New Project for 16-35 year olds in Denbighshire
Project Ready is a pilot project funded by the UK Community Renewal Fund. It aims to demonstrate viable model for replacing the ADTRAC project which closed in March 2021. This innovative approach aims to bring together expertise traditionally associated with both youth services and adult employability projects to form a new cohesive approach for an extended 16-35 year old cohort who are unemployed or economically inactive.
The project will establish a multi-agency team to join up a variety of services around individuals aged 16-35 to address the variety of barriers to employment, raise aspiration, increase motivation and engagement with the labour market or the mainstream DWP employment programmes.
The activities delivered will be:
Engagement – Advertising the project, working with partners to identify potential participants and then working with the individual to inspire them to participant in the project.
Assessment and Planning – working with individuals to identify their current strengths and weaknesses and the barriers they face. Building on this knowledge to coproduce an agreed plan for change. This process will be utilise the new Here2There app to digitally connect participants and staff.
One to One support – offers individual support to build confidence and break down the barriers to find employment or access training. Including confidence and motivation building activities, accessing specific training, IT support, help to fill in application forms for employment or college etc. One to one support provides the motivation and drive to help the individual to reach their goals.
Specialist Advice and Support – The project will include homelessness support and homeless prevention from a specialist advisor embedded in the county’s Homeless Prevention team and specialist benefits and debt management advice from Citizens Advice. Where appropriate we will also sign-post to free counselling services and commission specialist counselling to support those with mental health barriers based on their individual needs.
Work Related Education and Personal and Social Skills Training - available at level 1 and level 2 CQFW. Delivered by the project and accredited by Agored Cymru. Units will focus on confidence, motivation, team work, CVs and interview techniques.
Basic Skills – Delivered by Adult Learning Wales and other providers with support from project staff.
Group Activities – Wellbeing and motivational activities will be commissioned from local providers or delivered directly by project staff, with the selection of activities delivered tailored to the cohort’s preferences and requirements. We have already investigated possibilities with a range of local providers and selections will be drawn from:
- Film, Social Media and digital design activities
- Woodland skills and outdoor activities
- Healthy eating, healthy mind and active lifestyle activities
- Sporting activities