The Final Polish™
Ready for work. Not yet ready for the job.
A seven-day, job-specific intervention for 16 to 25 year olds who have completed employability support but are not yet prepared for the particular job they are about to apply for.
✓ Sits after your existing provision
✓ Matched to real local vacancies
✓ Seven days, start to finish
✓ Individual before and after evidence
The Gap
Your provision does its job. Then it stops.
Employability support builds confidence, a CV and general work readiness. What it does not do is prepare a young person for the specific role in front of them: what that job actually involves, what that employer expects, and what that interview will ask.
That is the stage where applications fail. It is also the stage nobody is currently commissioned to cover.
The Missing Stage
Seven days, between the support they have had and the job they want.
The Final Polish does not replace anything you already commission. It is the stage after it.
The seven days
A structured seven days that takes a young person from choosing a real job to applying for it, prepared for that specific role and confident they can do it.
day 1
They choose an occupational pathway matched to a real job.
From 30 occupations across 9 industries, aligned to what employers in that role actually expect.
Days 2-6
Structured independent learning across five days.
Self-paced study covering the knowledge that specific job requires, alongside core employability skills.
days 6-7
Interview preparation for the role they are targeting.
Not generic interview practice. What that employer asks, and what a good answer to it sounds like.
day 7
Assessment, certification and a participant report.
They finish with a certificate and you get a written record of where they started and where they finished.
30 pathways across 9 industries
The pathway is chosen to match a job that actually exists in your area, so the seven days prepare them for a vacancy rather than a category.
Hospitality
Retail & Customer Service
Logistics
Construction
AI, Digital & Technology
Health & Community Care
Environmental Services
Manufacturing
Employment Services
"Not more employability support.
The bit that comes after it."
How it fits with what you already commission
The Final Polish is designed to sit on the end of provision you already have, not to compete with it. Pathways created to suit your young people. If the job they want is not on our list of occupations, we will be happy to create one for them.
Sits after your provision
It starts where your current support ends. Nothing you already commission needs changing.
No additional caseload
Delivery is self-paced and needs around 15 minutes of your team's time per participant to sign off.
Matched to local vacancies
Pathways are selected against the jobs available in your area rather than a fixed curriculum.
Individual evidence
Before and after assessment for every participant, with a written report you can put in front of your own decision-makers.
the outcome
What the young person leaves with
✓ Knowledge of the specific job they are applying for
✓ Preparation for that employer's interview
✓ Workplace behaviours and expectations
✓ An employment certificate
✓ Measurably more confidence than they started with
the outcome
What you get back
✓ A completed cohort in seven days
✓ Before and after evidence for every individual
✓ A written participant report per person
✓ Delivery that scales across cohorts without more staff
✓ Something that fits alongside your existing contracts
Pilot Programme
Start with one cohort.
A pilot is a fixed cohort, a fixed cost per participant and measures agreed with you before we start. At the end you get individual before and after evidence for every young person, and a written evaluation.
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Fixed cohort size
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Participant report for every individual
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Fixed cost per participant
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Written evaluation at the end
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Measures agreed before we start
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Seven-day completion
Digital Roadmap
Where it goes next
The programme delivered today is the foundation for a fully digital platform: interactive learning, AI interview coaching, participant dashboards, performance analytics, mobile learning, 24/7 tutor access and instant assessment.