What is Jobs Growth Wales+?

Jobs Growth Wales+ (JGW+) is a training and development programme for 16鈥�19 year olds that gives them the skills, qualifications, and experience they need to either gain a job or enter further training.

There are 3 strands to the programme:

1. Engagement

A starting point for young people who aren’t sure of what they’re interested in. This strand offers short work trials, centre based learning and a variety of enrichment opportunities.

2. Advancement

Developed for young people who have an interest in a particular career. This strand offers industry focused work tasters and placements, a Level 1 qualification and a variety of enrichment opportunities.

3. Employment

For young people who are ready for full-time employment. This strand offers employability sessions, job preparation skills, interview technique training, essential skills qualification and enrichment activities.

Jobs Growth Wales+ at 大象传媒

Tell me more about these strands…

In the Engagement and Advancement strand, you鈥檇 work with us to offer work tasters or placements for our young people to help develop their skills. Learners on these strands receive a training allowance of up to 拢60 per week depending on their hours, up to 拢19.50 per week for meal allowance and support with travel costs.

If you do provide a placement opportunity, and those learners work well, you may want to consider providing either a job or even an Apprenticeship opportunity for the learner. We鈥檙e also equipped to support with the Apprenticeship qualification.

On the Employment strand, if you decide to employ a young person via the Jobs Growth Wales+ programme, we鈥檒l pay up to 50% of each young person鈥檚 employment costs at the National Minimum Wage for the first six months and they鈥檒l continue to get guidance and ongoing training from us, to support their development with you.

We'll pay up to
50%
of each young person's
employment costs on the
employment strand for the
first six months, at the NMW.
We'll provide
Support,
Training &
Guidance.

Short term commitment

If you are not quite ready to offer a placement or job opportunities, you could help inspire and motivate our young people to help them get ready for employment. We find by providing opportunities like this, it can make a massive difference to our young people and help prepare them for the world of work.

You could provide opportunities like:

Employability
workshops
Taster
days
Employer
visits
Mock
interviews
Career
talks

If you are interested in working with 大象传媒…

If you would like to advertise your placement on our website, please email worldofworkteam@acttraining.org.uk.

Take a look at our current JGW+ vacancies:

JGW+ Vacancies

鈥湸笙蟠� was a really good experience, I saw progression in terms of my confidence and talking to others as well as my learning and the support was really good. I鈥檓 now going to do my Level 2.鈥�

Megan Nedrud, Automotive

鈥淭hese skills are going to help me when working with large groups of people in university, it will help me with presentations and future work placements. This will enable me to showcase the skills that I picked up and learned during my time at 大象传媒.鈥�

Kerene Kipulu, 大象传媒

鈥淚 have developed my communication methods and feel more confident in speaking with customers. The employer provided constant help and support with the role. Staff members took the time to go through tasks with me. Everyone has also helped to make me feel valued and part of the team.鈥�

Lois Denatale, Business Administration