Equality Outcome: Boards will have improved awareness of the importance of youth engagement and employment, particularly with regard to young people experiencing disadvantage on the labour market, and will increase youth employment and build the workforce of the future by supporting boards to actively build strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including young people. What is the issue? Youth unemployment in Scotland is high, while NHSScotland has, in many areas of the service, an ageing workforce. Scottish Youth Employment Government’s Strategy sets out a target of reducing youth unemployment by 40% by 2021. Increasing opportunities for youth employment via apprenticeship schemes offers an opportunity to support effective succession planning and to increase employment options for young people. However, the labour market, and many employment programmes, have a history of occupational segregation by gender and of disabled people and under-employment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Looked-after children and care experienced young people face barriers to accessing education and work. We will do this by Supporting engagement between the NHSS Modern Apprenticeship/Youth Employment Network and equality stakeholders. Raising awareness of equality and diversity good practice in youth employment and facilitating knowledge exchange among boards. Ensuring that our evidence based guidance and other resources support good practice in responding to the issues highlighted. Link to NES Strategic Outcome 2. An excellent learning environment where there is better access to education for all healthcare staff. Relevant protected characteristics: Age, disability, gender, race. Additional links to socioeconomic inequalities.
Equality Outcome: Boards will have improved awareness of the importance of youth engagement and employment, particularly with regard to young people experiencing disadvantage on the labour market, and will increase youth employment and build the workforce of the future by supporting boards to actively build strong partnerships with key stakeholders, including young people. What is the issue? Youth unemployment in Scotland is high, while NHSScotland has, in many areas of the service, an ageing workforce. Scottish Government’s Youth Employment Strategy sets out a target of reducing youth unemployment by 40% by 2021. Increasing opportunities for youth employment via apprenticeship schemes offers an opportunity to support effective succession planning and to increase employment options for young people. However, the labour market, and many employment programmes, have a history of occupational segregation by gender and of disabled people and under-employment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Looked-after children and care experienced young people face barriers to accessing education and work. We will do this by Supporting engagement between the NHSS Modern Apprenticeship/Youth Employment Network and equality stakeholders. Raising awareness of equality and diversity good practice in youth employment and facilitating knowledge exchange among boards. Ensuring that our evidence based guidance and other resources support good practice in responding to the issues highlighted. Link to NES Strategic Outcome 2. An excellent learning environment where there is better access to education for all healthcare staff. Relevant protected characteristics: Age, disability, gender, race. Additional links to socioeconomic inequalities.
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