The Work Programme

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Implementing Work Programme Focussing on 3Ss
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Overview

• Seetec
• Implementation Experience
• Work Programme Our Ethos
• S1
• S2
• S3
• Discussion

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Seetec - Profile

• DWP ERSS Framework in 7 Regions
• Work Programme Prime Contractor in 3 CPAs
• Mandatory Work Activity in 2 CPAs
• 27 years of W2W and Skills experience 57m
  turnover 800 staff 70 delivery centres
• Managing supply chains of over 60 subcontractors
  and engaging with in excess of 100 strategic
  stakeholders
• FND, New Deal, Pathways to Work, NDDP, Work
  Choice, JCPSC, ESF
• Skills Funding Agency (skills) Apprenticeships
  Level 2s, PfU, Single Budget
• Lead Partner The Skills Place Newham
  Westfield Stratford City

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Implementation Experience
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Work Programme

• Work Programme is not the same as New Deal or any
  other programme that we have delivered in the
  past.
• It requires different thinking, different
  approaches but above all it will require superior
  performance in all respects

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S1 Staffing Challenges

• Highly complex situation
• Existing staff running legacy contracts
• Different views and approaches to TUPE
• Speculation / uncertainty / demotivation

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S1 Responses

• Adaptable Action Plan / Timetable
• Get the facts
• Communicate (All Players)
• Fair and equitable
• Assessment Centres

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S2 Stakeholder Challenges

• More involvement
• All offering own advice, help, support
• All with own agendas
• Resource constraints
• Own timetables
• Small politics and localism

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S2 Responses

• Need to engage
• Transparent communication
• Streamlined engagement
• Mutual value adding
• Long term relationships
• Decentralised relationships

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S3- Supply Chain Challenges

• Larger Supply Chains
• Traditional thinking / behaviours
• Significance of Due Diligence

• Data Security
• Implementing to Merlin Standards

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S3 Responses

• Constructive pressure
• Open / honest communication
• Proactive supply chain management
• Initial training, support, capacity building

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Observations

• Key themes

Engagement
Communication
Adaptable Plans
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Discussion

• TUPE friend or foe?
• Strategic stakeholders roles and
  responsibilities?
• Supply chain - a real culture change?
• What have others (providers, sub-contractors,
  strategic stakeholders) learnt during the
  implementation?