Welcome

Learning for Living and Working in London12 May 2008

Neil RobertsLondon West LSC

Strategy Development

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• Inclusion through Excellence

• Progression through Partnership

• Valuing People

• National Learning for Living and Work strategy

Background

• Draft strategy launched in June 2007

• Consultation events across London

• Machinery of Government changes July 2007

• London Skills and Employment Board Strategy October 2007

• Learning for Living and Working in London January 2008

Background

Strategic Goals

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• Goal 1To expand employment opportunities and improve progression routes into employment of different kinds

Goals

• Goal 2 To provide people with better services through effective partnerships working at local, regional and national level.

Goals

• Goal 3To understand better what learners and employers want, the services currently available and what changes need to be made

Goals

• Goal 4To reshape the curriculum so as to support people in achieving their potential for independent living and employment

Goals

• Goal 5To make a good range of opportunities accessible throughout the region through shared expertise and building local capacity

Goals

Implementation

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Implementation Structure

Strategic Partners Group

Transition Task & Finish Group

PlanningTask & Finish Group

Investment

Task & Finish Group

EmployabilityTask & Finish Group

London EastLLDD Network

London NorthLLDD Network

London West

LLDD Network

London CentralLLDD Network

London SouthLLDD Network

Governance Structures of the partner agencies e.g. the LSC Regional Council

Purpose:To oversee the implementation of the strategy, to negotiate responsibilities, to apply resources to priorities and to ensure a coherent implementation.

Membership:GLALSCJCPLondon CouncilsLDASkill (Voluntary Sector)Valuing PeopleALDCS

Also seeking: GOL, NHS, ADASS

Strategic Partners Group

Purpose:• Shared Data Analysis

• To determine data gaps• To improve data reliability • To consider data compatibility and • To agree data sharing.

• Business Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies business planning process• To develop a common business planning timeline to provide future

demand projections

Planning Task and Finish Group

Contributing to

Goal 2 – providing better services through effective partnerships

Goal 3 – understanding better what learners want

Purpose:• Response identification

• Reviewing practice across service delivery • Determining the best responses to support the specific needs.• Reviewing existing provision• Determining key investment priorities.

• Investment Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies investment planning process• To develop a common annual investment process to meet future

demand projections

Investment Task and Finish Group

Contributing to:

Goal 3: better understanding learners needs, current services and changes needed

Goal 5: to make a good range of opportunities available

Purpose:• Best practice dissemination

• Identifying good practice of work with LLDD in learning and employment

• Developing a directory of good practice and disseminating.• Encouraging alignment of curriculum to best practice and the

employability agenda across London

• Engaging employers• Developing a model of representing the value of people with

disabilities to employers through the Single Employer Offer

Employability Task and Finish Group

Contributing to:

Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities

Goal 4: reshaping the curriculum to support independence and employment.

Purpose:• School to college

• Understanding the information and presentation needs of colleges• Understanding the information available in schools• Developing a cross agency transition protocol from school to college

• Learning to work• Understanding the information and support needs of employers• Understanding the information available in learning• Developing a cross agency transition protocol from learning to work

Transition Task and Finish Group

Contributing to:

Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities

Goal 2: improve services through partnership

Goal 5: making opportunities available through shared expertise

Purpose:• To ensure practicality of proposals of Task and Finish Groups.• To articulate provider views on tackling the barriers to independent living and

work for people with disabilities• To canvas and represent views from people with disabilities on the progress of

the strategy.• To provide ideas, information and examples of good practice to the task and

finish groups.

Operation:• Each LLDD network will be convened by an LSC Partnership Director• LSC will contract with an agency to support the network• The Partnership Director will report back to the network on progress and will

outline forthcoming decisions.• The Partnership Director will present ideas from the network to the Groups.

Local Area LLDD Networks

What is happening in London West?

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Feedback meeting 29th February 20081st network meeting 4th April 2008Next meeting 6th June 2008

Broad group local issues – regional influence

London West

Questions?