England Construction Opportunities - Construction Skills People

Construction Skills People (CSP) have over 17 years’ experience placing new market entrants with construction employers. CSP is a well-regarded partner of DWP, operating in most Jobcentre branches throughout the country. CSP partner with various charitable organisations that are positioned well to offer support to participants such as Mind and Lighthouse, offer mental health support. These charities are placed well to support new entrants to build skills that increase mental resilience.

Once a new entrant is appointed to a job, CSP support moves to in-role mentorship. This is specifically designed to be complimentary to sector working, with appointments being prior to, or after shifts. CSP provide mentor opportunities in a variety of ways, virtually, by phone or face-to-face on site. For continuity purposes, appointed mentors are officers whom they work with through the application, learning and appointment phases.

In our experience, the types of challenges participants face in the early days of their role are:

• On site code of conduct rules.
• Environmental challenges
• Relational challenges
• Domestic challenges such as childcare

CSP partner with many training providers, including colleges including RNN College, Buckinghamshire College, Learning Curve Group, Back2Work Group, GTECH Training, VMR Training, Citrus Training, Birkwood Training, Manchester Plant Training, Greater Manchester Plant, SB Skills, amongst others.

CSP work closely with the probation service and prison service as a partner of choice to support residents leaving detention into sustainable careers. In some regions of the country, participant referrals can be as high as 20 per week from this source alone. This relationship has been built over a long period of time and is built on the back of job outcome performance. They will offer a programme of integrated and collaborative support for new entrants, to ensure the best results in terms of employment sustainability.