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Youth Employability: Widening Access to Technical Education
The DFE have developed several new policies to reform the further education sector, with the aims of improving youth employability. We heard from Sue Lovelock from the Department for Education about the value of T Levels and the importance of widening access to technical education to further promote employment.
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Youth Employability: Supporting Young Disabled People into Work by Building Relationships with Employers
There is often a misconception that disabled people are not as capable of holding down jobs or working in skilled sectors. We heard from Ellen Atkinson, Regional Adviser at the National Development Team for Inclusion. Ellen discussed why these myths should be dispelled and how employers can create pathways for disabled people to enter the workplace.
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Youth Employability: Supporting Youth Employment – A Cross-Government National Approach
More and more young people are claiming universal credit. To tackle this the Government’s Plan for Jobs is delivering a comprehensive package of support for young people, to help them into work. We heard from Tammy Fevrier, from the Department of Work and Pensions who discuss the current state of youth employment and opportunities to maximize youth employability.
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Creating a Safer Work Culture through Engagement with Senior Leadership
Thirtyone:eight are a faith-based charity that strive to assist organisations in creating a safer and more inclusive culture in their workplace. This case study explores thirtyone:eight’s guiding principles for organisations to follow when looking to improve their safeguarding strategy.
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Issues Faced in Public Sector Recruitment and Retention
Since 2010, the public sector workforce has dropped by 7%, presenting challenges across public services and affecting the quality of services. This infographic examines the current landscape of the public sector workforce, as well as recruitment and retention rates within the sector.
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Breaking the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health: Creating a Successful Employee Network
In this case study, we look at the work of Jakki Mills and Richard Tunsich of the Insolvency Service, discussing the successes of their employee network group, Break the Stigma, and the work it has undertaken to support employees during the pandemic.
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Workplace Wellbeing: Encouraging Workplace Leaders to Embrace Diversity
Jess Lievesley, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Austin Omotoso, Clinical Nurse Leader at St Andrew's Healthcare spoke about staff led conversations to improve wellbeing in the workplace, as well as ways of embracing diversity.
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How Flexible Working can Support Diversity and Inclusion
Covid-19 exposed inequalities in workplace structures and introduced a new way of working to many. Welsh gender equality charity Chwarae Teg report the need to work towards gender inequality, whilst highlighting the benefits of agile working to mitigate inequality.
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Returning to the Office: A Guide for Employers
Employers are welcoming their employees back into the office as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. To make this transition as safe as possible, many things need to be considered. This report acts a guide for employers on how to best prepare for the return to the office, as well as how to best install hybrid and flexible working.
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Reshaping the Workplace: Mental Wellbeing in an Age of Virtual & Hybrid Working
Many workers struggled to adapt to a remote working environment – with reports of loneliness and isolation. Jonny Gifford from the CIPD shared their insights into promoting mental wellbeing during a time of remote working and hybrid working.
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