HERTFORDSHIRE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS PROVIDER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (HESPIP)

Self Assessment - Introduction

We recommend that providers complete this questionnaire in order to analyse your current employability skills training together and conduct a self appraisal of the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the different aspects of your delivery. The usefulness of this process will to a large degree depend on the extent to which providers provide full and frank responses to these questions and discuss them with an independent advisor or perform the exercise with peers in other organisations.

You may wish to exclude the sections requiring the release of confidential data if you are working with other providers.

1.Organisation Details

Organisation Name
Main Contact Name
(for this project)
Position
Telephone Number
Mobile Number
E-mail address
Delivery location(s)
(last 12 months)

Please provide details of your workforce responsible for the delivery of your employability skills training (add more rows if needed to this table)

Name / Paid staff/ freelance/volunteer / Delivery Role(s)/ Specialism(s) / Relevant qualifications

2.Recruitment of Learners

Please describe how your organisation recruits learners for your employability skills training programmes. Please include comments about how you discover and meet the needs of the local community and recruit hard to reach learners(max 250 words)

In the table below, please show details of the number of learners for all the employability skills programmes (for all funders/contracts) that you have run in thelast 12 months(add more rows if needed to this table)

Funder/ Contract / Contract Value £ / Contracted #/ Max Capacity / # Started / # Completed / # Job Outcomes

Please describe how you work with JobcentrePlus (JCP)(max 250 words)

Recruitment of learners – Self Assessment: please rate your organisation from 1-10 with 10 being the most confident

1-10 / Briefly explain your rating(max 100 words each)
Recruitment Process
Understanding local community need
JCP relationship

3.Training

This section is about training that you providethat is directly relevant to supporting learners into employment. We are interested in group training programmes only (accredited or unaccredited) – not 1:1 advice, mentoring, coaching etc. Examples of what we are interested in include:

  • skills for work (e.g. IT, Health & Safety)
  • personal skills training (e.g. communication skills, confidence-building, teamwork)
  • training on job searching, applications, interviews

Please exclude literacy, numeracy, ESOL and community learning that is not directly related to employability.

Please provide details of the types of training you provide (add more rows if needed):

Subject / Level / Accredited by / # Hours per course

For each of the programmes listed above – we recommend that you share the schemes of work and lesson plans with your independent advisor or peer provider.

This section is to identifyhow the training supports your learners into work. Please comment on how successful each of your courses is in getting learners into employment(max 500 words)

Please consider your courses. Which are the top three aspects of your courses that you are most proud of and which three aspects most need improvement?

Top Three Aspects(max 250 words)

Three Aspects needing improvement(max 250 words)

4. Employer Relationships

Please provide information about how you work with external employers in order to support your learners into jobs (Max 100 words each)

Activity / Details
Volunteering placements
Work Experience – businesses
Work Experience – public sector
Directly informed about local vacancies
Other support provided by employers

Please describe how these activities support your learners into work. Please judge how successful each of the activity is in getting learners into employment

(max 500 words)

Employer Relationships – Self Assessment: please rate your organisation from 1-10 with 10 being the most confident

Subject / 1-10 / Briefly explain your rating(max 100 words)
Volunteering placements
Business relationships
Public sector relationships
Local labour market information*

*Knowledge of the jobs and vacancies situation in your local area5. Access to Information Advice and Guidance

We are interested in finding out how your employability training is integrated with the National Careers Service.

What % of learners receive IAG?

Is this delivered by your organisation?

If no, which external provider(s) delivers IAG for your learners?

Do you refer them to the provider(s)?

If yes, do you check that they attend?

Do you invite IAG providers into your organisation?

6. Job Clubs

If your organisation runs a job club – please describe how this operates and how it works alongside your employability training (max 200 words)

Job Club Self Assessment: please rate the effectiveness of your Job Club from 1-10 with 10 being the most effective

Subject / 1-10 / Briefly explain your rating(max 100 words)
Job Club

7. Job Outcomes and Progression

Please describe briefly how you follow up with learners once they have completed their training: (max 100 words)

For the contracts listed in section 2 above, please provide the following information about your organisation’s learners:

% into paid work (16+ hours pw)
% into paid work (under 16 hours pw)
% into volunteering roles
% into further training/learning

If your organisation provides in work support for your learners, please describe how you do this, including any measures taken to safeguard vulnerable learners

(max 200 words)

Self Assessment: please rate the effectiveness of your organisation from 1-10 with 10 being the most effective

Subject / 1-10 / Briefly explain your rating(max 100 words)
Learner follow-up
In work support

8. Teaching and Learning

Please describe briefly how your tutors tackle the following areas for your learners on employability skills courses and score your capability on a score of 1-10: (max 100 words for each)

Criteria / 1-10 / How do you tackle this area, and briefly explain the reason for your score?
Initial Assessment
Differentiation
Feedback
Overcoming barriers to employment
Equality and Diversity
Safeguarding
Embedding (or referral) of LLN*
Embedding of IT skills

*Literacy, Language, Numeracy