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Grow Our Own Workforce
Grow our Own
Local Jobs for local people
Meeting your workforce needs in Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell.
Thanks to redevelopment projects in Maidenhead and Windsor and the planned major regeneration of Bracknell town centre, employers will be creating exciting new job opportunities over the next few years. At the same time other businesses may be starting up or expanding, with their own employment needs.
Grow our Own aims to work with you as employers to help ensure that local people will be ready and equipped to fill the vacancies you may have to offer.
Grow our Own is a partnership between
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
The Learning Partnerships in both boroughs
The South East Economic Development Agency (SEEDA)
It is the first project of its kind in the country and it will work closely with employers, education providers, local and professional organisations and individual residents to
Find out about the new jobs ahead &
Locate and train Bracknell and Royal Borough residents to reach the standards employers seek.
More than 5,000 jobs are likely to be created in the Bracknell and Windsor & Maidenhead areas over the next five years.
Although the local employment rate is high, there are many people who, with the right support, advice, mentoring guidance and training, could provide you with the workforce you need right on your doorstep.
In this way, the revitalisation of our town centres will be of benefit to everyone in our communities both to you as an employer and to residents with the potential to become valuable assets to our local economy.
Grow our Own aims to:
Identify people who want to start or return to work
Offer services, e.g. advice, learning, training, support and mentoring, that will help prepare people for employment
Work with employers to find out about your recruitment needs and job opportunities
Communicate with businesses to help fill vacancies and develop existing workforces
Offer ongoing support to both employees and employers.
Grow our Own could help many people who currently find it difficult to get into work:
Women returning to work after a long absence, perhaps when their families have grown up
People who have been made redundant
School leavers
New residents
Teenage parents
Adults with mental health problems or moderate learning difficulties
Carers
Older people
Those on incapacity benefit
People from ethnic minority communities
Ex-offenders
Those who want to develop their careers in different directions
Volunteers
Grow our Own offers
Constructive working with you to determine your recruitment needs and future opportunities within your workforce
A channel for businesses to help fill vacancies and develop your existing workforce
An additional source for recruitment
Continued support to employers and employees
A pool of work-ready people who are keen to play their part in making your business a success
Services to help employees recruited under the Grow our Own scheme, and your existing employees looking to develop their skills; including advice and guidance, learning or training and support and mentoring at all levels.
By Growing our Own and working together we can help develop sustainable communities
Amanda.Waters@Bracknell-Forest.gov.uk
07738 702755
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