GMCVO Talent Match Sessions
GMCVO Talent Match Sessions
September 13th 2012
Talent Match Target Group Suggestions
A range of suggestions were made. The ones that fall within the Big Lottery criteria have been grouped into the following categories:
1Open approach
- The willing
- Anybody who feels “far away” from gaining employment
- Person centred approach - don’t put young people in boxes
2Multiple barriers
- Young people who live in areas of multiple deprivation
- Multiple barriers: housing, debt, health (physical/mental/emotional), skills, offence, substance mis-users
3Disillusioned
- People with negative experiences of education: those who were high truancies/low to no GCSE’s or further education
- Demotivated young people
4Young people who are ESA Claimers/JSA Claimers
- Employment and support allowance customers
- Work programme with additional needs
- Cyclical unemployment: No support until 12 months (If you restart a fresh claim in this period it means you are at 0 again – have to wait another 12 months for support)
5Young Parents
- Young single parents
- Young families (both parents unemployed with young child): both parents can receive help and support them to receive a job and sustain their own family
6Those not already engaged with support services
- Hidden employment: May not be on benefit/JSA (These people you have to go and visit in their environment)
- Those young people who are not claiming benefit for whatever reason (e.g. parents worrying it may affect their benefits)
- Young people who are into low level crime
- Lost in system
- Working class qualified who are unable to get a job and too embarrassed to apply for benefit
7Target the whole family
- Young people who have parents and grandparents who have never been employed: no positive role models. These young people don’t see employment as a natural progression.
- Young People without strong family/peer network support (or negative influences/networks)
8Young Carers
9Care Leavers
10Housing problems
- Poor/Unstable housing (Can be difficult maintaining work, if living situation is unstable)
- Homeless and hidden homeless (e.g. sofa surfing) young people
- Chaotic home life
11Young offenders
- Young people in Criminal Justice System
- Young offenders, offending (or those at risk)
12Disability
- Specialist knowledge of young disabled people
- Learning difficulties
- Moderate disability
13BME young people
14Young people with mental health issues
- Those with low self esteem and low confidence
- Drug and alcohol users
- Young people with low emotional intelligence
- Young people with mental health problems
15Apathy
- Those not engaging (more on the street)
- Those who are happy to be on benefit
- “Playstation generation”
16Age group target
- 21-24 year olds: because of being “left out” of existing provision and funding
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