Welfare-to-work provider Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) has won a two-and-a-half year contract by the Skills Funding Agency to work with up to 500 school leavers.

The contract runs until December 2013 where the team will work with school leavers to ensure they are prepared for the journey into work or education, have an appropriate CV and an action plan to secure a position.

Employment coach Jim Smith says: “The one-size-fits-all approach through classroom learning just doesn’t suit everyone so we have a wide ranging programme of outdoor activities to ensure people are motivated to attend.

“If you enjoy learning it becomes much easier so we use outward bound activities such as caving or rock-climbing to help develop teamwork and improve problem solving skills. Often it’s the first time young people have felt they’ve achieved something worthwhile, which can act as a springboard in gaining new employability skills.”