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18 December 2009
 
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Latest Events
 
Welfare to Work Scotland 2010
Inclusion is pleased to update you on developments for the 2010 Welfare to Work Scotland Convention. Working closely with the Scottish Government and Jobcentre Plus Scotland, Inclusion are pleased to announce that the Scottish Convention will take place in September 2010 in Edinburgh.
Road to Recovery Series: Final Event
International & Scottish leaders & experts join for the last event in our Series covering how Scotland gets into the best shape possible, ready for the recovery
Programme of Training for Supported Employment
As many of you will know, the Scottish Government has been developing a National Framework for Supported Employment.
 
The following are a series of training events that, in partnership, ENABLE Scotland, SCLD and Values Into Action Scotland are running from January to April 2010
Embedding an Outcome Approach
Invitation for Local Partnerships to participate in a pilot project
 
Deadline for applications 18th January 2010
 
The Improvement Service is collaborating with the Scottish Centre for Regeneration in a project which will work with four local partnerships to help embed an outcomes approach to tackling poverty / community regeneration.
 
 
The project will provide practical, hands-on, specialist support to local partnerships that are seeking to embrace the full potential of the outcomes approach in their work on tackling poverty / community regenerations.
 
 
Weekly Round Up
Merry Christmas Everyone
 
This is our last round up before we stop for the holidays and gorge ourselves for a couple of weeks, so we'd like to take the opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
 
Don't forget to send your news, events and e-bulletin articles to Joanne or Linda for posting!  
 
Here's what's been posted on www.employabilityinscotland.com, and the online community of practice, this week.
 
Have fun, stay safe and have a great holiday whatever you do.
 
Linda
Latest News Items
 
Aquaculture stands strong, 18 December 2009
A growing workforce and increased production per head have been highlighted in the 2008 Scottish Fish Farm Annual Production Survey of Scotland's fish farms.
 
Building Britain's Recovery, 17 December 2009
The Government has today published a White Paper entitled 'Building Britain's Recovery: Achieving Full Employment'
 
Fall in Scottish unemployment figures, 16 December 2009
Unemployment has fallen as the Scottish labour market continues to outperform the rest of the UK.
 
Public sector employment, 16 December 2009  
The Scottish Government today published the latest employment statistics for Scotland's public sector.
 
What is the problem, exactly? , 16 December 2009
this publication investigates the relationship between the regional distribution of Incapacity Benefit (IB) claimants and the regional distribution of medical conditions registered to IB claimants
 
Disability, health and access to training , 16 December 2009
This document examines the provision of training for disabled people by employers in the UK
 
Joined up, moving up: , 16 December 2009
This document sets out the CBI's strategy for tackling worklessness and increasing rates of economic participation in the UK
 
The Kids Are Alright , 16 December 2009
this article argues that, while all the political parties are competing to find solutions to the record numbers of unemployed young people, this should not be at the expense of the over-24s
 
Working Together , 16 December 2009
This article from Public finance suggests that councils are learning the lessons of the past to prevent the recession creating entire generations of workless people.
 
The role of social housing in tackling worklessness, 16 December 2009
This article looks at what one housing association (HA) is doing to tackle social exclusion amongst its residents
 
Welfare reform and recession, 16 December 2009
This article explores what can be learned for the current economic downturn from past labour market adjustments to job losses
 
Publication of DWP research reports , 14 December 2009
Three new reports published today by the Department for Work and Pensions present the findings from qualitative research to evaluate Access to Work.
 
Work, Recovery and Inclusion, 14 December 2009
People with mental health conditions can and do work. However, the proportion of people who are employed who have severe mental health conditions compared to other groups is unacceptably low. 
 
 
And on the website ....
Here you can find links to various sites that provide analytical and statistical information on a variety of subjects that relate to employability as well as specific reports that have been published.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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