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A Day in the Life of a Future Bright Career Progression Coach Simon Bayliss, Employment Support Team Well it’s another early start as I settle into my now well established pattern of working from home. First things first, I pour the first fresh coffee of the morning. I open my diary and familiarise myself with […]
Dear Colleagues As we are now a few weeks in to the school holiday period, it’s customary to say some words of reflection at the end of the academic year. And what a year! So I’d like to start this update with words of heartfelt appreciation, to convey how very grateful I am for every […]
Dear Colleagues Bristol Adult Community Learning (ACL) changes lives – and in particular young people and adults with the lowest qualifications living in communities hardest hit by Covid 19. Since March the Community Learning offer has been super responsive and the team has produced an impressive online response to lockdown. Bespoke family learning materials aimed […]
Dear Colleagues One of the biggest challenges for a local authority is how we can support people and communities in the right way so that they can improve their life chances and avoid an alternative negative trajectory that can causes huge misery and is very expensive to fix later on. A great deal of the […]
Dear Colleagues Wednesday marked the start of a new era for us in how Jobs Fairs are delivered during these Covid-times. Chris Mitchell and the Employment Support Team have worked closely with the DWP and the National Careers Service to plan and deliver our first ever remote event, all online, using Twitter and Facebook as […]
Dear Colleagues Brace, brace, brace! The global health crisis is rapidly deteriorating into a massive economic crisis. We learned this week that 600,000 jobs in the UK were cut between March and May. The Universal Claimant count in Bristol has increased by 46% since March, for young people by 81%, for people over 50 by […]
Dear Colleagues Jane gave me a tough act to follow when she asked if I would become “Guest Editor” of her weekly briefing. If anyone has a Zoom meeting with Delyse Taylor, they may well notice a tally chart on the wall above her right shoulder. The keeps a count of how many weeks we […]
An interview with Adam Saleh, Apprentice, Employment Support Team, Bristol City Council.
Dear Colleagues This week there has been a very emotional uprising against racism and discrimination against Black people and communities, sparked by the death of George Floyd, killed in police custody in Minneapolis. Last year, the whole ESL team had a positive experience of equality training with the Black South West Network when we discussed […]
Dear Colleagues Just before we had to lock down in response to Covid 19, the City Council’s ESL Team was awarded the Department for Education Matrix quality standard for information, advice and guidance (IAG). This was a fantastic result and a great achievement for the whole ESL team, worthy of a dedicated spotlight this week. […]
Colleagues Today I received a note from Anne Day, a truly remarkable and treasured Training Officer who is soon to be retiring after a 14 year career with the On Site Team. Anne has kindly written a short piece which captures the deep commitment and amazing work of all the Training Officers – working together […]
Dear Colleagues We’ve heard today that one of the biggest problems we will face when the Covid health risks diminish and social distancing measures relax is fear. Many people will have lost confidence to mix with other people, being suspicious of strangers, resulting in higher rates of social isolation, anxiety and depression. So this week, […]
