Tees Valley Jobs & Skills Investment Scheme & Hartlepool Youth Investment Project

摘要

One of the ways in which TVU is helping businesses in key sectors to take on new recruits is via the Tees Valley Jobs and Skills Investment Scheme. Supported by £7m from the Regional Growth Fund, it means employers receive up to 50% of the costs of taking on new staff - whether they are recent graduates or apprentices - for the first year. The aim of the scheme is to create up to 700 jobs over the next year across chemical processing, digital and creative, energy and waste management, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and renewables. One early beneficiary is Returnable Packaging Services in Middlesbrough, which had seen an increase in trade and needed to expand quickly. The firm was impressed by TVU's quick decision making on its application to the scheme that saw it approved to support five new staff in just three weeks. The scheme has so far approved almost 300 applications and is expected to create over 770 jobs. Hartlepool Youth Investment Project was launched in 2012, since when unemployment among young people has plummeted from 17% to 9%. It brings together key agencies including Hartlepool Council, employers, schools and colleges, Teesside University and Jobcentre Plus. It is focused on those aged 14-24 and uses a range of approaches - such as mentoring, apprenticeships and work trials - to prepare people for the world of work. One strand is Youth Engagement and Support, which provides bespoke support for 14-19 year olds not in education, employment or training.