Equal Access To Employment In Glasgow

Workforce Plus - an Employability Framework for Scotland

Employability is "...the combination of factors and processes which enable people to progress towards or get into employment, to stay in employment and to move on in the workplace."

Definition by Effective Interventions Unit in the Health Department, and adopted for the purposes of the Framework The long awaited Workforce Plus - an Employability Framework for Scotland was launched on Monday 12th June 2006 by the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Allan Wilson and Minister for Communities, Malcolm Chisholm.

The executive worked with a series of stakeholders throughout Scotland to develop the five workstream reports, the recommendations from these reports informed the development of the Framework. The context and purpose of the Framework

The Scottish Executive shares a common agenda with the UK Government to promote economic growth and sustainable development, reduce disadvantage and inequality and to end child poverty. The Scottish Executive can help achieve these goals, particularly in health, education, skills and regeneration. These policies will work together with the UK Government's plans to help everyone who wants to return to the workforce.

The executive has set a target of helping a further 66,000 individuals, in seven local government areas, to move from benefits to work. The Workforce Plus document explains how this will be achieved. The full document can be downloaded here.