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Lone Parents/Worklessness
Little Hulton
Contents of presentation
1. Rationale, process and stakeholders
2. The baseline and the story behind it
3. Our current response
4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach
5. Improving outcomes
- The key challenges
6. Questions and answers
The SPOTLIGHT process
Week
(up to) 1
2-3
3-4
5-6
Monthly
Stage
Planning
The issue
The response
Delivery
Agreements
Stock takes
Key
Products
&
Tasks
Agreed case
for
SPOTLIGHT;
Team
established;
Resources
secured;
Methods
planned;
Stakeholders
engaged;
Analysis of the
systems,
structures and
incentives in
the delivery
chain
Immediate,
medium and
long term
commitments to
improve
delivery – made
to high level
panel of LSP
Exec.
Regular high
tempo checks
on delivery
against
commitments
Analysis of the
issue and its
cause and
effects on
families,
individuals,
neighbourhoods
‘Quick wins’ – supporting local ideas
Little Hulton: A changing area, where the challenge of
Connecting People is critical
1. Rationale, process and stakeholders
2. The baseline and the story behind it
3. Our current response
4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach
5. Improving outcomes
- The key challenges
6. Questions and answers
Employment – The comparative picture
Employment rates in Salford and UK wide
Employment Rates Nationally
Average UK employment rate
100%
90%
80%
70%
Salford
60%
Little Hulton
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Source: Average & National employment rates: Annual Population Survey 2006/7
Little Hulton: Census 2001
Benefits – Highlighting the issue
Benefit claimant rates by ward
JSA
IB
Lone Parents
Carers
Others on Income Related Benefits
Broughton
LITTLE HULTON
HULTON
Langworthy
Ordsall
Pendleton
Blackfriars
Barton
Winton
Weaste and Seedley
Walkden North
Kersal
Pendlebury
Eccles
Swinton North
Cadishead
Claremont
Irlam
Walkden South
Swinton South
Worsley and Boothstown
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Benefit claimant rate as a proportion of the working age population
Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study May 2007
40%
Definition of a Lone Parent
• Census definition:
‘A parent living without a spouse (and not co-habiting) with his or
her never married dependent child or children aged either under
16 or from 16-19 and undertaking full-time education’.
• Income Support definition:
‘The person responsible for a child under the age of 16 who lives
in their household. The "living in the household " is usually
determined by the person who actually receives Child Benefit for
the child as there is no provision in the system to spilt Child Benefit
between parents/carers who live apart’.
Lone Parents – The big picture
• Significant increase in the number of lone
parents between 1981 – 2001 census
Little Hulton
Salford
Source: Census 2001
1981
3.3%
2.4%
1991
10.4%
5.9%
2001
13%
8.6%
Lone parents – Who are they?
Little Hulton:
Lone Parents
Lone parent Income
Support claimants
in Salford:
8%
Male
67.2%
5.2%
Work full time
Work part time
92%
Female
17%
19.9%
Work full time
Work part time
Census 2001
709
Census 2001
Little Hulton:
72%
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?
Income Support
claimants (508)
JSA claimants
IB claimants
DWP May 2007
Age:
25%
40%
Aged under 25
Aged 25 – 34
Family Size:
1.9
Average
number of
children
DWP May 2007
Benefits – Highlighting the issue
Lone parent income support trends in Salford 1999-2007
500
450
400
350
300
Little Hulton
Salford Average
250
200
150
100
50
0
Aug-99
Aug-00
Aug-01
Aug-02
Aug-03
Aug-04
Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study Aug 1999 - May 2007
Aug-05
Aug-06
Benefits – The impact on children
Children of DWP benefit claimants in Salford
JSA
IB
Lone Parent
Other IS
Carer
18000
16000
Number of Children
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb- Aug- Feb99
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00
01
01
02
02
03
03
04
04
05
05
06
06
07
Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study May 2007
66%
1
2
7
4
3
6
5
8
Break Points:
0.0-1.9% 1.9-3.8% 3.8-5.7% 5.7-7.6% 7.6-9.5%
>9.5%
Lone Parents – Who are they?
Duration of claim and family size of lone parents in
Salford
100%
90%
80%
70%
5 years and over
2 - 5 years
1 - 2 years
60%
50%
6mths - 1 year
up to 6 months
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Total
1 Child
Source: DWP GIS mapping tool 2008
2 Children
3 Children
4+ Children
Skills - What the data tells us
Proportion of population by highest level of
qualification
No quals
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4/5
Other/ unknown
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Little Hulton
Salford
GM
NW
• High estimated level of skills for life need
England
Census 2001
Lone parents – Causes of worklessness
• ‘Hotspot’ for teenage pregnancies
• Second highest number of 16-19 year old NEET in
Salford – 59
• Low educational attainment
– 4 out of 8 Little Hulton primary schools operating
below national average at Key Stage 2
– Low levels of educational attainment e.g. Harrop
Fold only 19% achieving 5 A-C grade GCSEs
inc. Maths & English
Lone parents – Other causal factors
• Declining marriage rates
Little Hulton
Salford
1991
38.5%
41.6%
2001
34.2%
36.8%
• Increasing divorce rates
Little Hulton
Salford
Source: Census 2001
1991
6.7%
5.7%
2001
10.9%
9.2%
A highly complex issue - Different perspectives
Lack of
confidence
& stigma
Skills
Lifestyle
choice
LONE
PARENTS
Barriers
to
training
Crime
Postcode
Inflexibility
part-time
jobs
Unaware
of
services
WORKLESSNESS
Fear of
debt
DELIVERY
Workless
culture
Peer pressure/
role models
PARTNERS
Benefit
trap
Perceived
fraud
Confusion
Benefit
trap
Transport
Low level
skills
Engagement
Value
local
employees
EMPLOYERS
Skills
shortage
Childcare
Poor
perceptions
Benefit
trap
Lack of
social skills
Crime in Little Hulton
Period April 2007 – March 2008:
• 2,009 criminal offences recorded:
– Constitutes 7% of all crimes in Salford
– Third highest area for crime in Salford
• 1,627 incidents of anti-social behaviour (ASB):
– Constitutes 8% of all ASB incidents in Salford
– Third highest area for ASB in Salford
• 724 incidents of domestic violence reported:
– Constitutes 11% of reported domestic violence
incidents in Salford
– Highest area in Salford
Crime in Little Hulton
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1. Rationale, process and stakeholders
2. The baseline and the story behind it
3. Our current response
4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach
5. Improving outcomes
- The key challenges
6. Questions and answers
The current delivery system for lone parents
(in Little Hulton) – an overview
JCP/DWP/
LSC
provision,
Sure Start,
Connexions
Local enhanced
provision e.g.IAG Skills & Work
Children’s Centres,
Health Services,
Welfare & Debt
advice, Learn Direct,
Youth Service
Local engagement &
support services e.g.
One Stop Shop, ICT
in the Community,
Salford Foundation,
Age Concern, CRIIS,
FACL
UNIVERSAL SERVICES
LOCALITY
PROVISION
‘COMMUNITY
FOCUS’
The current Jobcentre Plus advisory system:
Work focused interventions for lone parents
Date of claim
Initial
Work
Focused
Interview
6 mths
12 mths
1st Work
Focused
Interview
2nd Work
Focused
Interview
14-15
Age of
Youngest
Child?
Annual
Work
Focused
Interviews
0-4
5-13
6 mthly
Work
Focused
Interviews
Quarterly
Work
Focused
Interviews
The Jobcentre Plus advisory system:
New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP)
Lone parents are eligible to participate in
NDLP if they:
• Are aged 16 or over
• Have a dependant child under 16
• Are not working or
• Working less than 16 hours a week
• Are not an asylum seeker (unless they have
exceptional leave to stay or have refugee status)
Jobcentre Plus – Support for Lone Parents
• Training for up to 52 weeks per 2 year
period
• Access assistance with:
– Childcare & registration fees costs for min 16
hrs per week
– Travel costs
– Training allowance £15 per week for min 6 hrs
training per week
– Course fees & equipment on approval
The Jobcentre Plus advisory system:
Increase in Lone Parent Obligations – Nov 2008
Date of claim
Initial
Work
Focused
Interview
6 mths
12 mths
1st Work
Focused
Interview
2nd Work
Focused
Interview
10-11
Age of
Youngest
Child?
Annual
Work
Focused
Interviews
0-4
5-9
6 mthly
Work
Focused
Interviews
Quarterly
Work
Focused
Interviews
The Jobcentre Plus advisory system:
Additional incentives
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Guaranteed Job Interview - where possible
Options & Choices Events
Greater flexibility in the use of work trials
In Work Credit - £40 tax free per week up to 52
weeks
• In work Advisory support
• In work emergency discretion fund
Jobcentre Plus – Support for lone parents
Many lone parents face multiple barriers:
• Confidence
• Childcare
• Debt
• Victims of domestic violence
• Mental health conditions
• Alcohol and drug dependency
• Skills
Finance issues: A lone parent case study
Out of Work
In Work 16 hrs+
Income Support
Working Tax Credit
Inc. childcare element
CHILD TAX CREDIT
CHILD BENEFIT
Financial issues for lone parents
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Sonia gets a job on 1 November 2006
Lone parent with one child aged 10
Job 35 hours per week.
Gross annual salary £15,000
Childcare costs £40.00 per week
Rent is £50.00 per week
Council Tax £15.00 per week
Passported benefits e.g. free school meals
Finance issues: A lone parent case study
Tax year
2006 - 2007
Tax year
2007 - 2008
Tax year
2008 - 2009
Gross income
£6410
£15,000
£15,000
Previous year
Nil
£6410
£15,000
Weekly Tax
Credits
CTC £44.38
Max WTC
£108.50
CTC £44.38
WTC £100.05
CTC 44.38
WTC £39.10
Weekly better
off in work by:
£99.71
£91.81
£30.86
Real lives: What it’s like to be a workless lone parent in
Little Hulton
• Case Study:
– Single parent aged 25 years
– 3 children aged 3, 5 & 8
– Lived in LH all her life
– Left school no qualifications
– Became single parent after separating from a
violent partner
– Attempted to get back into training &
employment without success
We have mapped our current response
using the stages of commissioning
Understanding need
Planning & deciding
Quantitative Data
Perception Data
Community
Engagement
Strategy
Operational Planning
Procurement
Reviewing
Delivering
Performance Monitoring
Evaluation
Learning
Changing Delivery
Operational Delivery
Understanding need
Strengths
• Accurate DWP claimant count data available at SOA level and some other local data
• Accurate Crime statistics
• Feedback from consultations
• Salford Childcare Sufficiency Audit
Weaknesses
• DWP data is currently 12 months out of date and does not segment lone parent claimants
• Reliance on Census data for overall lone parent population, skills levels and family
composition
• No sense of levels of new claims or churn in the system
• Unable to measure the true level of need due to family support and ‘other’ networks
• Unable to share data between agencies
• No detailed management information on impact of lone parent provision at small area
level e.g. Little Hulton
Planning and deciding
Strengths
• Clear governance and accountability at Sub-Regional and City-wide levels (Team
Manchester, City Strategy, EDLSP)
• Established and emerging structures at local area level (Neighbourhood Partnership
Board, Little Hulton Task Group)
• The new system for lone parents defines where additional service delivery is required
Weaknesses
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Lack of locally focused provision due to bulk service commissioning arrangements
(DWP/LSC)
• Lack of integration and devolution around planning and decision making
• Lack of co-ordination and management of engagement activities
Delivering
Strengths
• Some locally based services e.g. Skills & Work, Children’s Centre, One Stop Shop. Learn Direct
• New delivery opportunities in healthy living centres, extended schools, libraries, RSLs
• Increased support for lone parents through legislative change from November 2008
Weaknesses
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Numbers of workless lone parents are increasing
Significant issues with engagement with service provision
Short term funded projects and initiatives, unstable service provision
Impact of service provision unknown or limited
Lack of third sector presence/ no community anchor
Low take up of Salford based provision
Inflexibility to take up provision in Bolton
Low level referrals for Skills for Life diagnostic assessments – are skills needs being met?
Limited skills and work provision located in Children’s Centre
Poor performing schools and low levels of educational attainment
Lack of in work and ongoing support for lone parents
Lack of integration between delivery agencies
Finance including childcare costs seen as a major barrier to moving into work
Reviewing and Learning
Strengths
• Claimant count performance monitoring city-wide and by ward
• Some services measured for impact on lone parents
• Through Spotlighting:
• have developed a better understanding of how the Little Hulton community has
evolved
• Services have learned the impact of their policies through engaging in the process
e.g. housing
Weaknesses
• Performance monitoring city wide not by neighbourhood and ward (except for LAA & CS
targets)
• Impact of mainstream contracted provision not understood at local area level or
systematically shared
• Impact of some lone parent provision unclear
• DWP contracted & Skills and Work provision currently only tracked to 13 weeks in work
• Distance travelled not measured
1. Rationale, process and stakeholders
2. The baseline and the story behind it
3. Our current response
4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach
5. Improving outcomes
- The key challenges
6. Questions and answers
“An integrated system that can engage, remove
barriers and supports lone parents into skills and jobs”
JCP/DWP/
LSC
UNIVERSAL SERVICES
LA level
additional
provision
Local
engagement and
integrated
services:
Pre-conditions:
Support from Government,
Communities & Employers
Flexible & integrated
system
LOCALITY
PROVISION
‘WRAP
AROUND’
A collective approach
Right services for the right
people
Clear referral routes
Services to scale
Everyone on board – an
urgent service and
community priority
1. Rationale, process and stakeholders
2. The baseline and the story behind it
3. Our current response
4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach
5. Improving outcomes
- The key challenges
6. Questions and answers
Summary of the key strengths
Some good local &
3rd Sector provision
Employment
opportunities in
Salford
Governance
Lone Parents in
Little Hulton
Community
venues
Legislative changes
Summary of the key issues for lone parents
Understanding
the lone parent
cohort
Finance
Measuring
impact
of provision
Integration
of planning
& delivery
Crime
Childcare &
Transport
Lone parents/
Worklessness in
Little Hulton
Skills
Employer
perceptions
Weak
third sector
Culture of
worklessness
Community
identity
The achievements so far
1. Improving understanding of needs
• Extensive local stakeholder consultation including: 63 lone
parents; 50+ strategic and front line workers; and 5
employers
2. Strategic commissioning of new services
• Successful ESF bid for short course provision
• LSC allocated additional £458K for Personal, Community &
Development Learning prioritising Little Hulton
• Financial Capability worker recruited for Little Hulton
• New and innovative wraparound provision commissioned
The achievements so far
3. Improving capacity of local delivery
• IAG front line worker capacity building sessions delivered in
Little Hulton
• Re-launch of Skills and Work service to increase engagement
and improve IAG
The remaining challenges in reversing the spiral
of dependency
1. Use of real time data
• Segmentation of lone parent data to inform planning &
commissioning
• Lack of skills data
2. Raising aspirations & changing perceptions
• Break cycle of inter-generational worklessness amongst lone
parents & raising ambition
• Improving employer perceptions of Little Hulton
• Address low community self-image
The remaining challenges in reversing the spiral of
dependency
3. Developing the Delivery System
• Establishing shared approach to planning, commissioning &
performance management (EDLSP)
• Market development & capacity building to establish a
diverse delivery system (including the 3rd sector)
• Review location & access of provision
4. Responsiveness & Personalisation
• Engagement, outreach & flexible ‘wrap-around’ support
• Ensuring skills for life assessment & diagnostic for all lone
parents
• Review childcare sufficiency & appropriateness
• Financial inclusion strategy & ‘independent support’
The remaining challenges in reversing the spiral of
dependency
5. Crime
• Consider action to address Crime issues linked to
worklessness
Questions and answers