Improving English for Speakers of Other Languages Nov 12 workshop

English language skills remain a key pre-employment training need for many refugee and migrant Jobcentre Plus customers in London. The Greater London Authority planned two workshops, with the first in November 2012 to improve the pre-employment English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) training for Jobcentre Plus (JCP) customers.

This workshop, ESOL works: building on best practice for supporting people in to work, focused on building local partnerships between JCP offices and Skills Funding Agency (SFA) ESOL providers to identify, assess and refer JCP customers with pre-employment English language needs.

The workshops and reports are part of London Enriched, the Mayor of London’s refugee and migrant integration strategy. This ongoing work is led by the London Strategic Migration Partnership (LSMP) and supports the London Enterprise Panel’s Jobs and Growth Plan for London to increase job opportunities and ensure disadvantaged groups have the skills they need to succeed.

Read about the second workshop in June 2013, ESOL works: embedding good practice for supporting people into work, that reflected on progress made in partnership working since the first workshop.