Joined Up for Jobs

About

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 (now known as Business Growth and Inclusion).

 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).