A new temporary job centre is being opened up in Aberdeen's city centre.The UK Government have secured office space on Shiprow and signed a lease last month
Young black workers are three times as likely to be unemployed as white workers, with more than 40 per cent without jobs in further damning evidence of the harm done to the economy by coronavirus lockdowns.
Between October and December last year, 41.6 per cent of black people aged 16 to 24 were jobless - the highest rate since the 2008-09 financial crisis, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The black youth unemployment rate was equivalent to the early 1980s, when the Brixton riots broke out. Meanwhile, joblessness among white workers stood at around 12 per cent, the Guardian reports.
Before the pandemic, between January and March 2020, 10 per cent of young white workers were jobless compared with 25.3 per cent of young black people.
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Specialist job coaches to help young people onto jobs ladder
Thousands of young people will benefit from six-month intensive employment support packages as the Department for Work and Pensions recruits an extra 150 specialist Youth Employability Coaches across the UK.
Youth Employability Coaches are specially trained to support young jobseekers facing significant barriers to get on the first rung of the jobs ladder, such as young people without formal skills or qualifications.
For up to six months, young jobseekers will get intensive support and mentoring training as well as access to training, apprenticeship placements, suitable job opportunities, the Sector Based Work Academy Programme and the Kickstart Scheme. Support will even continue for six weeks after the young person has started work, to make sure they’re given help to settle into the role and find their feet.