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West Dunbartonshire Local Employability Partnership – One Page Plan.
West Dunbartonshire Vision: To develop West Dunbartonshire as a place where people choose to live, work, explore, visit and invest.
West Dunbartonshire Employability Service Mission is to work in partnership to support sustainable and equitable economic growth by encouraging residents to maximise their
full potential. We will do this by: fully engaging with West Dunbartonshire residents; providing good quality advice about employment and training options; helping  them to 
develop their skills and overcome barriers  to opportunity;  supporting them  to move towards and secure fair work;  and assisting them to remain and progress within the workplace.
The Target Group: Using the Scottish Approach to Service Design to co-produce an all-age service that is person-centred, more joined up and flexible and responsive to the needs
of individuals.
Approach
Establish Accountable Partnership
Infrastructure and Processes…
For joint working across services with resources 
(People),  Delivery Methods ( Process) and
Effective  Tools to achieve the objectives and 
report on our progress to key stakeholders  such
as:
• UK Government.
• The Scottish Government.
• West Dunbartonshire Council.
• West Dunbartonshire Community Planning
Board.
• Service users.
• The community.
To Facilitate Access to Employability
Advice…
Customised, case managed support and
specialist employability, and learning
advice and guidance: across the
employability pipeline
To identify and address barriers to
opportunity by integrating with
specialist health and welfare services for
• Income maximisation;
• Reducing costs – digital exclusion
Debt management; Energy
awareness; Period poverty; Food
insecurity.
And Practical Support…
• Vocational and non-vocational
training.
• Basic and transferable skills and
Learning activities.
• Work experience.
• Employment.
• Job matching.
• In work support.
With Input from External Funding
Agencies, Strategic Public Sector, Third
Sector and Private Sector Partners using
data and information.
• To understand the lived experience
and develop appropriate services.
• To identify and secure additional
funding resources.
• To co-ordinate joint action and
avoid duplication of effort.
• To develop creative approaches.
• To support community based
resilience and address  issues .
Key Performance Indicators
Recording the Number of Local Residents Supported and their progress to work…
• Number of people supported.
• Number participating in vocational training.
• Number participating in formal volunteering.
• Number entering FE/HE/Training.
• Number securing an apprenticeship.
• Number securing employment.
From Specific Target Groups linked to funding requirements…
• No One Left Behind – all age support for those facing barriers to
opportunity.
• Young People with additional barriers to opportunity.
• Parental Employability Support (Family groups vulnerable to poverty).
• PACE+ Newly redundant.
• Community Justice.
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