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Learning for Living and Working in London 12 March 2008 London South LLDD Strategic group Mary Francis. Welcome. Strategy Development. 01. Background. Inclusion through Excellence Progression through Partnership Valuing People National Learning for Living and Work strategy.
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Learning for Living and Working in London 12 March 2008 London South LLDD Strategic group Mary Francis Welcome
Background • Inclusion through Excellence • Progression through Partnership • Valuing People • National Learning for Living and Work strategy
Background • Draft strategy launched in June 2007 • Consultation events across London • Machinery of Government changes July 2007 • London Skills and Employment Board Strategy October 2007 • Learning for Living and Working in London January 2008
Goals • Goal 1To expand employment opportunities and improve progression routes into employment of different kinds
Goals • Goal 2 To provide people with better services through effective partnerships working at local, regional and national level.
Goals • Goal 3To understand better what learners and employers want, the services currently available and what changes need to be made
Goals • Goal 4To reshape the curriculum so as to support people in achieving their potential for independent living and employment
Goals • Goal 5To make a good range of opportunities accessible throughout the region through shared expertise and building local capacity
Strategic Partners Group Transition Task & Finish Group Planning Task & Finish Group Investment Task & Finish Group Employability Task & Finish Group Governance Structures of the partner agencies e.g. the LSC Regional Council London East LLDD Network London North LLDD Network London West LLDD Network London Central LLDD Network London South LLDD Network Implementation Structure
Strategic Partners Group • Purpose: • To oversee the implementation of the strategy, to negotiate responsibilities, to apply resources to priorities and to ensure a coherent implementation. • Membership:GLA • LSC • JCP • London Councils • LDA • Skill (Voluntary Sector) • Valuing People • ALDCS • Also seeking: GOL, NHS, ADASS
Planning Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Shared Data Analysis • To determine data gaps • To improve data reliability • To consider data compatibility and • To agree data sharing. • Business Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies business planning process • To develop a common business planning timeline to provide future demand projections Contributing to Goal 2 – providing better services through effective partnerships Goal 3 – understanding better what learners want
Investment Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Response identification • Reviewing practice across service delivery • Determining the best responses to support the specific needs. • Reviewing existing provision • Determining key investment priorities. • Investment Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies investment planning process • To develop a common annual investment process to meet future demand projections Contributing to: Goal 3: better understanding learners needs, current services and changes needed Goal 5: to make a good range of opportunities available
Employability Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Best practice dissemination • Identifying good practice of work with LLDD in learning and employment • Developing a directory of good practice and disseminating. • Encouraging alignment of curriculum to best practice and the employability agenda across London • Engaging employers • Developing a model of representing the value of people with disabilities to employers through the Single Employer Offer Contributing to: Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities Goal 4: reshaping the curriculum to support independence and employment.
Transition Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • School to college • Understanding the information and presentation needs of colleges • Understanding the information available in schools • Developing a cross agency transition protocol from school to college • Learning to work • Understanding the information and support needs of employers • Understanding the information available in learning • Developing a cross agency transition protocol from learning to work Contributing to: Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities Goal 2: improve services through partnership Goal 5: making opportunities available through shared expertise
Local Area LLDD Networks • Purpose: • To ensure practicality of proposals of Task and Finish Groups. • To articulate provider views on tackling the barriers to independent living and work for people with disabilities • To canvas and represent views from people with disabilities on the progress of the strategy. • To provide ideas, information and examples of good practice to the task and finish groups. • Operation: • Each LLDD network will be convened by an LSC Partnership Director • LSC will contract with an agency to support the network • The Partnership Director will report back to the network on progress and will outline forthcoming decisions. • The Partnership Director will present ideas from the network to the Groups.