Why Choose Us?
PATRA Inc ACDA has over 20 years experience of delivering Positive Action training and have trained 1,500 men and women from BME communities for professional careers. To-date 85% of trainees has achieved a professional qualification and up to 95% secured employment in the career that they have been trained in.
The design of Job advertisements to reach BME communities and to encourage their applications.
- The delivery of courses to develop confidence in assertiveness.
- Training that is based on job sampling, work experience or "taster days" with employers, work shadowing.
- Middle management training to encourage under represented groups to apply for promotion.
- Access to a wide variety of people from the BME communities.
- The provision of a consultancy service to employers around race equality and diversity issues.
- The provision of careers guidance and counselling people wishing to access work.
- Direct recruiting initiatives towards areas whereby the BME communities are under-represented.
Value for money
Research indicates that the total cost per trainee compares favourably with other schemes targeted at those disadvantages in the labour market.PATRA has successfully developed a social business expanding external income generation and reducing grant dependency.
Critical success factors
Quality and length of work placements:- Emphasis on securing accredited qualifications
- Focus on technical, professional and managerial occupations in key growth areas.
- The quality of ongoing support, 6 weekly joint assessments with placement supervisors.
- Standing of PATRA in the BME communities.
- Creditability of PATRA within the business community and other organisations.