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Final Draft Unemployment and Worklessness Strategy

Final Draft Unemployment and Worklessness Strategy Providing more, better and fairer opportunities for local people to work Sheffield Executive Board December 14th 2011. The purpose of presentation.

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Final Draft Unemployment and Worklessness Strategy

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  1. Final Draft Unemployment and Worklessness Strategy Providing more, better and fairer opportunities for local people to work Sheffield Executive Board December 14th 2011

  2. The purpose of presentation • To present the final draft unemployment and worklessness strategy to SEB for comments and agreement • This presentation will summarise the strategy, highlighting; • What are we aiming to do? • Context - the challenges we are responding to • What we need to do • How will we do it

  3. Unemployment Matters • This is important • The facts: • 47,000 people claiming out of work benefits in Sheffield • The recession has doubled the number of people claiming JSA to over 17,000 • 36% of new claimants are aged 18-24, and they are claiming for longer • The life chances of young people who were long term unemployed (longer than 12 months) are dramatically reduced • 87% of people who leave the labour market due to mental health conditions are still out of the labour market 2 years later. • 60% of workless people claiming incapacity benefit have no formal qualifications

  4. Written in partnership, for delivery in partnership • Quick reminder of process to get to this point; • Originated from an economic assessment • Sheffield Executive Board – February 2011 • Task Group Established to lead on strategy development • Sheffield Hallam University, Steve Fothergill – evidence testing • Sheffield Executive Board – August 2011 • Scrutiny September 2011

  5. What are we aiming to do? • This strategy is a call to action to provide more, better and fairer opportunities to work • Aims: • To reduce the number of people claiming out of work benefits by supporting more local people into work • To improve fairness in the labour market by helping the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the city

  6. Context – the challenges we are responding to.. • Three challenges this strategy responds to: • Significant numbers of long term unemployed people claiming out of work benefits, often refers to as workless. Generally have complex and varied barriers to work. (24,600 claiming Incapacity Benefit / ESA) • The recession has doubled the number of unemployed people claiming JSA – strong impact on young people. • Large scale changes in national policy • Benefit reforms • £18billion welfare budget reductions • large scale, long term private sector contracts to deliver support

  7. What we need to do.. • Deliver effective and coordinated employment support to: • Get newly unemployed back to work as soon as possible • Prevent new unemployed becoming long term unemployed, mitigating the deterioration of confidence, skills and health • Help workless people re-engage with the labour market, increasing their employability

  8. What we need to do.. • Put in place new mechanism to ensure that: • We build strong relationships with the prime contractors • We have the partners we need around the table – to deliver the whole person approach • We can connect into the job and work opportunities through economic development and private sector growth

  9. How will we do it? • Create a new Employment and Skills Task Force • Responsible for coordinating employment support in the city • Provide clear, united leadership to effect change • Reporting into Sheffield Executive Board • Co-chaired by the Leader of the Council and Private Sector representative • Public – private – 3rd sector Membership including key delivery agents, health, skills and business (pg 39 draft strategy)

  10. Partnership Principles • Working together to maximise the resources for employment support to yield more, better and fairer opportunities for local people to work • Influencing and adapting mainstream provision • Gap filling and providing ‘wrap around services’ • Don’t duplicate • Work towards a coordinated investment plan for the city

  11. Early Engagement Tailored Support to Individual - whole person approach Employer Engagement Removing barriers to work and providing skills for employment Critical Key Worker Role Critical Job Broker Role Providing coordinated, effective employment support The core components of back to work programmes In work support Day One Support Personalisation Job in Mind Sustainable outcomes

  12. Priority Areas for Action

  13. The next 3 months • SEB sign off strategy • 1-2-1 briefings with potential Employment and Skills Task Force members • Official sign up by prime contractors • First Employment and Skills Task Force meeting – End Jan • Launch Strategy and Task Group • Produce delivery plan – prioritised actions • Early progress

  14. Any Questions?

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