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Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust Briefing for board members Insert Presenter(s) Key challenges for the NHS workforce Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust 2 Over 132,000 vacancies across all staff groups (June 2022). 6% of the NHS workforce is under 25, 48% is over 45. 21% of NHS staff are from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background. 20% of agenda for change staff (band 2-4) are male. Insert key information relating to your organisation's workforce. (see notes) Youth unemployment – latest figures Unemployment rate for young people (16-to-24 years) is 10.4% (April to June 2022). Estimated 221,000 young people in the UK aged 18-to-24 years who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) and unemployed (August 2022). The national landscape Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust 3 Growing for the future The NHS People Plan contains a commitment to grow the workforce for the future. It sets out practical actions for employers to: Ensure recruitment reflects the diversity of their community. Increase recruitment to roles such as clinical support workers and promote potential career pathways. Offer more apprenticeships, ranging from entry-level jobs through to senior clinical, scientific and managerial roles. The Prince’s Trust can help us to recruit a diverse workforce and develop a pipeline of motivated, skilled, local young people into entry-level roles and apprenticeships in our organisation. Benefits of employing young people Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust 4 1. Shape the future workforce ‘Grow our own talent’ Transfer essential skills and knowledge 2. Recruit a more diverse workforce Trust reputation Recruitment and retention Representative of the community 3. Corporate social responsibility Support young people’s health and wellbeing Anchor institution Benefits of employing young people Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust 5 4. Cost effectiveness Funded pre-employment programmes Apprenticeships Reduced agency spend Long-term investment 5. Unique talent Future workforce Flexible and adaptable Promote career options What can the board do? Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince’s Trust 6 Consider how we promote the range of entry-level jobs and careers in the NHS to the community we serve. Offer pre-employment, training and development programmes. Use the support available from The Prince’s Trust to connect with disadvantaged young people in our community. Open up routes into the service to attract young people who would