Aberdeen City Council, GB guarantees apprenticeship interviews for care-experienced young people

Aberdeen City Council, GB guaranteed interviews policy

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Aberdeen City Council created a new policy to reduce barriers to employment for care-experienced young people. According to the permanent agreement, any care-experienced young person, between the ages of 16 and 24, applying for an apprenticeship role at Aberdeen City Council will be guaranteed an interview. The Council is also developed support mechanisms for these individuals including an information portal which provides access to advice on internships, careers, education, volunteering, etc.

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Council approves permanent guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced young people

Aberdeen City Council yesterday (Tuesday 29 September) agreed to make permanent the authority’s guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced young people. The Staff Governance Committee agreed to extend the scheme which, since July 2019 guaranteed care experienced young people an interview for apprenticeship roles across the Council, to ...

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