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European Social Fund 2007-13 Learning and Skills Council North West

European Social Fund 2007-13 Learning and Skills Council North West Invitation to Tender Briefings 2007 Jane Bracewell Area Director – Greater Manchester Area South. ITT Briefing Event. Welcome and Introductions Part A – Overview of ITTs Young People Adults Workforce Development

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European Social Fund 2007-13 Learning and Skills Council North West

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  1. European Social Fund 2007-13 Learning and Skills Council North West Invitation to Tender Briefings 2007 Jane Bracewell Area Director – Greater Manchester Area South

  2. ITT Briefing Event • Welcome and Introductions • Part A – Overview of ITTs • Young People • Adults • Workforce Development • Community Grants • Question and Answer • Part B - Application Process • Bravo Solution • The Application Form(s) • Question and Answer

  3. Our Approach • Responsive to regional and sub-regional strategies and plans • Activity aligned to ESF Priorities: • Reducing worklessness • Enhancing workforce skills • Increasing competitiveness • Alignment of investment with LSC mainstream and other CFOs together with the complementary strand on Merseyside • Integration of employment and skills • Responding to individual and employer needs • Encouraging and building on partnerships • Flexible to meet future changes

  4. North West Challenges • Priority 1 • Reduced ESF funding results in a a very targeted approach to the ESF programme • Major challenges in the Northwest in relation to workless and economic activity rates - 80,000 additional workers to achieve UK norms • NEET is persistent and challenging Priority 2 • Alignment of ESF to other mainstream investment in skills • Focus on priority sectors

  5. Greater Merseyside Key Challenges • Unique Circumstances – Transition • Very challenging 3 year spend profile • Alignment of activities – LSC / JCP/ Complementary Strand / Other funds • City Employment Strategy / Consortia • – Development of a Single Investment Framework • Governance Arrangements – Merseyside ‘Phasing In’ Board

  6. Co-Finance Plan • Application for renewed Co-Finance status has been successful • Co-Finance Plan revised following consultation and has been submitted to Government Office and appraised by DWP ESF Division • Revised Plan will be made available on the LSC Website Northwest Region under ESF • Plan considered by ESF Regional Committee on 29 November 2007 • Budgets and ITTs may therefore be amended following launch of ITTs

  7. Procurement • A two stage approach: • Stage 1 – PQQ (completed for 2007) • Stage 2 - Invitations to Tender • Over 400 organisations successfully got through the PQQ • Stage 2 now underway • All funding including match will be subjected to Open and Competitive tendering • Match: • E to E • Train to Gain • Offender Learning and Skills Service

  8. Our Approach • Overall Northwest LSC ESF Plan for 2008-2010 £130m • Majority of funding procured in autumn 2007 • Multi annual contracts from May 2008 onwards to December 2010 • 47 ITTs classified as ‘adults’, ‘young people’, ‘employer’ and ‘other’ • Focus on target groups and results not on prescribed activities allowing for innovation • Launch 19 November – Closing Date 21 December • Launch 10 December – Closing Date 18 January

  9. Location of ITTs

  10. Overview of Invitations to Tender Young People Robin Goddard Young People’s Learning Director

  11. Priority 1 – Young People • Single objective reducing NEET in Northwest • 21,000 young people are currently NEET • Work with 4,200 young people (North West • Work with 2,500 young people (Merseyside) • Activity both pre 16 and post 16 with approximately 70% of funding post 16 • Pre 16 – Key Stage 4 with 14-16 year olds • Post 16 – With 16-18 year olds

  12. Target Groups • Young people in key stage 4 who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from learning • Young people in post 16 learning at risk of disengaging and/or failing to complete their learning programme and becoming NEET • Those young people age 16-18 who are NEET

  13. Outputs and Results (Pre 16) • Outputs • The key target group pre 16 are those young people disengaged or at real risk of disengaging from learning Some key features of these students might include: • Low skills levels and evidence of limited educational progress, possibly starting in primary school – but not necessarily lacking in ability • Having a preferred learning style different from the mainstream • Emotional and behavioural problems • A wide range of disabilities, such as ADHD or Aspergers syndrome • Psychological problems • Lack of confidence/frustration at not being able to achieve • Inadequate social skills • A deprived social background • Having low aspirations • Some but not all of these factors will be relevant for each individual student Results • Young people re-engaged or prevented from disengaging • Young people successfully supported to progress into learning post 16

  14. Outputs and Results (Post 16) • Outputs • Young people at 16-18 who are NEET • Young people aged 16-18 in currently in learning but who are at serious risk of leaving Over-represented by: • Young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities • Teenage parents • Young offenders • Young people looked after • Those taking one year learning programmes Results • Young people who were NEET engaged in structured learning • Young people successfully supported to remain in learning

  15. Our Approach • ITTs are based on the sub-regions and we are seeking alignment with 14-19 strategies and plans and to add value to current activity • Worked closely with local authorities and Connexions to determine priorities in each of the 21 Children's Trusts • ITTs build on good practice and current successful interventions • Activity and funding allocated based on the volume of NEET • Activity and funding available in vast majority of areas • Activity May 2008 to December 2010

  16. Overall Budgets • Northwest • Funding for 2008-2010 = £13,250,000 Merseyside • Funding for 2008-2010 = £14,032,000

  17. Summary of ITTs

  18. Approach to ITTs • Organised by sub-regions • ITTs determined following local office dialogue with partners • Essentially 2 approaches: • A) Based on the type of intervention: • Merseyside (3) and Cheshire and Warrington (3) • Key Stage 4, Retention post 16, Tackling NEET B) Based on geography: • Cumbria – single ITT covering all aspects • Lancashire – 3 separate ITTs: Blackburn & Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire County Council area • Greater Manchester – 10 ITTs each covering a local authority boundary

  19. Pre 16 Activity • Examples of the types of activity we are seeking: • Enhanced mentoring and support • Linking school based and learning in an employment setting • Individualised learning programmes including work related • Learning • Sampling a range of post 16 learning opportunities • Support during transition to post 16

  20. Post 16 Retention • Examples of the types of activity we are seeking: • Enhanced mentoring and support • Activities designed to re-motivate young people • Activities which promote self awareness and self esteem • Additional advice and guidance for those young people enrolled in 1 year post learning programmes • Support for young people to make the transition from a programme led pathway to an apprenticeship

  21. Post 16 Re-engagement • Examples of the types of activity we are seeking: • Short intensive interventions designed to re-energise young people • Different, creative, fun and engaging • Focus on motivating young people to consider further learning • Individually tailored involving initial assessment • In some cases • Pre E to E programmes • Vocational tasters

  22. Summary • Building on current activity and local 14-19 arrangements • Vital that we integrate activity with other interventions targeted at NEET • Opportunity to work both pre-16 and post 16 • Tender specifications designed to support better alignment with local 14- 19 partnerships • ITTs provide the opportunity to work with young people over an extended period • Opportunity for innovation and risk taking

  23. Overview of Invitations to Tender Adults and Other Dave Brennan Director of Skills Development

  24. Priority 1 – Adults • The Employability Skills agenda has increased in importance in policy terms culminating in July 2007 with the publication of: • World Class Skills – Implementing the Leitch Review in England • The Sub National review of Economic Development • The DWP Green Paper “In Work Better Off” • The LSC is responding by developing a Skills for Jobs framework through this suite of tender specifications

  25. Priority 1 – Adults • Skills for Jobs aim is: • To reduce the number of adults not in employment through more effective engagement in learning and by moving them into sustainable jobs • To develop an integrated skills and employment system responsive to the needs of economically inactive individuals and the needs of employers.

  26. Priority 1 – Adults • Skills for Jobs Framework Principles: • Employer engagement critical • Client centred - individualised and flexible • Information Advice and Guidance is critical • Progressive – fill the gaps, make the connections • Building on City Employment Strategy type approach • Responding to local area agreements • Bringing cohesion, enhancement and greater efficiency to the current investment by a range of organisations • Outcome focused – sustainable jobs

  27. Priority 1 – Adults • Skills for Jobs Framework Routeways: • The Employability Routeway • This Routeway will enhance the outcomes from existing LSC provision • The Individualised Routeway • To develop engagement with those in the target group not engaged by the Employability and Sector Routeways • The Sector Routeway • To develop demand-led sector Routeways

  28. Outputs • Target Groups – Skills for Jobs Eligibility • Adults (19+) • Not currently in employment • Who want to work but…. • Lack skills and qualifications that are up-to-date and relevant to the job market and….. • Are residents of the geographic locations identified for this tender specification

  29. Outputs • Target Groups – Skills for Jobs Priorities: • Lone Parents • Workless Households • Incapacity Benefit claimants • Income Support benefit claimants • Ex Offenders and Offenders under supervision in the community • People with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities • People from BME Communities • People over 50 years of age • Homeless people • People with Skills for Life needs below Level 2

  30. Results Skills for Jobs • A minimum of 40% of participants entering employment with training • A minimum of 33% participants continuing in employment with training after 13 weeks • A minimum of 26% of participants in employment after 6 months

  31. Our Approach - Northwest • Essentially local aiming to align with employability strategies and plans - adding value to current activity • Building on City Employment Strategies and their equivalents • Close working with Jobcentre Plus to ensure complimentarity with DWP procured provision • Activity and funding allocated based on the volume of economic inactivity • Activity and funding available in all areas • Activity May 2008 to December 2010

  32. Our Approach – Northwest • Skills for Jobs Tenders: • Cumbria (1) • Lancashire (1) • Greater Manchester (3) • Cheshire and Warrington (1) • IAG • Community Grants • OLASS • Mixed economy in terms of approach to tender specifications

  33. Our Approach – Northwest • Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) • To enhance existing Information, Advice and Guidance services to support unemployed and economically inactive adults (19+) to make informed decisions about learning and job opportunities • Supporting the Skills for Jobs routeways • Sub regional approach

  34. Our Approach – Northwest and Merseyside • Priority Groups – People with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities • A priority group within all tender specifications • In Greater Manchester • Residents of the Greater Manchester area and who are Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities (including Mental Health Issues) who are currently engaged in the FE sector • In Greater Merseyside (including Halton) • people (aged 16 +) who are NEET or in learning and at risk of unemployment, with learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities

  35. Our Approach – Northwest and Merseyside Priority Groups – Offenders • Region wide tender specification • ESF funding is primarily aimed at people who are available to work in the job market so people in custody are eligible to access ESF as follows: • People sentenced to less than two years can access ESF at any point during their sentence • People sentenced to more than two years can only access ESF during the last two years of their sentence

  36. Our Approach - Northwest • Community Grants • DWP seeking a single Co-Finance organisation to manage Community Grants • Separate arrangements permissible in ‘phasing in’ areas • The LSC will manage Community Grants in the Northwest (excluding the Merseyside ‘phasing in’) area • Community Grants ITT will be launched on the 10 December • Seeking a grants administrator for each of the four sub-regions. • Total of £1.4m available in 2008-2010 • Small community based organisations who would not normally access ESF – maximum grant £12k

  37. Our Approach - Merseyside • Delivering City Employment Strategy • Single Investment Framework • LSC aligned with Complementary Strand and Jobcentre Plus • IAG addressed through Complementary Strand

  38. Our Approach - Merseyside • Merseyside – Routeways into Employment • Merseyside – Skill Boost • Merseyside – Enterprise Routeway • Merseyside – Priority Sector Routeway • Merseyside – Public Sector Routeway • Halton – Skill Boost • Halton – Priority Sector Routeway

  39. Overall Budgets • Northwest (excluding Merseyside)

  40. Overall Budgets • Merseyside

  41. Summary • Sub regional approach • Single tender specification covering all Skills for Jobs routeways: • Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire and Warrington • Single contract specified in Cumbria only • Separate tender specifications by Skills for Jobs routeway: • Greater Manchester • Halton • Merseyside • Regional tender specification to be contracted sub regionally: • Offenders • Information Advice and Guidance

  42. Summary • Looking for the delivery of complete routeways • Employer engagement is critical • Partnership working is essential • Get best value from existing provision • Develop progression throughto employment and into the post employment stage • Progress to Train to Gain wherever possible

  43. Overview of Invitations to Tender Employers Ann Comiskey Skills Development Manager

  44. Priority 2 – Employers • Objective is to increase the skills of the workforce and ultimately to increase productivity • A third of employees in the NW do not hold a Level 2 or equivalent and there are significant skills for Life needs in the region especially Numeracy • NW employers on average demonstrate a lower propensity to invest in training than employers in other regions • ITTs focus on building capacity, workforce skills and Merseyside-specific provision

  45. Our Approach • Seeking a consistent regional offer with sub-regional context where appropriate and additional provision for Merseyside • ITTs are aligned with and seek to enhance Train to Gain – a more comprehensive offer for employers • An integrated employer offer including mainstream Train to Gain • Responding to demand from employers and skills brokers • Activity and funding allocated based on analysis of skill levels within the sub-regions • Responding to sector priorities where relevant • Activity May 2008 to December 2010

  46. Overall Budgets • Northwest • ESFFunding for 2008-2010 £31,109,019 Sub-regional split • Cheshire and Warrington - £4,733,323 • Cumbria - £2,651,028 • Greater Manchester - £15,043,970 • Lancashire - £8,068,469 • Halton - £612,229 Merseyside • ESFFunding for 2008-2010 £30,578,489

  47. Summary of ITTs (19 November 2007) • Capacity Building (North West) • 1) Employee Engagement • Funding £1,525,683 • Results - employee based learning projects • - referrals to TtG • - learning advocates trained • 2) Train the Trainer • Funding £1,782,668 • Results - Assessor and verifier qualifications • 3) Skills Pledge Plus (excludes Merseyside) • Funding £1,350,000 • Results - Employers signing the skills pledge

  48. Summary of ITTs (19 November 2007) • Capacity Building (North West) • 4) Skills for Life Capacity Building • Funding £528,184 • Results - mapping of provision in the NW • - individuals commencing SfL tutor qualifications • 5) Accelerated Programme-led Pathway Support • Funding £75,000 • Results - research project • - support to providers delivering PLP

  49. Summary of ITTs (19 November 2007) • Merseyside • 1) Employer Pool • Funding £1,500,000 • Results - employers recruited • - individuals supported • 2) Inward investment and restructuring (includes Halton) • Funding £3,800,000 • Results - companies supported • - individuals trained • 3) Marketing and communications campaign for holistic employer offer • Funding £1,500,000 • Results - marketing plan • - promotional events

  50. Summary of ITTs (19 November 2007) • Merseyside • 4) Skillworks • Funding £10,200,000 • Results - companies supported - individuals trained • 5) Capital of Culture Badged Apprenticeship • Funding £150,000 • Results - individuals achieving the badged apprenticeship • 6) Higher Education Enterprise Skills Routeway • Funding £900,000 • Results - individuals completing programme

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