FOCUS ON BASINGSTOKE

1. FOCUS ON BASINGSTOKE

2. Basingstoke and Deane Population:171,900 Basingstoke: 103,000 Rest of district: 68,900 Size: 634 km² Urban areas: 20% Rural areas: 80%

3. Key statistics • Unemployment: 4.6% • Youth unemployment: 1.7% • Educational attainment: • no qualification at all: 3.4% • level 3 qualification: 58.4% • level 4 qualification: 38.5%

4. Key statistics • Number of businesses: 7.790 (89.7% have less than 10 employees) • Number of jobs: 92,000 • Main sectors of employment: • Financial and business services: 21% • Retail: 20% • Education and health: 20% • Manufacturing: 9% • ICT: 6%

5. Key challenges • Skills shortage in STEM sector • Long-term unemployment • Lack of employabilityskills • Careers adviceand guidance

6. Basingstoke Employment and Skills Zone • Local partnershipset up in 2013 • Brings together 15 local organisations working in the field of skills and employment

7. BESZ - structure Steering Committee Promoting Employment sub-group PromotingSchoolEngagement and Employability sub-group Promoting STEM sub-group

8. Steering Committee • Brings together chairsof each sub-group • Meets quartely • Role: • Overall strategic coordination of the BESZ • Effective communication • Identification of cross-working projects

9. Promoting Employment • Purpose: to support local residents who are currently out of work in accessing the relevant services to facilitate their access or return to sustainable employment. • Priorities: • Job search support • Digital inclusion • Work readiness

10. Current actions (1) • Work experience scheme • intra-partnershipscheme • placementsfor local unemployedpeople of up to 8 weeks • real world of work exposure, employabilityskills and confidencebuilding

11. Current actions (2) • E-news bulletin • E-news bulletindistributed to over 50 local organisationslinked to skills and employment • Bulletin provides informationon vacancies, training opportunities, events, economic and employment data, etc. • All partners contributeto bulletin

12. Current actions (3) • Careers Fair • Eventfor people looking for workor careerchange • Employers, employment supportagencies and training providers • Job searchsupport, workshopsand recruitment

13. Current actions (4) • Developercontributions • New developmentstoprovideopportunitiesforskillsand employment • Constructionskills(apprenticeships, workplacements, schoolvisits) • Cash contributiontosupportwiderskillsinitiatives • Commercialdevelopment- pre-employment training

14. School engagement and employability • Purpose: promote stronger links between educationand business • Priorities: • Awarenessof real world of work • Employabilityskills • Careers adviceand guidance

15. Current actions (1) • Skillstree Programme • Skillsand aspirationsof young people • Education and business cooperation • Employabilityand awareness

16. Current actions (1) • Skillstree Programme: leading by example – Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council • Issues young people are facing • Why we got involved? • How we have helped • Benefits

17. 20% 3/4 Did you know? Basingstoke Consortium

18. Issues • Unable to ‘sell themselves’ positively • General lack of understanding of expectations • Poor written communication • ‘Blasé’ or not interested/motivated in an interview • Unable to stand out The disconnect between young people and employers

19. Why we got involved?

20. How we have helped Work experience Mock interviews Careers fair Employability sessions ‘Words for Works’ with Brighton Hill School Employability skills workshop

21. Benefits

22. Current actions (2) • Information and guidance training for youth workers • Access to effectiveadvice and guidance in schools varies • Young people may prefer less formal context • Youth workersand leadershave informal direct access to young people

23. Current actions (3) • Employability skills passport • Support young people in identifyingemployability skills • Provide mechanism to capture and articulateskills

24. Promoting STEM • Purpose: improve image of STEM studies and careers and raise awareness of employment opportunities in STEM sector • Priorities: • Expose young people to real world of STEM sector • Provideopportunities for interaction between STEM businesses and education • Raise awarenessof teachersof STEM sector

25. Current actions (1) • TeenTech - Inspiring tomorrow’s innovators • One-dayeventthatexposesyoungpeopleto real engineersandscientists • Hands-onactivitiesandchallenges

26. Current actions (2) • Supporting advisors and teachers • Continuous professionaldevelopment • Exposureto industry • STEM resources

27. Conclusions and next steps • Partnershipfullyestablishedbutstillearlydays • Furtherconsolidationof jointworkingrequired – movepartnersout of comfortzoneand ensurecontributionfromall • Balancingworkloadand requirementsof BESZ • Prioritiesidentified – focusondelivery • Monitoringand review

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29. Question time! • Overall, what do youthink of theactionswepresentedtoday? Do youtheyseemrelevant? Do youthinktheywillhaveanimpact? • What do youthink of thestructure of the BESZ? Whatchangeswouldyoumake?

30. Question time! • Do youorganiseworkexperienceforpeoplelookingforwork in yourcities? How do you “sell” thistoyouremployers? • Do youorganisecareersfairs in yourcities? Whatformat do theyhave? How do youachieveemployerengagement?

31. Question time! • What do you think of the “Skills passport” idea? Do you think it could work? How would you run such a scheme? What format would you give it? • Given the issues surrounding access to careers advice and guidance, what suggestions do you have to reach a maximum number of young people?

32. Question time! • Basedonwhatyouknow of theTeenTechevent, whatsort of follow up activitieswouldyouorganise? • Do youhaveexamples of Continuous Professional Developmentforprimary and secondaryschoolteachers in yourcities? Howisthisdelivered?