Get Kent and Medway Working Plan
The UK plan
The government want to improve the UK's economy and get people into work.
They found in the UK there are:
- 2.8 million people who are not in work due to long-term sickness
- 1 in 8 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)
- 9 million adults lack the basic skills they need to get on.
The government's Get Britain Working White Paper outlines how they will:
- raise the UK employment rate to 80% for 18 to 66-year-olds
- boost the economic activity of the country
- improve living standards to fund public services
- improve the quality and security of work through the Plan to Make Work Pay
- create a job market that welcomes everyone and gives them a chance to work.
About our plan
The Get Kent and Medway Working Plan shows our ambitions to help Kent and Medway residents back into work.
We asked the views of a wide range of stakeholders, partners and people with lived experience to find out how best we, in Kent and Medway, can help support people into employment and fill vacancies within our employers. We asked what works well, what doesn't, and what to improve to help those looking for a job. We did this via:
- surveys
- workshops
- one-to-one interviews.
From our research, we put together all the views and created our plan. The Get Kent and Medway Working Plan is a joint strategy put together by:
- Kent County Council
- Medway Council
- Jobcentre Plus
- the NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board.
Our plan focuses on health, work, and skills across Kent and Medway. This includes:
- an analysis of key local labour market challenges for different groups of people and employers
- an overview of the support available for individuals and employers
- how local organisations can work together to support those looking for a job
- how to tackle barriers that prevent people from working.
Local organisations are now working together to carry out the actions from our plan.