Skills and Employment Champion by South London Integration Hub

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Skills and Employment Champion

This badge recognises individuals who play a key role in the South London Skills and Employment system. Skills and Employment champions are experts in building partnerships and understanding the skills and employment landscape in South London. They actively learn, build relationships, and connect residents and colleagues to training and employment opportunities. They also understand South London’s strategic needs and use insights from the South London Skills Improvement Plan in their work. This badge signifies expertise and a commitment to teamwork.

Criteria

Personal Development and Awareness: Attend at least one South London Partnership (SLP) event per year and participate in relevant workshops and webinars.

Signposting and Referral: Maintain an up-to-date understanding of programmes and services and use signposting resources and toolkits.

Community Engagement: Actively participate in SLP and borough communications and forums.

Pathways and Referrals: Develop knowledge of at least five referral pathways.

Partnership Working: Establish and maintain partnerships with at least five service providers and collaborate on joint initiatives.

Celebration and Communication: Share at least one success story annually and promote opportunities through various channels.

Organisational Contribution: Provide updated contact information annually with SLP.

Linking Priorities: Regularly review local priorities and integrate them into organisational strategies, reporting on successes annually.

Standards

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Endorsements

Kingston College

Kingston College are are part of the South Thames Colleges Group whose mission is to give students greater choices across south west London.

The Royal Borough of Kingston on Thames

Kingston Council’s commitment to supporting all residents and partner employees to access quality personalised employment and skills support for training or finding “Good Work” is our strong motivation for endorsing Work Skills Kingston via the SLP LSIP / Navigatr

Open Learn - Open University

OpenLearn - the home of free learning from The Open University. Are you looking for a new topic to explore, or wanting to dig deeper into something you've already discovered? Whether it’s a 60-second animated video or a 24-hour course you are after, you will find it on OpenLearn for free.

Kingston Job Centre Plus

The Kingston Jobcentre Plus Office can deal with all your claims for Universal Credit, Jobseeker's Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support.as well as provide help with your job search

Kingston Chamber of Commerce

Kingston Chamber of Commerce is an independent, not for profit organisation entirely funded by our membership and one of the largest borough chambers in London. Formally recognised as the business representative for the business community in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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