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Delivering the Work Programme in East London Seetec. Content. Seetec Overview Seetec in London Delivery Model Supply Chain Working with Stakeholders Working with Employers Q & A. Seetec - Overview. DWP ERSS Framework in 7 Regions Work Programme Prime Contractor in 3 CPA’s
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Content • Seetec Overview • Seetec in London • Delivery Model • Supply Chain • Working with Stakeholders • Working with Employers • Q & A
Seetec - Overview • DWP ERSS Framework in 7 Regions • Work Programme Prime Contractor in 3 CPA’s • Mandatory Work Activity in 2 CPA’s • 26 years of W2W and Skills experience; £57m turnover; 850 staff; 75 delivery centres; 6 UK regions and Wales • 56 contracts;19 Prime contracts managing supply chains of over 40 subcontractors, 250 delivery partners and 80 strategic stakeholders • FND, New Deal BOND, New Deal Prime Contractor, New Deal PSL, Pathways to Work, NDDP, Work Choice, Jobcentre Plus Support Contract, ESF • Skills Funding Agency (skills) R2R; ESP, WFT, Apprenticeship and Level 2’s; Single Adult Skills budget from August.
Seetec in London • Established in London for over 15 years • Experience working across all customer groups • Previous contracts held in London include: New Deal 18-24; 4 DWP ESF Phase 1 Prime Contracts; 1 DWP ESF Phase 2 subcontract; SFA funded provision • New contract portfolio • DWP Work Programme – East London • DWP Mandatory Work Activity – pan London • DWP Work Choice – West London, Central London and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey • DWP JCPSC (subcontractor to A4e) • LDA 2012 Employment Legacy • SFA Apprenticeships and Train to Gain • Lead partner for ‘The Skills Place – Newham’ the new skills shop at Westfield Stratford City
Delivery Model - Step 1 Step 1 – Personalisation and Customer Needs ‘Aspire’ Within Step 1 customers identify what they can do, change attitudes and behaviours, move from a culture of worklessness to work, and establish and initiate a strategy for returning to and sustaining work that manages their perceived barriers. Step 1 is characterised by robust initial assessment and action planning as well as interventions to address confidence and motivation using Seetec’s AIMS course, health management and employability skills. • STEP 1 • Personalisation and Customer Needs • “Aspire” • Assessment and action planning • Challenging attitudes and behaviours • Motivation and confidence • Meeting customer group needs • Core Skills, digital life skills, employability skills • Rights and responsibilities
Delivery Model – Step 2 Step 2 – Into Work ‘Achieve’ Employer demand-led pre-employment modules with packages of work experience and intensive job broking interventions move customers into work. A sustainability risk assessment and formulation of a ‘Back to Work’ plan enable dedicated in-work support consultants to provide a personalised package of in-work support measures supporting customers to sustain employment to 13 or 26 weeks. • STEP 2 • Employability and Work • “Achieve” • Meeting Employer Needs • Sector led pre-employment pathways • Employability and fundamental work related skills • Intensive job broking • Short certificated courses • In Work support
Delivery Model – Step 3 • STEP 3 • Sustainment and Advancement • “Sustain” • Progression in work Plan • Coaching and mentoring • Online learning to support progression at work • Employer led workforce skills development • Co-funded SFA skills progression • Continuing Professional Development Step 3 – Sustainment and Advancement ‘Sustain’ Ongoing in-work support coupled with job broking services to join up short term and part time packages of employment, co-funded Skills Funding Agency provision (Apprenticeships / Level 2, 3 and 4 NVQ’s) and on-line modules enable customers to break the low pay, low skills cycle and build earnings and career prospects over the sustained employment period. • STEP 2 • Employability and Work • “Achieve” • Meeting Employer Needs • Sector led pre-employment pathways • Employability and fundamental work related skills • Intensive job broking • Short certificated courses • In Work support
East London Supply Chain (3) • 26 formally subcontracted organisations Tier 1 - 50% private sector and 50% voluntary sector Tier 2 - 50% private sector and 50% voluntary sector Tier 3 – predominantly private sector training providers
Working with Stakeholders • Inform and guide delivery • Join up provision • Holistic ‘total person’ approach • Support localism Key Stakeholders include: Jobcentre Plus, DWP, Skills Funding Agency, Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Authorities, Strategic committees, Health Services, Housing Associations, Local CVS’s
Working with Employers • Strong sector focus – employer demand-led • Top down ‘national’, bottom up ‘local’ approach • Integration of employment and skills (pre / post employment) • Joint approach working with JCP, other Primes and local employer engagement initiatives
Contacts Andy Emerson – Executive Director andrew.emerson@seetec.co.uk Mob: 07977 002278 Alison Bunney - Business Development and Marketing Director alison.bunney@seetec.co.uk Mob: 07818 533033