing
- Curriculum inputs/challenges
- Mentoring
- Mock interviews
Through your partnerships and collaboration with schools you will grow your business, develop your skills base, and invest in future talent that could become key members of your team in the future.
To become involved or explore opportunities:
1.
Make direct contact with your local school through the school office to discuss what you can offer, and they need.
All academies in Aberdeenshire have Employee School Coordinators (ESC) who can support these discussions. In primary and nursery this will be done by a designated member of staff.
2.
If you have a specific interest in offering Work Placements/Experience for young people either as part of a Foundation Apprenticeship or more broadly please contact the Aberdeenshire Council Work Placement Unit
Phone: 01467 539555
3.
Developing the Young Workforce Northeast works with Employers to set up links to schools. Their Employer School Coordinators are linked to schools and establish and support partnerships. If you have made a contact via school, you will probably be introduced to this person. They can discuss the various options for links and can help you enter into partnership and agreements with schools. If you wish, will also be able to take you into a formal relationship through the Young Person’s Guarantee
Phone: 01224 343939
Email: info@dyw.org.uk
Useful links
Read more about our Neurodiversity Guidance below
Young People/Schools
As part of Developing the Young Workforce employers work closely with schools to help young people gain the meta skills, experiences and qualities needed to help them prepare for the world of work. This can start in nursery and primary and will build up as they move into and through secondary school. It could include:
- Businesses visiting classes to work with young people and teachers.
- Workplace visits.
- Career inputs and events
- Work placements, including Foundation Apprenticeships, where you spend time in a business weekly or for an extended period of time.
- Work shadowing.
- Mentoring where a businessperson supports your learning and ambitions.
- Mock interviews to prepare you for “real” interviews.
Schools work with businesses and there are wide ranges of opportunities within many industries for young people to gain experience as well as opportunities for schools to set up links with businesses.
Employer Guides
Contact Information
Email: Recruitment team
Alternatively contact: Your child’s school Principal Teacher of Guidance and or the Careers Advisor for your school
Partners
Aberdeenshire Council and schools work in partnership with a range of organisations to deliver Developing the Young Workforce opportunities and experiences for young people. In addition to the wide range of business and third sector partners across the North East key partners include:
- Developing the Young Workforce – Northeast of Scotland (DYWNES)Developing the Young Workforce Northeast links schools and businesses.
- Scotland’s national skills agency | Skills Development Scotland
- NESCOL or The Northeast of Scotland College provide an extensive range of vocational courses and young people can combine some of these with their school choices or can study here after leaving school Northeast Scotland College (nescol.ac.uk)
- Home | SRUC
- Access RGU | RGU
- University of Aberdeen (abdn.ac.uk)
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Employer's Perspectives
The Foundation Apprenticeship programme would not be possible without the commitment of our employers. We rely on these successful partnerships to connect employers with young people and education across Aberdeenshire. We work with various businesses across the North East. Our case studies will tell you more about the impact employers are having on our young people.
