Transcript Hertfordshire Training & Development Consortium

Hertfordshire Training &
Development Consortium
Working Together Better
To Help Parents Into Employment
Sarah Elliott
March 2013
Agenda
• Introduction/Background
• Feedback from Briefing Meeting on 5th February:
– Opportunities and Issues for Children’s Centres
• Today’s workshop
HTDC Introduction
• Set up in 2008, website launched Dec 2010
– Lead body is Hertfordshire Community Foundation
• 300 full and associate members
• Main activities
– Workforce development for the voluntary sector
– Support for training providers
– Promote networking and partnership working e.g. for
social housing providers
Tackling Child Poverty
Getting parents into work is a major factor in reducing
child poverty:
– Potential to increase household income
– Raises children’s own aspirations
HTDC and HCC Childhood
Support Services
• Commissioning small projects designed to reduce Child
Poverty in Hertfordshire
• HTDC involved in a range of initiatives around
developing Employability Skills provision
• Welfare Reform changes mean more lone parents need
to seek employment
– Unable to claim income support once child is 5
• Identified the potential to develop the capacity of
Children’s Centres to support parents into work
Opportunities and Issues for
Children’s Centres
See daily
Children’s Centres
Identify
needs
Strengths/
Opportunities
Training/advice
providers
Know skills/
abilities
Families don’t
recognise they
need help
Lack of
Motivation
Children’s Centres
Barriers/Issues
Staff
expertise
Admin for
Volunteer
Placements
Confidence
to advise
Key messages
• Children’s Centres are well placed, but you can’t do it on
your own
• Partnerships are key to developing provision:
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Bring in expertise
Utilise existing funded programmes
Partner with each other in local areas
Communicate to share best practice/learning
Today’s Programme
Aims of Today
• Improve understanding of current Welfare to
Work programmes
• Identify the role of Children’s Centres in
supporting parents
• Develop links with providers of employability
skills and housing
• Establish best practice in engaging/supporting
unemployed parents
The Programme
• HCC – tackling Child Poverty
• Existing funded Welfare to Work Programmes:
– DWP/JCP
– Skills Funding Agency
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Dacorum BC – Delivering in Partnership
MAU – Transition from Benefits to Work
HTDC – Volunteering to build confidence and skills
Table discussions
– Share best practice
– Establishing effective partnerships
Sarah Elliott
Development Worker
Hertfordshire Training & Development Consortium
01707 251351
[email protected]
www.htdc.org.uk
HTDC is a project led by Hertfordshire Community Foundation,
registered charity number 299438.
Volunteering – Building Confidence,
Skills and Experience
Volunteering is :• Giving time and energy to benefit other people
or the environment
• A matter of choice
• Unpaid apart from out of pocket expenses
People volunteer for a variety of reasons
Personal development through
volunteering
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learn new skills
practise existing skills
increase confidence
meet people from all walks of life
improve CV
pick up good ideas
get references
build relationships
have fun
become more employable!
Getting into volunteering
• Register an interest on www.do-it.org
or
• Contact the local Volunteer Centre
– Phone
– Email
– Call in
www.volunteeringherts.org
www.do-it.org.uk
1 million opportunities
Search by postcode
www.volunteeringherts.org
Good Practice in
Volunteer Management
Valuing Volunteer Management 6
Point Promise
Valuing Volunteer Management
6 Point Promise
1. Planning
2. Recruitment
3. Induction
4. Support and safety
5. Training and personal development
6. Involving, rewarding and recognising
Benefits of 6 Point Promise
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Recognition as an organisation that values volunteers
Improved recruitment and retention of volunteers
Higher profile – on www.volunteeringherts.org
Access to further support from local Volunteer Centres
e.g. template documents, training
Recognition by potential funders
Eligibility for Valuing Volunteer Management Award
A starting point for accreditation e.g. IiV
Volunteer Management Day – 5th June, Hatfield
Build your own capacity:
• New social network
• www.ivo.org/skills-share-herts
• Links professional skills to charities that need
specific help
• To find out more, contact your local Volunteer
Centre
Local Volunteer Centres
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Broxbourne & East Herts
Dacorum
Hertsmere *
North Herts *
Royston
St Albans *
Stevenage*
Welwyn Hatfield *
* part of a CVS
www.volunteeringherts.org
Table Discussions
1. Sharing Best Practice
• Round table – what experience of running employability
programmes for parents?
• Ideas to motivate parents and engage them?
• What works/doesn’t work?
2. Effective Partnerships
a. Round table – what experience of working with JCP
and providers of advice and training?
b. What works/ doesn’t work?
c. Linking up with other Children’s Centres – what
facilities and resources could you share?