Strategic Objective 3: Employment and Skills Delivery Plan
Skills and Workforce Planning
Relationship between Education and Business
Increasing Employability
Analyses of the needs of the local economy
i.e. higher level apprenticeships and the offer
of training providers
Increase the number of graduate job
opportunities
Reduction in the skills gap in manufacturing
sector companies
Increase the number of employer training plans
Case studies of best practice
Increase private sector input in to the
Governing Bodies
Strengthen links between both business and
public sector employers and schools with all
pupils having wider insight into many different
career opportunities during their senior school
years
A focus on apprenticeship offer level 3 & 4
Develop Graduate Level opportunities
Increase the intake of apprenticeships in the
engineering/manufacturing sector
Encourage greater employer investment in
training
Improving Business and Schools relationship
Increase awareness and exposure to the
world of work
Deliver 250 Level 4 apprenticeships by 2016
Developing 1000 internship places by 2016
Delivery of the North Worcestershire
Engineering Academy by 2013 academic year
Organise 2 workshops by Summer 2013
on workforce development and succession
planning
Development of pilot project between Malvern
Instruments and Malvern St. James by March
2013
25%
increase in governors with a business
background by 2016
Develop school and business links from initial
workshop by December 2012 and programme
to commence visits process in Sept 2013
Worcestershire Apprenticeship
Group
Employment and Skills Board
Employment and Skills Board
Employment and Skills Board
Employment and Skills Board
Worcestershire County Council
LEP initiative in conjunction with
WCC and business
Outcomes/Outputs
Project/Initiative
Target/Timeline
Lead Responsibility
Better specification and delivery of mainstream
employability programmes
Connecting young people with local
employment opportunities
Ensuring national programmes deliver for
Worcestershire
Supporting the development of Youth Zones
in three areas across the county
25%
reduction on numbers of 18-24 yr olds
in receipt of JSA in Worcestershire by 2016
The delivery of three Youth Zones by 2014
Employment and Skills Board
and JC+
Worcestershire County Council
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