APPLICATION FOR SILVER AND GOLD PARTNERSHIP AWARDS
Company or organisation name
Contact name
Contact position
Contact email
Contact phone number
Contact alternative phone number
Please confirm that your company or organisation has applied to join the DWP’s Disability Confident initiative.
Further information can be found at disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk
Please demonstrate how your company has met one or more of the criteria for each of the Key Priority Areas Priority Area 1: Creating and sustaining employment for local people
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016
Use the services of Walsall Works, DWP and its partners to select and shortlist unemployed or underemployed candidates from the local area
Advertise vacancies or recruited local unemployed people through Job Fairs and recruitment events organised by Walsall Works, DWP and its partners
Use the provision of innovative recruitment solutions for local unemployed people, such as Group Information Sessions, Pre-Employment Training or Sector Based Academies
Be registered on the Walsall Healthy Workplaces Initiative
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 2: Helping local people to increase their skills and improve their employability
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016
Take on Walsall residents as Apprentices and / or Trainees through local training providers
Progress existing Apprentices through to at least a Level 4 qualifications
Access additional training for existing staff through public funded programmes, such as Adult Education Budgets, European Funding
Provide accredited non-mandatory training opportunities to staff in areas such as leadership and management
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 3: Creating more opportunities for local companies through supply chains
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since April 2016
Significant investment brought in to enable the company to expand its local workforce, including capital and revenue sources – such as for property, machinery and business improvement / growth initiatives
Provision of mentoring or active support to existing and new start businesses in Walsall, particularly in areas such as finance, HR, legal advice, exporting and business planning
Setting and achieving targets for increased investment in local supply chain businesses
Engagement with strategic bodies such as the Walsall Economic Board and Walsall Employment and Skills Board to improve access and advice on how to attract new contracts
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since April 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 4: Supporting Walsall’s most vulnerable residents to improve their health and wellbeing
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016
Have provided targeted recruitment initiatives which focus on recruiting individuals from specific vulnerable groups within Walsall such as care leavers, homeless, over 50s, those with a disability
Have employed Walsall people from vulnerable groups as part of their regular recruitment
Have created relevant work placements or work trials for Walsall people from vulnerable groups
Have provided employability and mentoring support targeted at individuals from vulnerable groups within Walsall
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 5: Helping local schools to raise aspiration and improve educational attainment
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016
Providing relevant work experience placements to school or college students
Supported schools or college students with their employability through mock interviews, career events
Giving talks or providing site visits to school or college students to promote key business sectors
Provided curriculum support to local schools or colleges to increase the relevance of core subjects or studies aligned to the needs of the local workplace
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum) Priority Area 6: Supporting community-managed facilities and developing community based initiatives
Please tick which of the following criteria you have delivered or achieved since November 2016
Given some staff time or resource towards developing and delivering local community projects
Encourage employees to participate in volunteering or sponsorship of local projects or events
Established commitment to one or more voluntary organisation, including staff time or funding
Close working relationship with organisations such as One Walsall or Walsall Council to engage with community and voluntary organisations
Provide details about how you have delivered on each of the ticked criteria since September 2016 (200 words maximum)