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Intensive Activity Period (IAP)
Overview
The Intensive Activity Period provides a longer period of help
and support for participants who have not managed to secure
employment during the Gateway. It lasts from 13 weeks up to one
year, includes training and work towards a qualification. IAP
packages are tailored to the participant but will consist of at
least two of the following: Basic Skills
Support, Work
Focused Training, Work Experience, Work Placements, Jobsearch skills and
other support.
On moving into IAP, participants receive an additional
training allowance, which is equivalent to the Jobseekers Allowance
plus a top up.
At the end of the IAP participants still without a job
enter Follow-Through.
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Duration
Initially 13 weeks
Can be extended to 26 weeks
Can run to 52 weeks for those on full time
Education and Training Option
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Basic
Skills Support
Basic skills support is for those who have literacy or
numeracy problems and is delivered alongside other work-focused
provision. Those who speak English as a second language can receive
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) support under this
element.
It is possible to access Basic Employability Training
(BET) and Short
Intensive Basic Skills (SIBS) from IAP.
Work Focused
Training
Work Focused Training is generally short occupational courses
(up to 6 weeks) intended to provide skills that are required in the
local labour market. It is possible to access Short Job Focused
Training (SJFT) and Longer
Occupational Training for IAP.
Work
Experience
A period of time spent gaining valuable work experience doing a
job within the voluntary, community, environmental, private or
public sectors.
Work
Placements
Work placements can be short work trials for participants who
are ready to work prior to permanent employment with an
employer. These placements typically last up to 6 weeks with
an expectation that the employer will take on the participant
subject to satisfactory performance.
Work placements can last for longer periods where there is no
immediate prospect of permanent employment with the employer.
This type of placement consists of more structured training and
support, usually within the context of a short term project or
piece of work which needs to be undertaken. These placements
provide participants with the opportunity to learn, practice and
demonstrate the variety of skills required in an occupational area
and can last up to 13 weeks (or longer if part of WBLA
provision).
Jobsearch Skills
Jobsearch skills not only enable participants to realise job
opportunities but increase their employability skills through, for
example, the practical use of IT and the Internet. Typical
Jobsearch modules include: writing CVs, letters of application,
interview skills, sources of job leads etc.
Support
Support can be almost anything that will helps
participants overcome their own personal barriers to work
and can include measures that: boost confidence and stamina,
provide help with debt issues, address alcohol or drug problems,
and support those with disabilities or those that are
homeless etc.
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