Number of registered unemployed working in States departments

Published on: 6 March 2012

Question type: Written

Asked by: Jackie Hilton

Answered by: Chief Minister

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY J.A. HILTON OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 6th MARCH 2012

Question

Would the Chief Minister advise whether any registered unemployed have been offered placements within States Departments on either work experience, Advance to Work or Advance to WorkPlus during the past two years and, if so, advise how many and in which Departments?

If there have been placements, would the Chief Minister advise how many have resulted in positions being offered to those people involved and would he indicate whether these were permanent or contract posts?

Answer

Across all the States-managed schemes operating voluntary work placements, 105 placements were offered by the Departments during 2010 and 2011. In addition, 18 people were offered placements through the Prince's Trust scheme.

The States schemes currently operating placement schemes are Advance to Work, Advance Plus, Workwise and Work Zone. A breakdown of the specific numbers of placements by department and scheme is provided in figure 1 below.

Discussions are ongoing for the provision of at least 100 additional voluntary placements within States Departments which can be channelled through the Back to Work team to the most relevant scheme. There is also a proposal that temporary resources within departments are initially sourced from among those who are unemployed, including people who may already be on voluntary placements.

The figures show a general increase in support for the schemes managed by the States of Jersey and the Prince's Trust between 2010 and 2011.

States departments have also shown their support for the principle of training through placements by engaging with both the Project Trident and IOD Work Shadow schemes which are run annually for school students. 472 students were placed with departments on the two schemes during 2010 and 2011.

During 2010 and 2011 ten people were offered permanent contracts as result of placements and 26 were placed on contracts or temporary paid work.

Figure 1

Placements through Advance to Work, Advance Plus, Workwise, Work Zone and The Prince's Trust and resulting employment by department

*All figures included in this answer and figure 1 are collated from the records of Advance to Work, Advance Plus, Workwise, Work Zone, The Prince's Trust, Project Trident and the IoD Work Shadow Scheme not from the departments involved.