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More Jobs, Better Jobs Partnership OECD Workshop: tools to help people move out of poor quality employment 26 th June 2015 Josh Stott

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More Jobs, Better Jobs Partnership

OECD Workshop: tools to help people move out of poor quality employment

26th June 2015

Josh Stott

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Current Programme

Cities, Growth and Poverty Overview

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OECD workshop

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Pre-employment

Employment entry

Staying in work

In-work progression

Prog

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Rete

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Empl

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Pre-

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Pathway

Evidence base

Reviewing the evidence

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Project 1: In work progression

Aim: Develop innovative employment and skills policies to be applied in the Leeds City

Region focussed on in work progression

PrincipleCo-design/co-production embedded across all stages

Method/approach

Step 1 - Lit review

Step 2 - Project scoping

Step 3 - Stakeholder engagement

Step 4 - Local analysis

Step 5 - Ideas generation

Step 6 - Practitioner workshops

Step 7 - Policy development

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An integrated and targeted approach

Individuals• External pathways • Transferable skills• Groups/types of workers • Accessibility/support services• Pre-employment and/or in work

Employers• Internal pathways • Sectors - business models• Management practices• Job design • Motivation – skills, productivity

Implementation • Choices/trade offs• Local intelligence/local discretion• Integrate with existing infrastructure• Funding – availability/parameters• Pilot – groups; occupations/sectors

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An emerging package

Strand Rationale/overview

1. Information, advice and guidance

• National Careers Service - only 14% clients in work• Raising aspirations, training decisions, practical support• Accessing services and employer relationships

2. In work progression service

• Employed learners = 17% skills starts across LCR• Current ESF provision partial – LEP priority sectors• Connection to business growth support services

3. Part time workers • Limited scope for progression• Job design and access to training • Likely care sector focus

4. Financial incentives

• R&D tax credit type approach to support progression • Local level - Business rate discounts • Signal to local business community

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Project 2: Anchor Institutions

Cities, Growth and Poverty Overview

• …the biggest spenders and employers with an inherent stake in a place

Leeds City Council York NHS Trust Wakefield District Housing

Wakefield District CouncilNorth Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group Leeds Beckett University

Kirklees Council Leeds City College Voluntary Action Leeds

City of York Council Bradford College First Bus

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Low Pay Charter

• Low paid workers group - ‘No Silver Bullet’: Doing more to support low paid workers (March 2015)

• Commits six local authorities to:

paying Living Wage

‘progression proof’ all HR policies

focus on those who manage low skilled workers

apply social value to procurement and commissioning

• Local leadership – leading by doing