Social Firms UK

This tool helps assess the viability of a business to become a social enterprise. It enables the quality of employment, workplace support issues and employee development opportunities to be assessed in businesses that might be replicated as Social Firms or social enterprises. It comes in Word format in order to allow your own text to be added. This document was is an adaptation of a tool produced by Social Firms Australia as part of a business buy-out programme. It has been produced with the support of the Small Business Service.

Workforce planning is an everyday part of all good businesses; the multinational, the corner shop and the Social Firm. For Social Firms there is also the employment of disadvantaged people and the maintenance of a workforce where at least 25% of the staff are otherwise disadvantaged in the labour market. Having an ?Employment Plan? demonstrates your commitment to this objective and is a tool to help you in achieving it. Whether you are a Social Firm or are working towards becoming a Social Firm the Employment Plan templates can be easily adapted for your business.