Better Jobs Better Education = More Money? Where does the Local Area Agreement fit?

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Better Jobs Better Education More
Money?Where does the Local Area Agreement fit?

• Presentation to VOX Convention
• 7 February 2007
• John Erskine
• Wakefield Council

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The LAA Targets

• Stretch Targets
• Improved employment rates especially in
  neighbourhoods with the worst position
• Better achievement at 16
• Increased business stock
• Other Targets
• More people with mental health problems and
  learning disabilities into employment
• Higher workforce skills
• Reduced business crime

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Worklessness The Commissioning Approach

• District-wide package
• Wakefield City
• Airedale
• South East

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Guiding Principles

• Partnership
• Employer engagement
• Buy-in from Health and Social Care Practitioners
• Voluntary and Community Sector
• Alignment with JobCentre Plus activity
• Sustaining key delivery vehicles
• Wakefield Learning Network
• ABLE
• Community Pride
• Expert Patients Programme

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Linkages

• Health
• Community Safety
• Total Family Support
• Major Regeneration Projects
• Waterfront
• Westgate
• Trinity Walk

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Wakefields Economy

• The role of logistics
• Public sector investment
• Developing the knowledge economy
• Culture and regeneration

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• Further details
• John Erskine
• Regeneration Services
• 01924 305892
• jerskine_at_wakefield.gov.uk