The Careers & Enterprise Company has released a summary of some of the careers resources available to schools, colleges and young people. Please click here for more information and follow them on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep up-to-date.

Bupa’s new Home Assistant role will help contribute to the safe running of their care homes by providing housekeeping, kitchen and admin support. Whilst these roles are temporary, there are also a variety of permanent roles for those who want to continue their career with them after their contract ends.

To find out more about the new Home Assistant role, available nationwide, please click HERE

To search and apply for Home Assistant jobs and all other roles in your area, please click HERE.

 

To support those considering a career in the Army, the new virtual Army Careers Centre has been released. Please click here to view the Virtual Army Careers Centre.

Last week The Prince’s Trust launched the Young Person Action Plan, their response to coronavirus that will see them change the way they deliver their programmes to young people and ensure employers get the talent they need. To find out more head to:

https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-the-trust/coronavirus-response

A full range of business support measures has been made available to UK businesses and employees. A dedicated site helps businesses find out how to access the support that has been made available, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply. To find out more, head to: https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/

People receiving benefits do not have to attend jobcentre appointments for three months, starting from Thursday 19 March 2020. People will continue to receive their benefits as normal, but all requirements to attend the jobcentre in person are suspended. People can still make applications for benefits online if they are eligible. Jobcentres remain open, and will continue to support people who are not able to use phones and online, including homeless people. If you’re already claiming Universal Credit and think you may have been affected by coronavirus, please contact your work coach as soon as possible. You can do this by:

• Using your online journal, or
• Calling the Universal Credit helpline

Click here to view our free online skills learning for young people. Please feel free to send this link to any young people who would like to develop their skills for the workforce online.

The team is working from home and is in good health.

Despite having had to postpone our Leadership Forum and North East launch event in Newcastle earlier in March, our new team member Chris Gallon, seconded from Sage, is pushing ahead with our local youth-employment programme in the North East and has made some great contacts and good progress.

Simon Beckman seconded from Unilever, is another new team member and will be leading Movement to Work programmes in the North West. Simon has already begun work with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is driving forward some great partnerships working with our Partner Network. If you can make any introductions for Chris or Simon, please click on their names above and drop them a line.

We recently welcomed Sam Olsen as the new CEO of Movement to Work.  As many of you know, Sam is on secondment to us from the Department for Education (DfE), the government department responsible not just for schools but also vulnerable children. Since the Coronavirus outbreak, DfE asked if Sam can temporarily return to her former role to help coordinate its response to the virus, to ensure we are protecting children in the care system during this period.

As a result, from Monday 23 March 2020, Sam will return to DfE and Dal Channa will temporarily step into the CEO position during this period. Dal, a senior manager at Accenture, had already begun her induction as the incoming COO for MtW.

Movement to Work is supporting employers with their continuity plans by communicating news of innovative support provided by our network of training providers, youth-outreach agencies and employer members. Many of MtW’s employer members are continuing to offer fantastic vocational and work experience opportunities, albeit some employability schemes have had to be postponed.

Some industries’ workforces have been laid-off for the time being, whilst others need to ramp up employee numbers quickly. MtW is here to help and advise those involved in all industries and all circumstances.

As an example of industries that are booming and in need of extra support, supermarkets have gone on a hiring spree as demand surges as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, wants to take on 20,000 temporary workers “to help feed the nation”, it said. They’re not alone,  Asda, Aldi, and Lidl all said they would hire thousands of staff after hugely increased demand saw shoppers clearing shelves. In light of so many cuts and losses, Tesco has also stood out by offering a pay increase – a 10% bonus to its workers in stores, distribution centres and customer engagement centres across the country. Read more about the ‘feed the nation’ initiative here in light of Competition laws relaxed to allow supermarkets to work together on Coronavirus response.

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, Qube Vision would like to offer their support to all individuals and businesses. Qube Vision, the vocational courses and e-learning specialist,  is offering all individuals and businesses, especially those who are now self-isolating, Qube Vision’s programmes. Courses are free to enrol upon until the end of May 2020. We hope that this initiative will provide a great opportunity for many users to learn new skills and afford them a chance to focus on their own personal development. Visit Qube Vision to redeem this offer and enter the code ‘MTWVISION’ at the checkout from the 1st May.