OTES (Omagh Training and Employability Support)

Objectives to be achieved: Transfer and exchange of experience and good practice in relation to:a)  Development of whole person approach (holistic, integrated solutions for target group with multiple and  complex needs)Bringing job opportunities together at a single point and engaging employers in actively recruiting from long term unemployed cohortb) Identify best practice in employer engagement, and how to encourage employers to play a more active role in design and implementation of employability programmes

Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): Sharing learning, knowledge and best practice around moving the individual into suitable sustained wor,  at their pace and  to suit their individual needs Employer engagement strategies Potential study visit for staff Potential work based learning exchange visit to include beneficiaries

Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: Shared learning and identification of new approaches and solutions to ongoing existing problems Inform skills development strategies Promoting active inclusion to embrace those that are closest to the labour market whilst also embracing and engaging with hardest to reach and those with multiple barriers Transfer and exchange of knowledge, experience and good practice Increased individuals moving into paid employment Increased Employer Engagement Increased knowledge around Social Economies that can provide employment experience for those furthest from the work place.