"Journey to Work 5 (JTW5)The Journey to work programme has been a very successful programme and JTW5 continues the success story. Scottish Government (SG), Edinburgh Capital City Partnership (CCP), Skills Development Scotland (SDS) & Joined Up for Jobs network requested Werkcenter Scotland to do everything in our power to support recent graduates from VET-schools in their Journey to Work. This journey was a pretty heavy ride due to Corona and we had to anticipate and improvise a lot, but we are very happy with the good results achieved so far.JTW5 was written for 10 recent graduates up to 30 years old, who are in unemployment (benefit). We wanted to target 2 groups of recent graduates (5 & 5 incl. fewer opportunities) from VET-schools pre-dominantly when they enter the social benefits system. Eventually we have done 12 mobilities (6 participants for 6 weeks & 6 for 2 weeks) to Holland. The 12 participants were selected from an initial group of 40. 29 started with the preparatory workshops and 18 of them were selected, but due to the Corona outbreak we had to maintain contact, monitor and recruit and select again... We started fairly well with 3 and 3 young people going to the Netherlands for 6 weeks. But due to Corona there was a major delay in the implementation and the programme was on hold for a almost a year…We had to anticipate and improvise. We decided not to travel to Italy due to the heavy rules and the high probability that we would be stopped at the border. After checking the Dutch rules and travel conditions as regards to students and work and intense talks and collabouration with the very experienced Dutch partner DFW2W we decided to Target1 group of 6 recent graduates for 2 weeks (mid may 2021 – 31st May 2021) in The Netherlands. We let them enter the Netherlands in 3 groups. The JTW5 Model, it's 1-2-3 methodology (""EU Good Practice 2006, 2012 & 2014') has delivered work experience in:Retail (1x): 6 weeksCommunication (4x): 1 x 6 weeks, 3 x 2 weeksAdministration (3x): 2 x 6 weeks, 1 x 2 weeks Webdesign (2x): 1 x 6 weeks, 1 x 2 weeksMechanic automotive (1x): 1 x 2 weeks)Woodcrafting (1x): 1 x 6 weeksThe approach of WS & the host organisation DFW2W is to support & guide recent graduates in getting & improving new knowledge, skills & qualifications to facilitate personal development & responsibility to obtain basic work experience & qualifications and/or participation on the local, national and EU labor market. Unfortunately we could not do an exchange with our Italian Partner CPA,due to the Corona outbreak and waves that followed. We have fallen back on DFW2W, our very experienced Dutch partner and has been our partner for almost a decade in YfEj, From Work to Work, JTW 1,2,3 and 4 and 6. We have specifically chosen for their apprenticeships and specialization to get all the participants on one location, a ver big plant in the Green Heart inside the Randstad area. DFW2W was able to get a very broad range of apprenticeships on one location and were ecquiped to deal and work within the Corona framwork of rules and procedures. WS and DFW2W were able to place recent graduates on a structured JTW Holland.JTW5 starts with the Assessment phase (1): The preparation training is required to get the recent graduates from VET-schools ready for the internships abroad, a young person who demonstrates correct behaviour will be rewarded and allowed to the Development Phase (2): Abroad in Holland. We could use the normal procedure with the first 2 groups. The assessment phase for group 3 was very long. They were recruited and ready to go, but we had to postpone due to Corona. We stayed in touch and had digital prep. meetings in April 2021. After the mobility phase 3 started, a further intensive Work programme delivered by CCP, the Joined Up for Jobs network & SDS on the young person's return to UK.- We reached 72,5% (objective 70%) of recent graduates to have successfully finished the assessment phase (29 out of 40). 12 of them have been given the opportunity to do a work placement in Holland as a form of incentive. At the initial meeting and introductionary workshop 40 young people attended our launch meetings. But only 29 young people signed up for the preparatory workshops- 100% of the participants returned to the UK as ‘job ready’. To be fair, the last group is very recent, so we still have to make sure we maintain our achievement of ‘job readiness’ within 1 year- 83,3% (objective 75%): 5 out of 6 participants of the first 2 flows (of 3 and 3 –last flow was 6 young people) currently have jobs. 1 has some health issues and is recovering. Regarding the participants of flow 3, who finished end May 2021, currently 3 are in a job and 3 are following up in an apprenticeship/education programme-100% (objective 100%) of the participants have been evaluated by the host & sending organisation and final reports have been sent to Scottish Organisations describing how to follow up JTW5."