Barnet College is helping young people enter the world of work
Young people in Barnet will have the opportunity to take up one of more than 67 jobs across the borough as the Government announces the next 5,659 jobs being created under its Future Jobs Fund (FJF) programme today – 839 in London. This brings the total number of jobs that will be created through FJF so far to almost 104,000 across the country.
Barnet College will create up to 67 jobs in the area. The roles include communications and membership trainee and a development and marketing officer.
Nationally, the Future Jobs Fund will provide funding for 170,000 jobs - at least 120,000 for young people and 50,000 for unemployment hotspots.
Marilyn Hawkins, principal of Barnet College welcomed the announcement that jobs for young people will be created in the area.
“We are delighted to have been chosen to deliver such a meaningful and valuable project within our community. Barnet College has an immensely broad range of training and learning opportunities. We will use the award not only to fund the jobs but also to offer training, support and certification, personalised for each of the young job-seekers involved in the scheme. Through a combination of education and on-the-job training, our goal is to forge lifelong career and learning paths for some of our community’s most vulnerable jobseekers”.
The jobs for Barnet College have been announced in the sixth round of jobs from the Government.
Minster for Employment Jim Knight, said: “These figures show the largest number of people coming off unemployment benefit for 15 years which is a sign that our £5bn investment to get people back to work is having an impact. The fact that tens of thousands more young people are taking up the Government’s guarantee of a place in education or training means that they are getting the valuable skills they need to get into work.
"New figures published today show that more than 25,000 people have benefited from the new Six Month Offer, while the sixth round of winning Future Jobs Fund bidders will create almost 6,000 more jobs for young people. This brings the total number of successful bids to create jobs through the Fund so far to almost 104,000. This is in addition to more than 400,000 people who have been helped into jobs through the Job Centres’ Local Employment Partnerships."
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