Employers

Job Brokerage Service

Kickstart provides employers with an impartial, individually tailored job brokerage training & recruitment support package to meet their needs. Our highly experienced team interview and assess potential employees to ensure that the employer’s requirements are fully met.

Pre-employment programmes (PEPs) have been run with Firstsource, Foyle Food Group and Partnership Care West. In the case of Firstsource, the Kickstart to Work Programme and the North West Regional College teamed up with Firstsource to develop and deliver a one-week pre-employment programme. Delivered in the college the programme involved training targeted at the contact centre sector. The one-week course highlighted the benefits of getting back to paid work, helped the participants to develop their knowledge and skills for the potential posts in a call-centre and supported participants to develop their job interview techniques. The programme also incorporated a tour of Firstsource’s facility at the Northland Road and culminated in a guaranteed interview with Firstsource.

Ann McNicholl, Human Resources Officer, Firstsource said “Firstsource has worked closely with Kickstart to successfully recruit suitable employees from among those already registered for employment support with the Kickstart programme. We found Kickstart a reliable and efficient service to work with and we found that the tailored pre-employment programme they developed with us met our needs very well.”

To date 65% of all those who have completed PEPs moved into employment.

If you are an employer with a vacancy or you are interested in developing a pre-employment programme with us contact our Job Brokerage Officer, Mena Kearney on 71 308 466 or email mena.kearney@derrycity.gov.uk

 

Intermediary Labour Market Programme (ILM)

The Intermediary Labour Market Programme acts as a bridge between unemployment and the world of work by providing paid employment to the individual for a period of 50 weeks.

The ILM programme gives local residents the opportunity to participate in paid work, coupled with personal development and training which assists them to secure relevant work experience and employment.

To date 82% of all those who have completed ILM placements have sustained employment.

If you are an Employer in the Derry City Council area involved in either the IT, Tourism, Digital/Media and Hospitality/Retail sectors, we would be delighted to provide you with information on a paid 50 week work placement for a participant on this programme.

Download Intermediary Labour Market Programme Employers Guide here

Contact the ILM Officer Geraldine OhEara on 71 308 466 or email geraldine.oheara@derrycity.gov.uk

 

Assistance with Implementation of Social Clauses in Public Contracts

KSTW offers a service that would assist procuring organisations and contractors during the implementation of requirements of the Social Clause of Targeting Recruitment and Training within large scale public construction projects in the North West. Key to this would be assisting the procuring organisations and contractors to implement the social clauses in adherence to the provisions that fair employment legislation makes for recruiting from among the unemployed. To find out about what this service involves click here.
 

Peace Bridge Project

Kickstart worked with Ilex on the PEACE BRIDGE Project to assist the contractor, Graham Construction meet their social clause obligations under the contract. This entailed Kickstart delivering a training and recruitment service to source suitable candidates for job and apprenticeship vacancies. In all, 12 posts were created under the social clause element of the contract and were filled in February 2010. We are now providing a follow up mentoring service to ensure the transition from unemployment to employment runs smoothly for the employees.
 
 

Social Clause Delivery Forum (SCDF)

We have established a Social Clause Delivery Forum to build upon the pioneering work started on the Peace Bridge project. The aim of the forum is: 

• To disseminate learning from the Peace Bridge Project as a social clause pilot project 
• To raise awareness of how the Kickstart service can assist and support public organisations and contractors in the Derry City Council area to meet their social clause obligations and 
• To act as a vehicle to gather knowledge and expertise from procurement practitioners in order to shape policy and practice at Government level.

Click here for a list of Social Clause Delivery Forum members.

If you want to find out more about Social Clauses or obtain assistance with the implementation of social clauses, contact our Job Brokerage Officer, Mena Kearney on 7130 8466 or email mena.kearney@derrycity.gov.uk

 

Kickstart IT

Kickstart to Work is currently working in partnership with North West Regional College, Fujitsu, Allstate & Singularity to run a 12 week IT course followed by a work placement and guaranteed job interviews on completion of the course.
The aim of the Kickstart IT course is to provide training for unemployed and economically inactive people so that they are upskilled and job ready to take up future job vacancies in the ICT sector.   

20 individuals have secured places on this course and the course is currently closed to applications.