No One Left Behind

No One Left Behind is our strategy for placing people at the centre of the design and delivery of employability services. It promotes a strengthened partnership approach where the government works together with third sector training providers to identify local needs and make informed, evidence-based decisions, flexing these to meet emerging labour market demands.

Overview

Helping people into fair, sustainable jobs is central to delivering many of the ambitions in Scotland around inclusive growth, tackling child poverty and public health reform.

The principles which underpin the approach are:

Dignity and respect, fairness and equality and continuous improvement
Provides flexible, and person-centred support
Is straightforward for people to navigate
Integrated and aligned with other services
Provides pathways into sustainable and fair work
Driven by evidence including data and experience of others
Support more people to move into the right job, at the right time.

The approach is not about designing new programmes, but instead, reforming the system to be more adaptable and responsive to meet the needs of people and to adapt more quickly to rapidly changing labour markets.

This includes working closely with partners in Local Government, the third and private sectors, Skills Development Scotland, Department for Work and Pensions and others to build on the strengths of existing national and local services, to better align funding and to improve the integration of employability services with other support to ensure that services are designed and delivered around the needs and aspirations of those using our services.

How can No One Left Behind help you

No One Left Behind helps people of all ages to gain skills and confidence. It is there to help people prepare for employment, training, education and/or volunteering. No One Left Behind is a voluntary all age service.

To take part participants must not be in a job, education or training

They will:

receive support from an Employability Key Worker, and
work on an individual plan to help you reach your goals

The agreement could include activities specifically designed to prepare participants for progression, such as taster sessions at college, time with training providers, mentoring, peer mentoring opportunities and innovative group projects.

Participants may be eligible for help with transport to venues. An Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payment of £30 per week may be available to young people aged 16-19 years.

Scottish Government and Scottish Local Government Partnership Working Agreement for Employability

Partnership Agreement for Employability

The partnership agreement for employability signed by Scottish Ministers and COSLA leaders in December 2018, signalled a commitment to a collaborative approach between the two levels of Government in Scotland.

Scottish and Local Government Employability Action Plan

The Scottish and Local Government Employability Action Plan sets out the framework for how we will facilitate the changes with the right levels of national leadership and local action.

Partnership Joint Updates

Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills and Councillor Kelly Parry, COSLA Community Wellbeing Spokesperson regularly issue partnership joint updates on the work that Scottish and Local Government and partners have undertaken since the signing of the Partnership Working Agreement.

Employability Partnership Framework

Recognising the degree of variability of Local Employability Partnerships across Scotland a new framework has been developed to provide some consensus around structure and remit of employability partnerships, whilst allowing flexibility reflective of local circumstances. 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. The framework has also been adopted for use in delivering elements of the Young Person's Guarantee.