Transcript Community Economic Development Approach to Employment …

A Community Economic
Development Perspective on
Welfare-to-Work
The Social Purchasing Portal
Two Keys
The forces that make it difficult
for people on welfare
to find and keep employment
are both individual and communal.
Restorative programs are more
effective
when they help both
the individual and the community
to become stronger.
The Dual Economy
• Mainstream growth
• Expanding pockets of poverty
Community Economic
Development
Is A Solution
CED Activities
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Affordable housing
Community based businesses
Micro-enterprise development
Employment development programs
Individual asset building
Neighbourhood revitalization
Community safety programming
CED Principles
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Comprehensive, multi-faceted
Integrates social, economic, cultural
Conceived and directed locally
Local self-reliance & ownership
Focus on marginalized populations
The Challenge:
To scale up CED activity
across Canada
3 Targets for Investment
• Strengthening community planning &
implementing capacity
• Increasing availability of equity and
credit capital
• Strengthening human resources
Strengths of Community Sector
In Human Resource Development
• Closeness to the people
• Accessibility
• Integrated and flexible responses
• Problem solving entrepreneurship
Design Considerations for Community
Based HR Development
• A continuum of services
• Attention to the demand side
• Focus on partnerships
A Vancouver Example
The Challenge: Create real
opportunities for the potential
employees from DTES?
•Remove barriers to success
•Utilize existing training programs
•Encourage individuals who are seeking jobs
•Assist people moving from welfare to work
•Create a demand driven model
FTE –
Fast Track to Employment
Continuum of Community Partners
Supply Side
Entry/
Assessment
GAP
Social Integration
Demand Side
Pre-
Skills
Employment
Employment
Training
& Retention
25 Employment
Development Partners
Private Sector
Partners
“GAP”
Pre-Employment
Skills and Trades
Training
Employment
Integrated Case Management
Removing Barriers to
Employability
Preparing for
Employment
Specific Employment
Preparation
Transition to Employment
and Retention
Stability of Living Situation
Personal Management
Skills
‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Skills
Employment Placement
Able to Enter a Work-like
environment and schedule
Career Exploration
Workplace Personal
Skills
Relationships with
Employers
Stable Housing
Career Planning &
Goal Setting
Industry Designed
Curriculum
Social Enterprise
Employment
Physically Healthy
Academic Upgrades
Work Environment
Simulation
Supported Work Placement
Addiction Free
English as a Second
Language
Required Skills Level
Achieved
Internships
Daycare
Workplace Computer
Literacy
Subsidized Employment
Literacy
Communication Skills
Ongoing Peer Meetings
Personal Presentation
Skills and Aptitude
Assessment
Employment Retention
Assistance
Work Environment
Experience
Citizenship – a Role in the
Community
Employment Strategies
Demand Driven
Economic Integration
Individual
Placements
Development
Opportunities
Social Value
Partners
Social
Enterprise
Traditional One-toOne Placements
Costco
Convention Centre
Olympics
Procurement
Supply Chain &
Market Forces
Community
Businesses &
Partnerships
Social Purchasing Portal
Using supply chain relationships and decisions to create
business and employment opportunities in the community
Employment
Opportunities
Continuum
Provides Trained
Employees
Suppliers of
Goods and
Services
Agree to Offer Employment
Opportunities to FTE
Purchasers 0f
Goods and
Services
All things equal,
preference to FTE
Partners
The Tool
Social Purchasing Portal
Welcome!
Fast Track to Employment and the BC Technology Social
Venture Partners invite you to join an innovative partnership of
industry, employment trainers and businesses with a common
goal. The goal? To build healthier communities by creating
employment opportunities for the hard to employ and initiating
targeted business growth.
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About the SPP
How it Works
Benefits
The Social Purchasing Portal is a web-based application that
integrates supply chain economics and corporate social
responsibility to achieve community benefits. Simply, the Social
Purchasing Portal (SPP) provides an on-line environment for
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Purchasing
Demand
Agree to Add
Priority for SPP
Suppliers
Goods and
Services
Provider
Agree to Support
SPP Goals
Economic
/ Social
Impact
Locally Defined
SPP Value Added
Outcomes
How does it work?
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Purchasing Partners include…
Suppliers include…
Success stories…
only the beginning
•Pivotal Corporation catering purchases from Cook
Studio result in business growth and employment
from their training participants
•Contracts to Logotex from SalesWorks and Bell Mobility
create business growth and two jobs for
community residents
•Mills Basics hires a warehouse person from the
community
•Novex Couriers is contracting a warehouse project to
Starworks, who employs persons with disabilities
Building the FTE Model
•Using demand based model & market forces for
employment creation
•Employment focused, targeting long-term unemployed
and the hard-to-employ
•Utilizing the services of existing employment
development and community service providers
•Creating community/private/public partnerships
Conclusion
• W2W strategies s/b long term, inclusive
• Partnerships between private sector,
community, government
• Holistic, integrated, community led
employment delivery systems
• Removal of government silos
• Community and individual renewal