News: Government wage subsidies extended in Rotherham
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has announced that government incentives encouraging firms to employ young people will be extended in Rotherham.
As part of the Youth Contract, the £2,275 incentive is provided to firms who employ workers aged between 18 and 24 who have been out of work for nine months.
Rotherham is one of 20 areas where this has been brought forward for those young people who have been out of work for six months.
Speaking at the CBI Action for Jobs Summit, Clegg said: "Three months can make all the difference. When you feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall, when you live in an area where opportunities are already few and far between, another 12 weeks of rejection letters, of being cut off, of sitting at home waiting, worrying, that can seriously knock the stuffing out of you, making it extremely difficult to pick yourself up.
"So jobcentres will be able to make use of the subsidy before people are referred to the Work Programme, capitalising on their links with local employers, and they'll also intensify support, so more training, more regular coaching, spending more time with young people to knock a CV into shape or prep ahead of an interview."
The areas were selected as they had the highest rates of long term youth unemployment and the lowest rates of return to work.
Clegg added: "These are the young people who are hardest to reach in the labour markets that are hardest to crack, and they cannot be made to wait."
The move comes after Rotherham MP Denis MacShane described the levels of youth unemployment in Rotherham as "the travesty of "the lost generation" that is unfolding before our eyes."
The extra help will be on offer by the end of July.
Youth Contract website
Images: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
As part of the Youth Contract, the £2,275 incentive is provided to firms who employ workers aged between 18 and 24 who have been out of work for nine months.
Rotherham is one of 20 areas where this has been brought forward for those young people who have been out of work for six months.
Speaking at the CBI Action for Jobs Summit, Clegg said: "Three months can make all the difference. When you feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall, when you live in an area where opportunities are already few and far between, another 12 weeks of rejection letters, of being cut off, of sitting at home waiting, worrying, that can seriously knock the stuffing out of you, making it extremely difficult to pick yourself up.
"So jobcentres will be able to make use of the subsidy before people are referred to the Work Programme, capitalising on their links with local employers, and they'll also intensify support, so more training, more regular coaching, spending more time with young people to knock a CV into shape or prep ahead of an interview."
The areas were selected as they had the highest rates of long term youth unemployment and the lowest rates of return to work.
Clegg added: "These are the young people who are hardest to reach in the labour markets that are hardest to crack, and they cannot be made to wait."
The move comes after Rotherham MP Denis MacShane described the levels of youth unemployment in Rotherham as "the travesty of "the lost generation" that is unfolding before our eyes."
The extra help will be on offer by the end of July.
Youth Contract website
Images: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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