Skills & Employment

CWEC established the Cheshire & Warrington Employment & Skills Board in 2007 to focus resources and effort in tackling worklessness.

The Board aim is to be the employer voice on skills in Cheshire & Warrington and is made up of a number of businesses from a diverse range of sectors and sizes.

The Board acts as the employer voice for the C&W Employment, Skills & Learning Commission and the C&W Local Enterprise Partnership.

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Cheshire & Warrington Employment & Skills Board (CWEAS)

The Board's role is to provide leadership in increasing skills and employment in Cheshire and Warrington. This is being achieved through the effective development and delivery of an employer-led strategy linking skills development to employment needs. 

A key priority of the Board is to amplify and clarify the message that skills development is an effective way of increasing the productivity and efficiency of businesses.

For further information about the Board contact Roz Atherton on tel: 01606 734185 or email: Roz.atherton@cwec.org.uk

 

Private Sector Board Members

Armstrong Learning

Bentley Motors

Birchwood Forum

Cheshire & Warrington Enterprise Commission

Decisive Operations

Green Bough Hotel

Gorvins Solicitors

Hammond McNulty

McArthur Glen

South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce

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Vauxhall Motors

Virgin trains

20:20 Mobile Group 

 

 

Employment and Skills Board Priorities

  • Inform, influence and lobby on skills issues at local, regional and national level with the aim of affecting improvement to the employment and skills system.
  • Increase the resilience of the local economy by developing stronger links between economic priorities and futher/higher education and by ensuring that businesses have easy access to effective business support and high quality skills provision.
  • Engage employers to develop their leadership and management skills and increase their commitment to raising the skills of the workforce.
  • Provide employment opportunities for local people and encourage the adoption of good employment and skills practice.
  • Make young people and adults work ready and address employability skills.
  • Improve the co-ordination, quality of, and access to, employment and skills acitivities in the sub-region.

Employment Relations Forum

In partnership with ACAS, the Employment and Skills Board hold biannual Employment Relations Forums.  The Forums are well attended by employers who received an employment law update, the latest news on workforce development funding and detailed sessions on areas such as mediation, restructure and changes to legislation.

The Forums also provide good networking opportunities and the chance for employers to speak directly to organisations who can assist them in developing their workforce or addressing issues they are facing.

Employment Skills & Learning Commission

Cheshire and Warrington Employment Skills and Learning Commission aims to:

Raise skill levels and reduce worklessness helping our businesses prosper and our communities thrive

 

The Employment Skills and Learning Commission takes an all-age view of learning and development, resulting in a raising of the employment and skills levels in Cheshire and Warrington, to ensure businesses and individuals are productive and prosper now and in the future. 

 

The Commission is made up of a number of public sector partners such as Job CentrePlus, Skills Funding

Agency, Local Authorities, CWEC, HE, FE, Third Sector and the Young People's Learning Agency.

 

The Commission is currenty reviewing it's priorities in light of funding and policy changes.

 

For further information on the Commission contact Lisa Conway email Lisa.conway@cheshirewestand chester.gov.uk

 

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are a form of training for your employees. Funded by the Skills Funding Agency they help you to develop your staff to meet the needs of your business. There are over 200 apprenticeship schemes available across more than 80 industry sectors including engineering, food manufacturing and chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical manufacturing.

For further information visit: http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk

Business Case Studies

Click here to view case studies from Cheshire and Warrington companies who have invested in skills development.