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Manchester Cultural Employers Forum
Briefing Event
Get Britain Working and the Work Programme
Friday 17th June 2011
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Get Britain Working
Keith Rourke
Employer and Partnership Manager
Jobcentre Plus
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Get Britain Working Measures
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus
Background
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The Government wants to get Britain working.
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This will require the support of all our partners who have the expertise and
local knowledge to give individuals the tailored support they need to find
work.
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We want to harness your experience, skills and talent to help people
get back into work.
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Jobcentre Plus
Overview of the Get Britain Working Measures
• Work Clubs - a way of encouraging people who are out of work to exchange skills
and share experiences, so that they can find employment (launched October 2010);
• Work Together - a way of developing work skills through volunteering (launched
October 2010);
• The New Enterprise Allowance - to support unemployed people who wish to move
off benefits into self-employment (Trailblazer launched 31 January 2011; other target
areas from April and nationally from Autumn 2011).
N.B. Available to Manchester residents from 1st August 2011.
• Enterprise Clubs - a way of encouraging people who are out of work to exchange
skills, share experience, and work through their business ideas (launched 31 January
2011);
• pre-employment training and work placements through Sector Based Work
Academies (to be launched August 2011); and
• Work Experience - to help young people gain insight into the world of work (launched
24 January 2011)
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Jobcentre Plus
Work Clubs - encouraging people who are out of work to share skills
and experience
• Work Clubs provide people with a place to meet to share experiences, find
opportunities, make contacts and get support to help them in their return to work
• We will provide practical advice on establishing or supporting a Work Club, and
encourage innovation and partnership working to make the most of local
resources and expertise
• The content of each Work Club will vary according to local needs, but could
include:
 providing people with an insight into a particular industry/sector;
 visits to workplaces; and/or
 employment focused sessions on recruitment methods and interview techniques
• Our advisers will signpost customers to local Work Clubs where they are
available
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Jobcentre Plus
Work Together - developing skills through volunteering
• Volunteering is a way of improving people’s employment prospects whilst
they are looking for work
• Through Work Together, we will give people more information about
volunteering if they are interested and signpost them to:
 local organisations that have agreed to support unemployed people;
 on-line support; and
 specific opportunities in their communities
• Jobcentre Plus is working with the voluntary and community sector locally to
ensure more opportunities are available to the unemployed particularly
opportunities which will help people develop new skills
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Jobcentre Plus
New Enterprise Allowance – support for customers to start their
own business
• The New Enterprise Allowance provides help for unemployed people who
want to start their own business
• Business mentors will provide guidance and support as customers develop
their business idea and also through the early stages of trading
• Once a customer has demonstrated a viable business idea and is ready to
register as self-employed they can:
 get a weekly allowance at the same level as their JSA payments for 3 months, and
then at half that rate for a further 3 months (£65 x 13 weeks + £33 x 13 weeks =
£1,274)
 also apply for loan up to £1,000 to help with start-up costs
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Jobcentre Plus
Enterprise Clubs – encouraging people who are interested in self
employment to share skills and experience
• Places where new small businesses can access professional advice and
guidance that they might not otherwise be able to afford
• We are keen to encourage local businesses to get involved in the
development and operation of Enterprise Clubs so that unemployed
people interested in self-employment can learn from their knowledge and
experience
• We will provide practical advice to those wanting to establish or support
Enterprise Clubs and our advisers will signpost customers to local Clubs
where available
• The content of each Enterprise Club will vary, but could include:
 the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs and self-employed people
 financial, legal, market and business advice; and/or
 office services (including internet access)
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Jobcentre Plus
Sector Based Work Academies - support for customers who are
close to the labour market
• Combining sector-specific training with a work placement with an employer
in that sector
• Targeted at customers close to the labour market to help them find work
• Established in sectors with high volumes of entry-level jobs and current
vacancies – with participants receiving a guaranteed interview on completion
• Lasting for a maximum of six weeks, with the individual remaining on benefit
and receiving additional support with travel and childcare costs if required
• Be accredited – leading to units on the Qualifications and Credit Framework
as appropriate to the entry requirements for intended jobs in those sectors
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Jobcentre Plus
Work Experience – offering greater insight into the world of work
• A lack of understanding of the working world may be a significant barrier to
finding and sustaining employment
• We want to work with employers to offer young (18 – 24 year old),
unemployed people the opportunity to overcome this barrier through 2 – 8
week Work Experience placements
• For those who lack work experience, the chance to undertake real work and
adjust to the routines and habits of working life can significantly improve their
employment prospects
• We’ll match eligible customers to suitable host employers’ placements and
complete a light touch selection process
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Jobcentre Plus
Work Experience – becoming involved
• Is your business interested in:
 supporting young people looking for work?
 engaging with your community to develop local talent and skills?
 providing young jobseekers with a positive experience of the working world?
If the answer to these questions is ‘Yes,’ you should consider becoming a Work
Experience host
• To help us match suitable people to your placements, we’ll ask you for some
information on:
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the number of placements you can offer
the length of the placement (which can be between 2 and 8 weeks)
what the young person will be doing on their placement
how you want us to refer people to your placement
• We’ll only refer suitable, motivated participants who have shown an interest
in the placement you are offering
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Jobcentre Plus
Work Experience – benefits to you of providing Work Experience
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By helping young people to gain work experience, employers can reap real
benefits, such as:
 Supporting young people in the community
 Accessing a pool of hidden talent
 Potential opportunities
 No wage costs involved to the organisation
 Ongoing support
 Developing the supervisory and management skills of your workforce
 Enhancing your public profile by supporting your local community
 Promoting workforce diversity
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Work Experience – what we’ll ask of you as a host
• To:
 Provide placements which are suitable for young people with little or no
work experience
 Guarantee that placements are in addition to existing or planned
vacancies and no-one has been dismissed or made redundant so the
placement can be offered
 Allow participants to carry out some job search activity and attend
interviews with prospective employers and with us
 Share information on participants with us
 Provide participants with a reference at the end of the placement
 And we’ll provide you with a single point of contact and offer support and
advice as needed
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Jobcentre Plus
Sources of further information for employers and other partners
• The DWP Get Britain Working website includes information on :
 Work Clubs;
 Work Together;
 Work Experience – and links to further information on the Business Link
website;
 New Enterprise Allowance; and
 Enterprise Clubs.
• A central e-mail box is managed by DWP for interested parties to submit
enquiries - [email protected]
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Jobcentre Plus
Introduction to the Work Programme:
Building on the legacy of the Future Jobs Fund
Tracy Fishwick
Director
Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Welfare reform and labour
market trends…the
implications
Tracy Fishwick, Director
Centre for Economic and Social
Inclusion
It’s a different labour
market ….
 More:
• flexible
• mobile
• adaptable
• skills and qualifications
But, for some, there is a downside for all
of these
Claimants levels the same level as the
‘80’s, but ‘who’ is different
7m
Lone parent benefits
ESA/IB
IB/Lone parent transfer to JSA
Unemployment benefits
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The reality for people and
families
 1.8m lost their jobs in the last 12 months
 1 in 5 households is workless in the UK
 That’s nearly 4 million households with no
adult in work
 And nearly 2 million more children living in
workless households
 Deprived areas are doing worse
That also has meant...
 2 billion job searches on directgov
 20m calls to JCP
 12m interviews in JCP
 490,000 people started with providers
 1.4m found jobs
 With 100,000 people employed to help
claimants
Today’s trends....
More in this recession NOT claiming but
unemployed
Employers retain staff part time / reduced
hours
Youth unemployment – huge concern
Vacancies – volatile / 5.5 people for every
job
Geographical variations – NW getting
worse
At a time of unprecedented
change...
 The challenge of welfare reform
– IB reform /reassessments between now and 2014
– Lone parents - obliged to seek work when
youngest child is 5 years (Oct 2011)
 Cuts to welfare spend of some £15bn
 Introduction of the Work Programme
21st Century Welfare
Radical reform of the benefits system
Proposal to create one single payment
Housing supplement would be included
A single application, an integrated IT
system and a single payment system
Local authorities
All change:
– closure of Future Jobs Fund,
– Local Enterprise Growth Initiative ends 2011
– Private sector precedence
No WNF / ESF
Job cuts
The will to strengthen the voluntary
sector...but cuts
Simple overview
0-6 months = JCP ‘Get Britain Working’
– Stop as many as possible needing to move on
to....
6 months +
– Referral to 1 of 3 prime contractors
• G4S; Avanta; Seetec
The Work Programme
 Not so much a programme as a system itself
 Merges Flexible New Deal, Pathways, New
Deals into one single programme
 More people on IB/ESA will get support and be
required to participate
 Delivered exclusively through ‘prime
contractors’
 Minimum job performance thresholds are a
challenge!
 Never been done before
Current position
Launched last week
3 primes for GM: Avanta; G4S; Seetec
Priorities
– Capacity and infrastructure (TUPE)
– Getting started
– Jobs jobs jobs
Challenges ahead for you
• Preparing people to be flexible, adaptable...
• Temp / part time / multiple jobs
• More people with no recent work history
(benefit changes)
• Remaining tougher in disadvantaged areas
• Benefit cuts and impact on people’s lives fear
• Qualifications do matter for sustained jobs
And...
• Identifying the part you could / should play in the
Work Programme
• As contractors?
• As experts?
• As employers?
• Playing your part in GBW
• Work placements / volunteering / jobs / self
employment?
• Doing “more for less” and does this mean
• Joined up delivery or ‘offer’?
• More targeting?
To sum up...
The labour market is very tight
Welfare policy is changing
Context of widespread public sector cuts
You will be affected:
opportunities and threats
Delivery of the Work Programme
in Manchester
Karin Connell
Principal Economic Development Officer
Manchester City Council
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Delivery of the Work
Programme in
Manchester
Karin Connell, EDU
Background
• History of strong partnership working that
recognises need to pool resources.
• Work and Skills Partnership including MCC, JCP,
SFA, CNE.
• Work and Skills Plan outlining partners’ priorities
- Increase the number of residents in work
- Increase competitiveness through enhancing their skills
- Support business growth and maximise local economic
benefit from economic growth
• Collective knowledge of communities, delivery and
commissioning but with reduced resources,
‘influencing’ is essential
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Background to Work Programme
approach
• Early work to understand and influence model
• MCC coordination role for WASP
• Manchester ‘Offer and Ask’
• Capacity building work with VCS organisations
• Meet the Prime Contractors event and follow on
meetings
Slide 35
The Manchester ‘Offer and Ask’
• Alignment and co-commissioning – identifying
gaps/capacity issues
• Wrap around support: skills
• Local targeting and opportunities for co-location
• Overcoming barriers
• Employer engagement
• Volunteering
• Opportunities to co-manage
Slide 36
The Prime Contractors
• Avanta, G4S and Seetec – GM, Cheshire and
Warrington
• Joint approach on marketing (all referrals from
JCP) and employer engagement
• Different models but all include ETE providers
and specialist support and opportunity to buy in
services
• Unlikely to be any changes to supply chain
before Jan ’12 – will test success, look at
bottlenecks
Slide 37
Next steps
• Prime Contractors to attend WASP meeting in
July
• MCC will lead on coordination of “bedding
provision” into local communities and services
• WASB will monitor performance by area and
target groups (mental health, workless families,
BME, young people, low skills)– challenge and
facilitate delivery where problems arise
Slide 38
How can cultural employers get
involved?
Get involved in GBW and build evidence base;
What works?
• Try innovative approaches to engagement and
progression
• Do you have a USP?
• Are you looking for payment?
• Cost/value of intervention
• Build relationships with Prime Contractor supply chains
and others e.g. commissioners of mental health services
• Find out if payment/delivery models fit yours
• We can facilitate and share other opportunities
Slide 39
Third sector involvement in the Work
Programme: a consortia approach
Walt Crowson
Coordinator
LSEN
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Workshop:
What could cultural sector organisations offer?
Q1. What programmes or initiatives do you already offer that could be
aligned with the Work Programme or Get Britain Working?
Q2. Are there new opportunities that could be developed in response to
these initiatives?
Q3. Are there opportunities to work together on joint projects or consortia
approaches?
Q4. Could the sector collaborate on a joint offer to Jobcentre Plus and/or
the Work Programme Prime Contractors?
Q5. What barriers might prevent your organisation from contributing to the
initiatives described today?
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP
Manchester Cultural Employers Forum
Briefing Event
Get Britain Working and the Work Programme
Friday 17th June 2011
MANCHESTER
CULTURAL
PARTNERSHIP