Future Jobs GM

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Future Jobs GM

• The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
  FJF Programme

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Principles

• A city region approach within which Councils can
  continue with existing programmes
• We can do more together - more ambitious
• Add value and create economies of scale
• Harness maximise mainstream
• Quality and integrity
• Transitional employment not ILMs

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Partners

• AGMA bid
• All 10 Councils
• Commission for the New Economy
• Fire, police, health, housing, transport
• GMCVO and VCSs / social enterprises
• LSC and JCP
• Some private employers e.g. Manchester Airport

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Role of the Commission
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What is the Young Persons Guarantee?
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The GM minimum standard
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Ethos is key

• Jobs not provision
• Applications not referral forms
• Interviews not matching
• Choice not mandatory
• Employer led not referral
• Employees not clients
• Transition not an end in itself
• Real work not make work

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Jobs

• Over 5,000 to date....8,000 total
• 1,500 in the first 6 months
• All councils
• Care work, admin, leisure, culture,
  groundworkers, outreach, community centres,
  sport, reading buddies...endless!
• Employment advisers, building Metrolink
  extensions, health advocates
• Direct employment and agency employment (subject
  to current procurement)

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Harnessing jobs
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How will people know about FJF jobs?
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Implementation

• 1500 jobs by March 2010
• Minimum standards are key
• Flexible / mixed economy delivery model
• 3 councils direct delivery
• 7 councils need an agent GM wide procurement
• Employers using the agent but flexibility to act
  as employer also
• Interim delivery plan underway October
• To scale by December

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Delivery structure
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What you are being asked to deliver
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Variables

• Age of recruits 2 rates of pay
• Length of stay up to 26 weeks
• Volume JCP determine eligibility and
  suitability
• Jobs will young people want all the jobs we
  have?
• Other FJF bidders
• Grant beyond March 2010