A new Welsh Government plan to help more people in Wales to find and stay in work has been unveiled by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething.
The new plan for employability and skills sets out the actions Ministers will take to deliver the Young Persons Guarantee, support people furthest away from the labour market to find work – and focus on improving labour market outcomes for disabled people, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people, women, and those with low skills.
It also sets out measures to help people stay in work, through raising skills levels and preventing people from not taking up work or falling out of employment because of a health condition.
The Minister said the plan will help pave the way for a fairer, more equitable Wales where nobody is left behind or held back, helping to change people's lives for the better.
The new plan sets out five key areas of action over this government term, which will propel Wales towards meeting the Welsh Government’s longer-term milestones.
The five areas include:
- delivering a Young Person’s Guarantee: in order to protect a generation from the impacts of lost learning and delayed labour market entry, and to help make Wales a place where more young people feel confident in planning their future.
- tackling economic inequality: by shifting the focus of employability programmes to helping those furthest away from the Labour market to find work, and improving labour market outcomes for disabled people, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people, women, and those with low skills. This includes building on the successful community based approach in partnership with local authorities.
- promoting Fair Work for all: by using the levers available to the Welsh Government to improve the offer for workers, and encouraging employers to make work better, fairer and more secure.
- more support for people with a long term health conditions to work: better anchoring the health service both as an employer and part of the delivery network to prevent people falling out of work, or getting into employment because of a health condition.
- raising skill levels and adaptability of the workforce: by expanding flexible and personal learning opportunities for people in and out of work so they have the chance to improve their skills, find work or retrain throughout their lives.
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