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Why do we do what we do?
• 2.5m people unemployed in the UK– 7.8% of the population
Would fill Croke Park 30 times
Why do we do what we do?
• Youth unemployment 958,000• NEETs 1.36m
• 5 unemployed people for every vacancy• Employment Rate = 71.4%• Amongst people with disability, employment
rate = 46.3%– 25% lower than for the population
• c.46% disabled people economically inactive– Over 2.5 times the overall inactive population
(c.18%)
Work Programme &
Work Choice for Unemployed
Training for workJob Search
Work PlacementIn-work Support
In-work Training & Support
Work-based Training
Child
Adult living sustainable independent
life
Disadvantaged People. Vocational thrust. Guiding the person towards sustainable, independent living. Skills for Life. Skills for Work; finding them work; keeping them in work
Training Young People
Adult Training
Basic SkillsNumeracyLiteracy
Vocational SkillsEmployability
Personal & Social Development
NEETPrevention
14-16 16-18 18-2425+
SecondarySchool
Primary School
PRUSpecial School
5-16
• Education, training and support organisation whose purpose is to help people develop themselves
– such that they can become self-sustaining in life.
Purpose & Ethos
Social Inclusion Services for
adults
Contracting Environment
• Very structured contracting environment• Outcome requirements are defined• Payment leans more towards results– Government focus is on reducing benefits
costs
• Compliance requirements are high to ensure government money is spent correctly–High administration requirement
Policy Environment• Current UK government is focused on economic recovery• Reducing expenditure and increasing Value for money are
key objectives• Mainstream employment programmes (Work Programme)
is very structured and driven towards results• Disability employment programmes are continuing to
evolve• Sayce Review
– Money should follow the individual - personal employment support budgets
– Focus resources on entry to employment - flexible supports for employee and employer to support sustainment
– Focus on rapid job search and placement where possible – Employer engagement to demonstrate the business case to
employ people with disabilities
• Two core Employment Programmes– Work Choice and Work Programme
Work Programme Supply Chain
Antur TeifiA4EBTCVCAISNeath Port Talbot CouncilFutureworks Interserve Working FuturesTBG LearningVale of Glamorgan CouncilNorth Wales TrainingCeredigion Training
Customer Profile to Work Programme
• Job Seekers Allowance – categories, incl– 18-24 year olds– 25+ year olds– Repeat JSA– Prison Leavers
• Employment & Support Allowance–Harder to help–WCA ‘3-, 6- & 12-month prognosis’
Volume Comparison
Work Choice One contract area
• Years 1 & 2– 1224 referrals– 358 jobs;
• Supported/unsupported/progression
Work ProgrammeOne contract area
• Years 1 & 2– 31,773 referrals– 6970 jobs
• Unsupported with some in-work support
Lessons from Work Choice &Work Programme
• Do these programmes work?– Some restrictions on what providers can report– People are progressing into work; many staying in
work– But would this have happened anyway?– Work Programme is definitely not delivering an
equitable performance level for people with disabilities • as work Choice does
• Programmes are contract-led, not person-led– What gets contracted and paid for gets done
• Requires a ‘lean’ approach to delivery
Improvements• Dedicated programmes for people
with disabilities and without disabilities should continue– Contract construct not the most
relevant factor
• Skills and Employment Support programmes need to be linked more closely– Currently depends on providers– policy is loose with some anomalies