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Train to Gain Provider Network Meeting 7 February 2008

welcome. Train to Gain Provider Network Meeting 7 February 2008. AGENDA. 10:10 Welcome, Introductions & Domestics 10:15 Performance 10:50 Planning for 2008/2009 11:30 Break 11:45 Train to Gain ‘Plan for Growth’ 12:20 Skills for Life. AGENDA. 12:40 Joint Investment Framework

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Train to Gain Provider Network Meeting 7 February 2008

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  1. welcome Train to Gain Provider Network Meeting 7 February 2008

  2. AGENDA • 10:10 Welcome, Introductions & Domestics • 10:15 Performance • 10:50 Planning for 2008/2009 • 11:30 Break • 11:45 Train to Gain ‘Plan for Growth’ • 12:20 Skills for Life

  3. AGENDA 12:40 Joint Investment Framework 12:55 Closing Remarks 13:00 Lunch & Networking

  4. PERFORMANCE

  5. YEAR END TARGETS • Skills for Life Starts 6649 • Skills for Life Achievements 3949 • Level 2 Starts 30326 • Level 2 Achievements 17765 • Level 3 Starts 2257 • Level 3 Achievements 18

  6. Skills For Life Targets Starts Outcomes Nottinghamshire 1760 1051 Region 1659 973 Leicestershire 1139 683 Derbyshire 1113 668 Lincolnshire 631 373 Northamptonshire 347 201 Totals 6649 3949

  7. Level 2 Targets Starts Outcomes Nottinghamshire 8197 4773 Region 7636 4496 Leicestershire 4537 2633 Derbyshire 4427 2633 Lincolnshire 3112 1814 Northamptonshire 2417 1416 Totals 30326 17765

  8. Level 3 Targets Starts Outcomes Region 767 0 Nottinghamshire 600 0 Leicestershire 400 18 Derbyshire 400 0 Northamptonshire 90 0 Lincolnshire 0 0 Totals 2257 18

  9. Quarter 1 Performance • Level 2 Starts 3730 5th out of 9 Regions • Level 2 Outcomes 1470 5th out of 9 Regions • SfL Starts 300 7th out of 9 Regions • SfL Outcomes 80 5th out of 9 Regions

  10. Quarter 1 Performance - Feedback • Slow start in August due to holiday period • New staff taken on and going through ‘settling in period’ • New providers getting to grips with procedures and paperwork • A number of providers beginning to work with independent brokerage organisations

  11. Quarter 1 Performance - Feedback • Awareness raising events taking place • Significant number of providers engaging with telemarketing companies • Providers having dedicated sales staff / teams • Lack of assessors in certain areas

  12. Quarter 1 Performance - Feedback • Improvement expected in Skills for Life learner numbers due to being able to deliver Skills for Life as stand alone.

  13. Performance to Period 5 Profile Actual • SFL Starts 2282 629 • SFL Outcomes 422 158 • Level 2 Starts 12612 7383 • Level 2 Outcomes 4340 3397 • Level 3 Starts 96 0 • Level 3 Outcomes 0 0

  14. Skills For Life – Starts P5 Profile Actual Derbyshire 403 172 Northamptonshire 148 162 Nottinghamshire 545 135 Region 578 75 Leicestershire 379 46 Lincolnshire 229 34 Totals 2282 624

  15. Skills For Life – Outcomes P5 Profile Actual Nottinghamshire 62 46 Region 154 38 Northamptonshire 12 32 Derbyshire 97 22 Leicestershire 33 15 Lincolnshire 64 5 Totals 422 158

  16. Level 2 - Starts P5 Profile Actual Nottinghamshire 2829 1793 Region 2983 1432 Leicestershire 2584 1315 Derbyshire 1780 1291 Lincolnshire 1231 969 Northamptonshire 1205 409 Totals 12612 7209

  17. Level 2 - Outcomes P5 Profile Actual Region 724 917 Nottinghamshire 1176 837 Derbyshire 633 713 Leicestershire 1096 504 Lincolnshire 458 209 Northamptonshire 253 174 Totals 4340 3354

  18. YEAR END TARGETS Target Forecast • SFL Starts 6649 6016 • SFL Outcomes 3949 3536 • Level 2 Starts 30326 30591 • Level 2 Outcomes 17765 18263 • Level 3 Starts 2257 1118 • Level 3 Outcomes 18 49

  19. QUARTER 2 REVIEWS • Commence beginning of March 2008 • Will include a frank and honest discussion regarding performance • Opportunity for robust discussions regarding changes to allocations and any subsequent contract variation • Review and re-profiling discussions Completed by April 1 2008 • Contract variations agreed by end of April

  20. QUESTIONS?

  21. Brokerage Performance

  22. Brokerage Performance Headline Employer Engagement Activity East Midlands - Employer Engagement Target April 07 to August 07 – 1537 East Midlands - Number of Employers Engaged April 07 to August 07 – 1727

  23. Regional Breakdown (From April 07)

  24. Regional Breakdown (From August 07)

  25. Planning for 2008/2009 ESF

  26. Planning for 2008/2009 OCT

  27. Planning for 2008/2009 R.B.S.I.S.

  28. R.B.S.I.S. • Five day flag has now been removed • New Arrangements for Consortia in place • All Consortia members will have direct access to RBSIS • One User Name and password for each Consortia Member

  29. R.B.S.I.S. • Lead Consortia will be able to view who is responding • Still awaiting details from many consortia leads re Consortia Members

  30. Interval

  31. TRAIN TO GAIN A Plan for Growth LSC East Midlands Provider Network meeting 7 February 2008

  32. A Plan for Growth • Launched on 26 November • Provides a strategy for expansion of Train to Gain to 2011 • Builds on lessons learned from first year’s experience • Sets out key actions for LSC, partners and stakeholders • Supplemented for LSC Regions by more detailed Action Plan

  33. Train to Gain is…. • A service to support employers of all sizes in all sectors to improve the skills of their employees to raise business performance • A commitment to jointly invest in training – between employers and government • Government provides free skills brokerage and fully or partly subsidised training

  34. Progress Significant progress since national launch in August 2006… • More than 60k employers engaged • Over 105k learner achievements • Over 70% employers “hard to reach • Employer satisfaction with brokers over 80% • Positive attitudes of learners to future learning • 95% of brokers achieved new professional standard ………but also wanted to learn from first year…………….

  35. Lessons Learned (1) • Four thematic reviews by LSC covering: • Role of Skills Brokers • Supply side and their role in generating demand • Bureaucracy and streamlining contracting and procurement processes • Relevance of Train to Gain to individual sectors • And building on: • Extensive consultation with key stakeholders and deliverers • Research into the Train to Gain experience, eg attitudes of learners, providers and employers

  36. Lessons Learned (2) • Transforming the sector takes time and investment • Need to expand the best providers quicker • Train to Gain wrongly promoted as a service just for Skills for Life and Level 2 • Confusion by employers over eligibility and subsidy • Sector Skills Councils frustrated by emphasis on “firstness and fullness” • Too much regional variation in service and performance • Too little focus on those returning to work with skills needs • Insufficient throughput of learners

  37. The Scale of the Challenge and Investment - Funding and Volumes 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 Funding (£m) 270 524 671 706 1042 Learners’ (000) Total 242 433 548 572 807 Of which: SfL 44 49 53 61 71 Level 2 195 344 412 423 432 Level 3 3 38 83 88 295

  38. The scale of the challenge – funding and volumes in the East Midlands 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 • Budgets £58m £69m £91m • Learner numbers SfL 4780 5450 6390 L2 32165 32994 33696 L3 7470 7920 26550 • Achievements SfL 3320 3579 4142 L2 19730 22659 23217 L3 2492 5308 8804

  39. The Strategy for Growth • Need to adopt a new strategy with 4 main accelerators: • A New Offer to Employers • A stronger network of Train to Gain providers • An intensified approach to lifting performance and ensuring consistency across the LSC • Clearer communication of the Train to Gain service and why employers need to invest more in skills

  40. A New Offer to Employers • Promote Skills Pledge – backed up by Train to Gain - to engage more large employers • Expand NES to target 200 companies from FTSE 500 • More specialist support to address skills needs of larger employers (1000-5000) • Sector compacts with SSCs - raising demand through shared investment and action • New flexibilities including wider coverage (eg volunteers), second Level 3s and recruitment of people who are workless • Expansion of Leadership and Management training for SMEs

  41. Building a stronger network of Train to Gain providers • Lift the funding cap for successful providers • Accelerate roll out of the New Standard giving providers licence to practice across the country • Encourage successful Apprenticeships providers to provide Train to Gain service • Develop change management programme to underline strategic importance of Train to Gain and provide new business models • Enhance skills of employer engagement staff • Tighten approach to providers who ‘mis-sell’ Train to Gain

  42. Intensified approach to lift performance & ensure consistency • Tighter, more focused performance management of providers and brokers to drive take-up and improve success rates • Best performing regions are defining key characteristics for successful delivery to be applied rigorously everywhere • Each Region will have an Improvement Plan signed off by Chief Executive • Minimum Levels of Performance to drive up success rates • Distinct focus on London to become an exemplar region

  43. Communicating Train to Gain • Train to Gain must be ‘re-presented’ with clarity about the offer at all skills levels and the need for employer investment • Intensive work for key intermediaries to understand this is a service driven by the needs of employers not by single products or qualifications • The role of stakeholders critical to future success • Business to business promotion of Train to Gain – discussions with CBI, IoD, BCC, FSB, TUC to facilitate

  44. Top 5 key actions for us in the East Midlands • Focus skills brokerage service on medium sized employers 250+ • Strong and robust provider performance • Improving SfL performance • Supporting the growth of existing quality providers • Maximising the contribution of Sector Compacts

  45. What does this mean for you… Need to familiarise yourselves with the Plan for Growth Need to recognise the direction of travel Need to understand the implications on the impact on your business/organisation Need to be aware of the stretching volumes particularly L3 All of us have a part to play…

  46. TRAIN TO GAIN A Plan for Growth

  47. Skills for Life Date 7th February 2008 Presented By Lisa Walsh Skills Development Manager (SfL) East Midlands Region Welcome

  48. Introduction • YTD starts and achievements • October 2007 event – issues identified • Actions • Future support

  49. The picture so far… TtG SfL starts TtG SfL achievements

  50. Issues Embarrassment Time Employer buy in Stigma Fear employee will move on Negative perception of SfL Not a priority Cost Fear Qualified staff Business culture

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