Joined Up for Jobs
The Joined Up for Jobs strategy launched in 2001 led by Capital City Partnership (set up as a Social Inclusion Partnership in 1998) and the City of Edinburgh Council's Economic Development department.
The purpose was to develop a new approach to employment support across Edinburgh and make a significant, positive contribution to tackling exclusion and disadvantage and to harness the co-operation of employers to do this.
Principles – 3 pillars
- Demand led
- Client centred
- Joined up
A formal partnership was created between key agencies who signed a partnership agreement. Original signatories included:
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh & Lothian
- Job Centre Plus
- Careers Scotland (now Skills Development Scotland)
- Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.
The Joined Up for Jobs strategy is overseen by Edinburgh’s Local Employability Partnership (LEP) an internationally-recognised partnership of third, private and public sector organisations working to achieve inclusive growth in Edinburgh.
Key stakeholders include:
- Third Sector employability providers who form the Joined Up for Jobs forum
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Capital City Partnership
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Skills Development Scotland
- Edinburgh College
- Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
- Edinburgh University (representing the Edinburgh-based universities).