KILDARE WICKLOW EQUAL

Development Partnership Rural development Agencies – Leader Wicklow Working Together Action South Kildare Arklow Community Enterprise County Enterprise Boards Wicklow Information Network Government Agencies

OBJECTIVES Address known barriers to employment Enhance labour supply quality by –Audit of skills shortage among employers –Assessment of needs of target beneficiaries Build base of local training providers Create awareness of needs Training around equality / descrimination Identify and adopt models of best practice

STRTEGY Rely on community groups to promote process Integration of existing services with new innovative actions and programmes Complimented by mainstreaming initiatives

IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY Skills/Needs audit of target beneficiaries Audit of employers needs Establish dedicated team of job coaches Marketing and promotion of DP Community outreach consultations Audit of existing services Training trainers from target group

IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY Employing ICT to enhance delivery Transnational Co-operation Identify best practice models Pre-employment interventions Tailored training Identify paths to progression Continuing education Mentors Supporting employers with HRM resources

ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES New base of trainers/facilitators Support mechanisms People empowered to want change Increased employability Employers with better skilled workforce Employers with better understanding of workforce Inward investment

INNOVATION Just in Time training Local communities become trainers Develop local Training Access Points Creation of interactive ICT Fast-tracking of in-work bnefits Wheels to work programme Pooling of knlwledge, skills and HR resources among agencies

Client Centred Approach