Skills Support for Redundancy

Overview

Skills Support for Redundancy (SSR) is an initiative designed to support employers and individuals affected by redundancy. SSR is a tailored service to meet your needs, offering a wide range of training support, along with funded Training Courses.

What’s in it for me?

If your business is facing an organisational restructure or the prospect of making tough decisions about staff redundancy, there is funded support available to you.

The Skills Support for Redundancy (SSR) programme will ensure your employees get access to bespoke funded Training Courses and careers guidance along with supporting them to find suitable employment.

What’s on offer for my employees?

• Upskill for workplace success – funded Training Courses and advice in a wide range of vocational and sector specific training* to help them secure employment in your existing business or to help them change career
• Career progression training – developing higher level skills to take them to the next step in their career, such as leadership and management or supervisory skills training
• Support with securing a new job – to give them the best chance of securing a new role, the scheme will help them build transferable skills and support where required with CV writing, online job searching, completing applications and interview techniques, or signpost them to local services that will be able to offer additional support**

*Training could also include support with English, maths and digital literacy as required to help individuals thrive in new workplaces or roles.

**For organisations with 20+ employees at risk of redundancy, the scheme will work with the Department for Work and Pensions, your Local Enterprise Partnership and the National Careers Service to provide your employees with the best possible support.

Who’s eligible?

Individuals taking up funded training* through SSR must be:

• Legally resident in the UK
• Able to take paid employment in the UK
• Employed and at risk of redundancy, or unemployed within the last three months due to redundancy 
• Aged 16 or above

Note other eligibility criteria may apply.

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Contact an Advisor today to find out more.