Welcome Transitions.Stakeholders.Seminar.#21 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Thursday)15)November)2018 Welcome Transitions.Stakeholders.Seminar.#21 Professional.bodies.&.refugee. engineers/architects/planners: Supporting.mutual.engagement

Today’s(objectives To#explore#the#challenges#faced#by# refugee#engineers#and#architects#in# the#UK#labour#market To#identify#ways#of#improving#mutual# engagement#between#professional# bodies#and#skilled#refugees

Programme Setting'the'scene:'Vicky'Johnson,'Employment' • Advisor,'Transitions Restarting'as'an'architect'in'the'UK:'RA,' • Transitions'candidate Steps'to'success:'OM,'former'Transitions' • candidate' Break • Group'discussions • Final'comments •

National(context Refugee&unemployment&rate&48%&3 70%,&much&higher& than&UK&average Estimated&55%&of&refugees&in&employment&are&over3 qualified,&compared&to&24%&native&born Sources:)OECD)(2016))How)are)refugees)faring)on)the)labour)market)in)Europe?)A)first) evaluation)based)on)the)2014)EU)Labour)Force)Survey)ad)hoc)module Cebellua et)al)(2010))Spotlight)on)refugee)integration:)findings)from)the)survey)of)new) refugees)in)the)United)Kingdom,)Home)Office)RR37 Bloch,)Refugees’)Opportunities)and)Barriers)in)Employment)and)Training,)2002,)quoted)in) London)enriched:)The)Mayor’s)refugee)integration)strategy,)2009 Kirk,)Home)Office)Skills)Audit)of)Refugees,)2004

National(context Economic'Integration'of'Refugees'in'the'UK' Zovanga Kone)and)Carlos)Vargas0Silva)of)COMPAS 31%)of)asylum)group)highly0educated 23%)of)the)UK0born)group)highly0educated Refugees)who)have)been)in)the)country)for)25)years)or)more)are)the) closest)to)UK0born)in)term)of)employment)rate,)yet)they)still) marginally)lag)behind)(c.)4)percentage)points).

Engineering'context Annual&shortfall&of&59,000 The$State$of$Engineering:$Key$Facts$2018,$EngineeringUK

Transitions)London)CIC:))Objectives)

Transitions)candidates)countries)of)origin)2011318 2% 2% 7% 13% 18% 8% 2% 2% 2% 8% 10% 6% 20% Afghanistan Cote5d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Iran Iraq Kenya Other Pakistan Somalia Sri5Lanka Sudan Syria Yemen

Professions)of)Transitions)candidates)201122018 20% 3% 48% 3% 2% 10% 10% 4% Engineers Architects Accountants Administrators Banking

Outcomes)by)profession 80% 67% 70% 54% 60% 51% 49% 46% 50% 33% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% All Engineers Architects Positive;outcome No;outcome

Professional+body+membership:+ current+candidates 120% 100% 100% 84% 80% 60% 40% 16% 20% 0% 0% Engineers Architects Yes No

Challenges • Which%one? • Money?% • Evidence • Demonstrating%CPD • Difference%between%membership% and%registration • IT%issues

Jan$2011$– Oct$2018:$ 51%$skilled$job$outcomes$

Transitions)London)CIC)clients