Case Study Lancashire County Council

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Colleagues not functions Business case not
targets

• Case Study Lancashire County Council
• Anne-Marie Morgan (Principal HR Manager,
  Partnerships Development)
• Sara Crowley (Commercial Contracts Support
  Officer, Partnerships Development)

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Purpose

• Colleagues not functions
• HR and Economic Development
• LCC and wider Lancashire Public Sector partners
• Business case not targets
• LAA/ CAA
• Business case as a driver, meeting targets is the
  end result
• Outline workforce planning solutions to meet
  business needs and economic priorities

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LCC as an employer

• Employ 43 000 people across Lancashire
• Second largest employer in Lancashire after NHS
• 600 plus schools
• Wide geographical area with both prosperous and
  deprived communities
• Multi-cultural communities
• Economic and social inclusion priorities

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Lancashire LAA Targets

• Skills
• - Level 2 skills
• - Level 4 skills
• - Apprentices in public sector
• Worklessness
• - Long term incapacity and lone parent
  claimants
• - Out of work claimants in the most deprived
  communities
• NEET (not in education, employment or training)
  

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Economic Development Enterprise Block
Lancashire LAA
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LCC HR- Roles

• Partner in the Local Area Agreement
• Corporate HR member of the LAA Economic
  Development Enterprise Theme Group as key
  public sector employer
• Key employer in the public sector
• A key employer in Lancashire
• Member of JCP Focused Partnership Group for
  Preston City Centre

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LCC HR- The Strategic Business Case

• Corporate Plan Priority Core Purposes
• Succession Planning
• Improved Age Profile
• Reflective Workforce
• Skills Pledge commitments
• Social Inclusion
• Community Engagement
• Equality and Diversity
• Upskilling workforce
• Regeneration
• Partnership Working
• Agency Spend

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LCC Agency Staff

• 2007/08 Agency Staff
• 7.4M Spend
• 476,400 in direct savings from Neutral Vendor
• 2 March 2009 2nd generation Neutral Vendor
  contract went Live
• further savings (estimated 1million 09/10)
• To redirect work opportunities from agency to
  economic development priorities and social
  inclusion priorities
• Expansion to Lancashire partners

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Apprenticeships
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Apprenticeships in LCC

• Apprentices have a two year placement allowing
  for a breadth of experience. They start on
  Scale 1/2, 11,961 p.a. on a training contract
  for 2 years in an entry level post.
• All apprentices undertake NVQs up to Level 3
  with our Providers
• Apprentices are placed in various locations
  throughout the Authority in Business
  Administration and many other types of
  Apprenticeships with where possible on the job
  learning.

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Approach to Apprentices

• Converting eligible employees
• Appointments
• Vacancy Management
• Prior Consideration
• Talent Pool
• Interviews Ongoing

Apprentice Certificate Presentation for those who
passed their NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Business
Administration
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Current Figures

• WE CURRENTLY HAVE

• Individual Awards
• North West Apprentice of the Year 2008
• 2007 APSE Highways and Street Lighting
  Apprentice of the Year

284!!
54 in schools!
APPRENTICES ON PROGRAMME
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Video
Hear from our apprentices themselves.
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Future Horizons
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Future Horizons

• Lancashires new pre-apprenticeship programme in
  partnership with North Lancs Training Group and
  Young Peoples Service
• The target group is known as NEET and Looked
  after Children. It aims to equip young people
  aged 16 to 18 with the skills and knowledge they
  need in order to be successful when applying for
  the current apprenticeship scheme.
• It is estimated that there are 10 of 16-18 year
  olds at any one time categorised as NEET.

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Future Horizons

• The young person works with NLTG on an e2e (entry
  to employment) programme to improve their
  employability skills.
• 8 week placement in Lancashire County Council to
  enhance their work experience for anything from
  16 to 30 hours per week.
• Work towards the City and Guilds Employability
  and Personal Development qualification.
• 18 young people have just completed the pilot
  programme

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Future Horizons

• The intention was at least 50 of the young
  people would be successful in securing an
  apprenticeship. We also linked in with the LCDL
  supported Apprenticeship scheme for 5 of our
  young people as well as our own Business Admin
  Apprenticeships.

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Real People A Real Difference

• "With the experience I have gained I hope to be
  taken on as an apprentice within LCC, as over the
  past 8 weeks it has given me the work experience
  I require." 
• Chris Smith
• "I've really enjoyed working in HR Department
  for the Lancashire County Council. I also found
  the opportunity to sit in on interviews great
  as I now know what potential employers are
  looking for.
• Toni Brockbank

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Future Horizons

• Outcomes so far (pilot cohort of 18)
• 2 on the V-Talent programme
• 1 candidate has signed up to a college course on
  tree surgery as a result of his placement and is
  working part time for the district council
• 5 on LCDL/CXL Supported Apprenticeship Scheme
• 3 on Apprenticeship Scheme
• 3 on Future Horizons

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WorkStart
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WorkStart- the Public Sector Work trial

• Claiming I.S. / I.B. (JSA and ex-offenders to
  follow)
• Living in Lancashire
• 30 days placement
• Paid Travel Subsistence Allowance
• Work Reference upon Completion
• Certificate of Participation
• Opportunity to apply for LCC jobs as they arise

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Progress so far

• Devised, implemented and incorporated lessons
  learnt within Lancashire County Council
• 61 placements arranged
• 43 participants have secured employment
• Including 5 who have secured a Business Admin
  Apprenticeship
• Including 25 participants have secured employment
  after engaging with Adult Learning pre-placement

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Real People- Real Difference
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Good Practice Partnership Events and Newsletter
with District Councils, NHS, Police, Fire

• Team Lancashire
• Expansion to district and unitary partners
• Lancashire Partnership

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Next Steps

• Future Horizons/ NEET and Looked After Children
• Future Horizons
• WorkStart
• Job Seekers allowance/ex-offenders
• Equality and Diversity Strands
• Continue to link with Corporate Regeneration/
  Economic Development
• Networking nationally
• Continued dissemination of Lancashire County
  Councils model

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The Win Win

• Saves money
• Meets LAA, improves CAA
• Meets HR priorities
• Streamlines and strategically coordinates partner
  engagement
• Partnership links with JCP
• Changes lives

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And finally

• Key messages
• - colleagues not functions or separate
  organisations
• - a business case not targets
• - happy to share

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Contact Details
Anne-Marie Morgan (Principal HR Manager-
Partnerships Development) 01772
536815 anne-marie.morgan_at_lancashire.gov.uk