One role of the WLGA Employment Team is to help councils to:
- anticipate and tackle future workforce challenges
- build workforce support for new ways of working
- attract, develop and retain talent
- create a skilled, motivated, sustainable and innovative workforce able to meet changing needs
The WLGA does this by:
- working with local authorities to understand and develop the skills and capacity of their workforce
- supporting local authorities to deliver improvements and respond to increasing economic challenges and financial constraints
- working on behalf of local government and with other partners to ensure that new initiatives, policy and strategies take account of local authorities needs to achieve a skilled, sustainable workforce
- providing a strategic link for local government with Sector Skills Councils and sector bodies to facilitate engagement in sector led workforce development initiatives
Local government also plays a key role in supporting wider initiatives with the aim of not only meeting its own employment needs but also those of the community it serves, this includes:
- Support for development opportunities such as Apprenticeships, Work placements and Graduate schemes
- Targeted action to engage with and provide opportunities for those who are NEET and/or economically inactive
Links: Skills for Justice: Caerphilly Passport Programme - Caerphilly County Borough Council / Skills for Justice: North Wales Collaboration - Conwy County Borough Council and Denbighshire County Council
For more information contact: Jonathan Lloyd