Committed to Work

The Committed to Work programme aims to address the need of employers in the borough, while improving opportunities for Islington residents.

We recognise the importance for employers of recruiting and retaining committed and well-trained staff.

We already offer a wide range of support to help Islington businesses to recruit Islington residents. But we know we can do better, both to improve opportunities for our residents and make Islington a better place to live, work and do business.

Through the Committed to Work programme, Islington employers are pledging their commitment to increasing opportunities for our residents. Employers benefit from identification of candidates who are ready to take up these opportunities, and from support from a range of local organisations to train and develop their staff.

Pledges

You are invited to make commitments to provide opportunities for people in Islington who are not in work.

Examples of pledges you could make are:

To help make people job ready, we will:

• open the doors of our company two days a year, so that local people can find out more about what we do

• offer local people experience through temporary jobs/volunteering opportunities/work trials/placements

• offer mentoring/buddying to prospective and existing employees

• work with schools and training providers to develop vocational training programmes

• register all our vacancies and placements with WorkIS (see link to WorkIS page)

• interview all job ready candidates

To help keep people in work, we will:

• provide in-house training or paid study leave for external training

• provide support to new staff through our policies and keep them informed of other support available

• offer opportunities to continue training in work

• provide progression routes/career starts in the jobs we offer

Making a Pledge

If you want to pledge your support or find out more, contact:

Enorr Erhuero, WorkIS Account Manager
Email: enorr.erhuero@islington.gov.uk

All Islington employers are welcome to join the programme. Once you have developed your pledge and how it will be delivered, you will receive a Committed to Work certificate, and we will list you on these webpages.

Further Information

For further information, click on the links below to download the Committed to Work factsheet and the Jobseekers leaflet.