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This June Kennedy Scott was delighted to attend and to take part in a presentation at the annual Welfare to Work Convention in Birmingham. The event is a key date in the Welfare to Work calendar and provides the industry’s movers and shakers with a forum in which to gather together, share good practice, network and celebrate successful and innovative Welfare to Work projects. It is also an excellent opportunity to find out about the latest policies, developments and upcoming opportunities in the government’s Welfare to Work agenda.
The Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion arranged the event and attendees included major figures from Jobcentre Plus, the Learning and Skills Councils, regeneration teams from local authorities and Welfare to Work providers. Teresa Scott, Hilary Gardner and Daniel Johnston all made the journey to the Midlands to represent Kennedy Scott and promote the company’s successful projects and ideas for future developments. It was the second conference that KS has attended but the first at which we were asked to present. This presentation marks a milestone achievement for the company. The theme was successful partnership working, the subject was the Metropolitan Police Pre-Employment course. The Met Police project arose through a collaboration between the London Employer Coalition, Jobcentre Plus, the Met Police and Kennedy Scott and, just like the project itself, the presentation was a demonstration of effective partnership working. A representative from each organisation, including KS’s Daniel Johnston, presented on the contribution of their organisation to the project as a whole and how this complements the other project elements. For the KS part of the presentation Dan guided the audience through a case study of Shazia Saheb, one of the course’s many success stories. Shazia had been unemployed for 8 months and although she was interested in joining the Met Police she lacked the confidence to apply. Her Jobcentre directed her to the Met Police pre-employment course and, after attending an information day that convinced Shazia the course was for her, she enrolled with Kennedy Scott. Although Shazia found the prospect of a Met Police interview nerveracking, the KS course taught her everything she needed to know and coached her on how to express her skills and abilities to the interviewers. The support of her KS tutors and of the other course participants proved to be just what Shazia needed. Her interview was a success and she started work as a Community Support Officer in May. As well as putting a big smile on the face of Shazia and others
like her the course also benefits the Met Police by providing them with a well prepared, diverse work force. The presentation expressed to the Welfare to Work world Kennedy
Scott’s vision of making both jobseekers and employers happy and our belief in the importance of partnership working. For further information contact Daniel Johnston.
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