Preventing a lost generation

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Preventing a lost generation
Dave Simmonds Centre for Economic Social
Inclusion
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The UK started this recession with more claimants
than before
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Scottish claimants now
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Change since 1995
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Broad strategy

• New unemployed early and effective support to
  find a job
• Long-term unemployed maintain attachment, work
  experience with support

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New JSA claimants (Jan Mar 2009)
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Durations
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How many long-term unemployed in March 2010?
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Youth New JSA claims (18-24)
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Youth long-term unemployment
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22,835 claiming under 3 months
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Areas of high unemployment
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Future Jobs

• help generate jobs for those in greatest need,
  particularly young people, and in areas of high
  unemployment
• 150,000 jobs between October 2009 and April 2011
• Based on the Tackling Worklessness Review
• Successful bids
• create additional jobs for long term unemployed
  people
• benefit the local community and
• create a significant proportion of jobs quickly.

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Future Jobs

• overall cost of each bid should not exceed 6,500
  per job created (including admin costs)
• can be supplemented by funding from other sources
• each job created must last for a minimum of 6
  months and 3 days per week
• Likely to favour proposals that
• demonstrate potential for sustainable employment
• include proposals for training
• contribute to the creation of new green jobs
• provide value for money and / or include
  additional funding from other sources.

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Future Jobs

• Bids from local authorities and other large
  organisations
• in line with existing locally agreed work and
  skills strategies
• do not replicate or replace existing jobs
• Info and details
• future.jobsfund_at_dwp.gsi.gov.uk http//www.dwp.gov.
  uk/futurejobsfund for

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Learning lessons

• Participants and communities locked-in
• Make-work scivvy schemes
• Lack of training, jobsearch and support
• Job conditions
• Expensive
• We know that these jobs do work and can help
  prevent a lost generation