Job Centre & Careers Wales Support for Redundancies
Emily Jones, Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Careers Wales provides an overview of services at the latest Mid Wales Mingle event held on Tuesday 7th July. Services included:-
Working Wales
ReAct iii
Employer Recruitment & Training Support
Personal Learning Accounts
Labor Market Intelligence
Weekly Vacancy Bulletin
Support Finder
You can download the presentation here (7mb) or the PDF version here (2mb)
Jobcentre Plus have developed the Rapid Response to Redundancies (RRS) into a ‘virtual service’ to take into account the limitations due to Covid 19. RRS covers help and advice on looking for work; information about benefits, and where someone can go for further information/support.
Their aim is to work with employers to deliver flexible, timely, and appropriate support for them and their employees; and to help people secure a job or move into self-employment quickly - and ideally without the need to claim welfare benefits.
The virtual service will be facilitated through a 1-2-1 outbound call service to all employees that wish to receive support, following them emailing our shared inbox to ask for this support (nmw.employmentteam@dwp.gov.uk).
Provide information and guidance on a range of redundancy related topics, provide insight on the current labour market and discuss next steps.
Signpost customers to additional/specialised support through their partnership network depending on the circumstances/needs of the individual. They have strong working relationships with a number of organisations who can offer training opportunities, support with wellbeing/health conditions, financial advice and personal/private pension information, to name a few.
In addition a range of digital products have been developed nationally to provide information on the support available through the RRS - https://youtu.be/DCiVdsq_-MM
Careers Wales will deliver Working Wales services to all eligible affected employees; their support available can be summarised as follows:
Help with planning next steps, overview of current local and national labour market information
Access to information on the Welsh Government’s ReAct scheme with access to funding for training and employer’s subsidies.
Help with writing or improving your CV
Help with interview techniques and application forms
Help with job searching skills and recruitment trends
Access to our weekly vacancy bulletin with links to all the most up-to-date vacancies within Wrexham and surrounding areas.
Signposting to other supporting agencies that can help you
Contact details are on the leaflets below – the main number is 0800 028 4844