East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

25 March 2009

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

WELCOME TO PERA AND THE EAST MIDLANDS PUBLIC SECTOR APPRENTICESHIP SUMMIT PLEASE SWITCH OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE

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East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Welcome and introduction

Roger Begy OBE Chair LSC East Midlands Council Leader of Rutland County Council 3

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Video message

Phil Hope MP and Minister for the East Midlands 4

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Welcome and introduction

Roger Begy OBE Chair LSC East Midlands Council Leader of Rutland County Council 5

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service

Karen Woodward National Apprenticeship Service Regional Director - East Midlands 6

Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) What are Apprenticeships?

• • • • • Lord Leitch’s aspirations for 400,000 Apprentices in learning In England by 2020 World Class Apprenticeships:

Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All

What are Apprenticeships?

Government’s requirement for all young people to be in education or training until the age of 18 by 2015 Apprenticeship ‘Entitlement’ by 2013 - to a have a place for each suitably qualified young person 35,000 additional starts 2009/10 (equivalent to 272,000 starts) 7

Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)

What are Apprenticeships?

• High quality Training Programme for employed staff of all ages – priority focus on 16-18 year olds • Workforce development tool with funding from central Government • NVQ level 2 or 3 plus Technical Certificate and key skills • 180 Sector Frameworks developed by Sector Skills Councils • Employers supported (in most cases) by quality assured Training Providers • Nationally recognised certification 8

Cont.

• 130,000 employers offering Apprenticeships – including Rolls Royce, British Telecom, Centrica and Tesco • 100,000 learners now leave the programme each year having passed all elements • It’s estimated that by 2010/11 more than 900,000 learners will have completed a full Apprenticeship • Funding will increase by almost a quarter between 2007/08 and 2010/11 to over £1 billion • Funding for over 25s announced November 08 9

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector The Government’s Commitment • 21,000 of the additional 35,000 Apprenticeship places will be generated from the public sector: - 5,000 National Health and Service and Social Care - 2,500 Further education colleges and universities - 7,500 Local government 4,500 Schools and Children’s Services - 1,000 in Ministry of Defence 600 Government Departments • Government’s aspiration is for 50% of the 21,000 Apprenticeships in the public sector to be for young people 16-18 • Construction companies winning Building Schools for the Future Programme from June 09 will have to take-on Apprentices 10

Apprenticeships and the Public Sector

4 key propositions

• With immediate effect an assumption that all new posts and all vacant posts at appropriate levels should be offered as Apprenticeship posts; • That all suitably qualified 16 -18 year old employees currently not in training should be offered Apprenticeships; • Central and local, Government to lever in the use of Apprenticeships in suppliers through their procurement processes worth more than £175 billion – in particular public construction projects; and • Public sector bodies to actively look at sharing the risk with SMEs for the employment of apprentices – agency type schemes.

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Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Ipsos MORI Reaserch • Over half of all public sector employees are qualified to level 4 compared to 28% of private sector employees • 17% of private sector workforce are aged 16-24 compared to 7% in the public sector (400,000 16-24 year olds) • Turnover is 13.5% in the public sector compared to 20.4% in the private sector (12% in Local Authorities) • Proportionately more over 50’s in the public sector – over a 10 year period at least a third will retire • Demand is stronger than supply e.g. Luton Borough Council had over 300 applicants for 33 places 12

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Case for Expansion • Ageing workforce and future workforce planning • Social responsibility • Business/policy rationale • Skills shortages • Productivity • Motivated workforce 13

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Examples of Good Practice • London Apprenticeship Taskforce has set up a sub-group to focus on local authority participation in Apprenticeships • Kent has set up its own in-house training provider ‘Key Training’ • The health sector is pursuing development of innovative blended frameworks to meet service needs which combine clinical skills with retail or technical 14

Apprenticeships

The benefits

• • Better return on investment £1300 more profit/efficiency; Increased efficiency – 7.5% higher for apprentices; • • Quality of work – 85% right first time V 60%; Reduced costs or recruitment, reduced attrition rates, greater staff retention and motivation; • Ageing workforce and tackling career progression.

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Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)

Apprenticeship Context

• • • No consistent national system to bring together employers with Apprenticeship vacancies and potential apprentices. Implementation of a national matching service identified as a key driver to increase participation rates in Apprenticeships (1 in 5 young people undertaking an apprenticeship each year by 2020). January 2008 government published their strategy for the future of Apprenticeships in England - World-Class Apprenticeships: Unlocking talent, building skills for all, this can be found at: http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/world_class_apprenticeships.pdf

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Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)

National Apprenticeship Service

The National Apprenticeship Service will be fully functional by April 2009 to : • take end-to-end responsibility for Apprenticeships • be a separate and distinct service within the LSC April 09 and Skills Funding Agency from April 10 • operate at national and sub-regional level 17

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector The National Apprenticeship Service The National Apprenticeship Service becomes operational April 2009 - National Vacancy Matching Service (NVMS) - Employer Services - Learner Services - National Policy www.apprenticeships.org.uk

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Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Employer Services • Analyse and understand the national, regional and sub-regional market both in terms of employers and the provider base • Increase apprenticeship vacancies by raising employers awareness and understanding • Encourage and support employers to use the vacancy matching system • Work with Sector Skills Councils • Develop and support the delivery of Apprenticeship programmes for an employers workforce • Refer interested employers 19

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Learner Services • Analyse and understand the National, regional and sub-regional market • Ensure intermediaries clearly understand Apprenticeship offer and how online VMS works • Promote Apprenticeships • Strengthen the Apprenticeship experience and improve attitudes to vocational training 20

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Vacancy Matching Service • To monitor the submission of vacancies on to the system • To ensure all vacancies are submitted by a recognised employer and or provider • Encourage and support training providers to use the VMS • Publish high level and comprehensive MI reports • Produce performance reports 21

Expanding Apprenticeships in the Public Sector Who to contact • Regional Director – Karen Woodward – 07976 716397 • Employer Service Directors: Sharon Forton 07824 865509 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Henry Inman 077897 46058 Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Rutland, Northamptonshire • Learner Services Director Carolyn Savage 07796 941150 22

Apprenticeships and the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS)

NAS Vacancy Matching Service

• National Apprenticeship website and access to the National Apprenticeship Vacancy Matching Service:

www.apprenticeships.org.uk

• National Apprenticeship Service Hotline 08000 150 600 23

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Apprenticeships – part of the culture of the organisation

Ian McBride Jane Newman and Apprentices from the City of Lincoln Council 24

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Introducing WorldSkills UK Competitions

Geoff Hall Principal and Chief Executive New College Nottingham 25

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Refreshment break & Case study workshops to follow

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East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Plenary Session Panel Members

: Karen Woodward, NAS Regional Director Tony Belmega, LSC Regional Skills Director Ian McBride, City of Lincoln Council Dale Willis, Starting Off 27

East Midlands Public Sector Apprenticeship Summit

Thank you for attending Please remember your Event Evaluation Form Lunch and Networking We wish you a safe journey

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