The industry awards are an opportunity to recognise your staff and organisation’s achievements in supporting the nations jobseekers and learners.

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The ERSA Employability Awards 2022

The award categories:

  1. Frontline Adviser of the Year – sponsored by The Institute of Employability Professionals
    Employment advisers and job coaches who have demonstrated exceptional commitment in a frontline role
  2. Frontline Manager of the Year –  sponsored by The Institute of Employability Professionals
    Frontline managers or team leaders who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to leading their frontline team to excellent performance and customer achievements
  3. Employer of the Year – sponsored by Successful Mums 
    Employers showing exceptional commitment by partnering with providers in their area, supporting disadvantaged and long-term unemployed jobseekers
  4. Significant Achiever of the Year – sponsored by Learning Curve
    Organisations delivering employability programmes can nominate exceptional jobseekers and learners they support
  5. Team of the Year – Disability and health – sponsored by The Digital College
    Frontline teams providing disability and wellbeing services, including mental health support and social prescribing
  6. Team of the Year – Hardest hit – Education Development Trust
    Frontline teams supporting individuals and communities in hardest hit sectors, including low-paid workers, young people NEET, diverse communities, experience of the justice system, women, older workers, people with learning disabilities and other disadvantaged groups
  7. Team of the Year – Hidden heroes – sponsorship available
    Working behind the scenes to enable services: IT/digital services, service design, research and evidence
  8. Sector Innovator of the Year – sponsorship availableRoll out of IT equipment to participants, digital accessibility, behind the scenes innovation to change ways of working
  9. Community Partnership of the Year – sponsored by Saffron Interactive
    Organisations working together to form partnerships that support local communities already furthest from the labour market, and have been hit hardest by the pandemic
  10. Outstanding Contribution to the Sector – sponsored by Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Scotland
    A truly inspiring individual who will be nationally recognised as a champion and ambassador for the sector

The awards are judged by an independent panel of sector experts, this year they include;

Dr Katy Jones, Research Fellow, Centre for Decent Work and Productivity; Naomi Phillips, Director of Policy, Research & Influencing, Learning and Work Institute, Jagdeep Soor, Head of  Strategic Partnerships, Pathways Group, Nicola Inge, Employment & Skills Director, Business in the Community, Gill Holmes, Director – Contract Management and Partner Delivery and Tammy Fevrier, Youth Employment and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions

Previous award winners!

2021 Award Winners Announced in ‘The Covid Employability Challenge’
The ERSA Employability Awards 2020 – The winners! | ERSA

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