ELSE Economy, Learning, Skills and Employment Presentation to the Equalities and Community Cohesion

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ELSE - Economy, Learning, Skills and Employment
Presentation to the Equalities and Community
Cohesion Theme Group

• Rebecca Young
• Regeneration Strategy and Resources Manager
• Coventry City Council
• Steve Stewart
• Chief Executive
• CSWP Ltd

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Sustainable Community Strategy

• SCS theme aims for a 'prosperous Coventry with a
  good choice of jobs and business opportunities
  for all the city's residents.'
• ELSE Theme Group lead role
• Current economic recession requires short term
  flexibility and long term joined up solutions

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LAA E.L.S.E. Theme Indicators Targets
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Purpose and Key Partners

• Strategic ELSE Group
• Partners - CCC, JobCentre Plus, The Chamber,
  Whitefriars, Warwickshire CC, CVOne, LSC, CSWP,
  VAC, NDC,CVSC, Coventry PCT, Community
  Empowerment Network, Adult Education Services,
  Coventry University, University of Warwick,
• Remit
• Programme management and delivery of ELSE targets
  in the LAA
• Considering new opportunities/ projects to help
  the city pursue the long-term outcomes and
  short-term priorities of the SCS delivery of the
  City's Economic Development Strategy
• Managing relationships with key stakeholders at a
  regional level e.g. AWM advising the PSB and LSP
  on strategic issues such as the sub-national
  review
• Pooling and aligning of organisations' resources
  to deliver LAA targets
• Commissioning and setting priorities for external
  funding steams within the ELSE agenda (including
  Area Based Grant) looking at opportunities for
  developing appropriate Multi Area Agreements with
  WCC

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Purpose and Key Partners

• Management ELSE Group
• Partners, Coventry City Council, JobCentre Plus,
  Chamber of Commerce, Whitefriars, Warwickshire
  County Council, CVOne, Learning and Skills
  Council, CSWP, VAC, CEN, CVSC, NDC, Probation
  Service, CSU, Substance Misuse Services, Henley
  College, Community Education, FWT
• Remit
• Putting into operation the decisions made by the
  Strategic Group
• Delivering services and meeting the targets set
  out in the new LAA Delivery Plan
• Acting as an advisory group for the Strategic
  Group on a range of issues

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Two key indicators

• NIS 152 Worklessness
• WORKING AGE POPULATION ONLY
• Job Seekers Allowance 6,575
• Incapacity Benefit 14,520
• Lone Parent on
• income support 5,410
• Other income
• related benefits 970
• TOTAL 24,475
• Rate 14.1
• Latest data May2008

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NIS 153
The 25 LSOAs with the highest levels or
worklessness
Average rate in 31 LSOAs 31.1
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How have key issues been taken into account in
delivery action planning so far?

• NI 152 relates to people of working age claiming
  out of work benefits, including Jobseekers
  Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Lone Parents on
  Income Support and others on income related
  benefits.
• This incorporates the most disadvantaged,
  including residents of deprived communities,
  ex-offenders, people suffering ill-health,
  refugees, NEETS and drugs alcohol users.
  Although targeting these groups is not a specific
  requirement of the LAA, 'narrowing the gap' is a
  local priority.
• Integrated Skills and Employment, City
  Strategies, NESPS. A range of national, regional
  and local programmes targeting key client groups
  and areas - DAF, LEGI, NDC, JCP.

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How have key issues been taken into account in
delivery action planning so far?

• Action Planning involved identification of gaps
  in service delivery through the Outcome Based
  Planning Event.
• Prior to LAAs mainstream services are taking
  into account effects of recession and the impact
  upon people

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Equalities and Cohesion Issues Additional LAA
Indicators

• NI 165 (Level 4 or higher) is being worked on a
  sub-regional basis issue of retaining graduates
  and upskilling local people
• NI 164 (Level 3 or higher) success rates of
  males compared to females needs to be raised
• NI 79 (Level 2 achieved by the aged of 19)
• NI 117 (16-18 not in NEET category) main issue of
  retention of 17/18 year olds in employment and
  training
• NI 171 New business registration rate issue
  of sustaining business in recession

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Critical Issues for ELSE Theme Outcomes

• Those furthest away from the labour market
  client groups and those in priority
  neighbourhoods
• Economic recession will impact a cross section of
  Coventrys population partners response to this
  changed situation.
• Banks slow to lend money is effecting business
  and innovation

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Which equalities and cohesion issues on other
outcomes and related national indicators are most
significant in their influence on your outcomes?

• Health
• Housing

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Performance management of equalities and cohesion
impacts

• Progress on the LAA indicators is monitored and
  reported on through LAA Delivery Plans
• NI 153 will be tracked alongside NI 152 to
  monitor progress in priority neighbourhoods
• Developing client pathways measuring the
  interventions that are made on this journey
• Social Return on Investment methodology
• Ensuring we respond to market demand linking
  skills and employment
• Strategic and management structure of ELSE Group

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Major challenges and benefits about improving the
integration of equalities and cohesion

• Data Sharing
• The variety of different policies and national
  legislation ie 16 Hour rule
• Long term workless only 24 on IB are work
  ready
• Match between supply and demand skills,
  qualifications and being work ready
• Links between housing, health and employment and
  understanding the client journey
• Delivery of more effective service to clients
• Current economic situation

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Some Realities - There are clear workless people
and labour market mismatches

• 2,900 (43) of JSA Claimants are looking for
  elementary jobs but there are only 384 vacant
  elementary jobs available
• 44 of Incapacity benefit claimants expect to go
  back to work within a year the average duration
  is over 5 years
• 43 of lone parents did not have a job before
  becoming a mother. (i.e. little work experience)

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 Assistance ELSE Group Requires

• LAA integrated performance management analysis
  and feedback across all themes
• Equalities Cohesion group making linkages
  between other themes on ELSE behalf
• Once plans are under way an opportunity to
  feedback into process to show what is working,
  whats not and why
• Encouraging more joined up working show
  holistic benefits via client pathway

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Examples of good practice already taking place in
delivery

• Good partner relations already in place
• Work is progressing to ensure that identified
  client groups receive support into sustainable
  employment, these groups include - people with
  disabilities people with health issues and
  offenders.
• Themed meetings within ELSE partnership to focus
  on specific groups ie Ex-offenders, NEETS, Lone
  Parents, Housing, Health i.e. the agencies being
  the first port of call
• Employer Engagement raising awareness/influencin
  g

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Examples of good practice already taking place in
delivery

• Coventry City Council has fully integrated the
  learning disability and mental health employment
  teams work into that of regeneration employment.
• Coventry City Council's (CCCs) own practices in
  recruiting people have been developed. CCC signed
  up for 100 Local Employment Partnership (LEP)
  opportunities, and actually achieved 160.
• Recruitment Network linking vacancies with
  clients particularly hard-to-reach
• Jobs Fairs

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ELSE Theme Group Values

• We want an inclusive approach
• We want a well informed approach using evidence
• We want to test and debate ideas and assumptions
• We want action plans that are specifically tuned
  into Coventrys potential not the same old stuff
• We dont believe that there is an off the shelf
  solution and we want a to work in a way that
  reflects ambition and a creative approach
• We must be prepared to continuously improve and
  change if necessary