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Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership (RLEP)

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Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership (RLEP)

The Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership (RLEP) is the strategic employability partnership group for Renfrewshire. Our  purpose is to support the effective  implementation of local and national employability policy . 

In doing so our  partnership, working closely with local delivery partners, will make the best use of resources available to deliver services that help Renfrewshire residents make a successful transition towards and into employment.

The RLEP vision is for our employability provision to be responsive and accessible, in particular to those with greatest need and is designed and delivered around the needs and aspirations of those using our services and or requiring support.

You can find out more about our Partnership, and the local employability services in Renfrewshire by contacting the Partnership Coordinator:  kay.mcintosh@renfrewshire.gov.uk

 

Employability Provision in Renfrewshire 

Are you or someone you are supporting looking for work or a better job now or in the future ?

Need some advice or access to opportunities to build your skills and confidence?

Please click below to find out about current training and employment opportunities and services in Renfrewshire.

By looking at or contacting services, there is no pressure. If you decide you want help, we work with you at your own pace and you can change your mind at any point. Taking part is voluntary.

Invest in Renfrewshire – Skills Training Network

How RLEP Commissions Services

The key employment services in Renfrewshire include Invest in Renfrewshire, Skills Development Scotland and the DWP ( Renfrew, Johnstone and Paisley job centres) all of which deliver together core employability services to local residents and employers.

Each year RLEP reviews these core services and others available locally and nationally, and with the assistance of 6 RLEP operational groups focussing on key priority groups, it identifies gaps in service delivery which they wish to fill through commissioning processes. 

This ensures the local service offer meets the employability support needs of local residents, in particular those with barriers to employment who require more support than others.

RELP currently uses a local employability grants process to commission delivery partners from across the public, third and private sector to work alongside the core/statutory local services.

The 2024/25 grants process is now complete and any further funding opportunities will be shared on this webpage. Interested providers can also contact the Partnership Coordinator to be added to the RLEP  provider mailing list.

Renfrewshire Council’s Employability Service – INVEST, on behalf of the Renfrewshire Local Employability Partnership supports a Practitioners Forum for front line workers who either provide services and programmes to support residents towards and into work or who may refer residents for employability support.

Renfrewshire Employability Practitioners Forum

The aim of the forum is to provide partners/agencies the opportunity to showcase the services available within Renfrewshire. It offers a platform to engage, refer or signpost to other agencies to assist residents to access training, employment, education, or volunteering opportunities.

It’s also a great opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges practitioners are experiencing and to highlight any unmet employability support needs which others may be able to help with.

Over 60 practitioners from a wide range of organisations attend the forum and receive information via emails.

The Forum meets the first Thursday of  every month 2pm-4pm.

To join the Forum; receive meeting invites and regular emails or simply to find out more, please email the Forum Chair, Isobel McLaughlan on isobel.mclaughlan@renfrewshire.gov.uk