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Sue Francis Solent Skills Development Zone Rachel Hawkins Jobcentre Plus

Sue Francis Solent Skills Development Zone Rachel Hawkins Jobcentre Plus. Vision. Fully integrated ‘Employment & Skills Escalator’. Key Principles. ‘Demand Driven’ by the needs of local labour market A key contributor to the City and Sub Regional Growth Strategy

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Sue Francis Solent Skills Development Zone Rachel Hawkins Jobcentre Plus

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  1. Sue Francis Solent Skills Development Zone Rachel Hawkins Jobcentre Plus

  2. Vision Fully integrated ‘Employment & Skills Escalator’

  3. Key Principles • ‘Demand Driven’ by the needs of local labour market • A key contributor to the City and Sub Regional Growth Strategy • Increasing Gross Value Added (GVA) • Balancing Economic Competitiveness & Social Justice

  4. Key Elements • Integrating employment and skills activities (mostly public funded) • Provision of a single ‘offer’ and entry point for employers • Retaining those who have developed skills in Southampton for the benefit of the City economy • Better value and results through collaborative working

  5. Development • Strategic Steering Group • Southampton Solent University Vice-Chancellor (Chair) • Chief Executives: • Southampton City Council • NHS Southampton City • Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust • Jobcentre Plus District Manager • Learning and Skills Council Area Director • Southampton Public Sector Pilot

  6. Delivery • From Autumn 2009 • Employment and Skills Programme • Three project strands: • Worklessness & Newly Unemployed • Apprenticeships • Graduate Retention • Task focused Operations Group • Delivery Partnership: • Public; Private; Education; Third sectors • Collaborative working model

  7. Project Strands

  8. Challenges • Private Sector Expansion - Apprenticeships • Provider Engagement • Collaborative working in a competitive market • Development of the single ‘offer’ • Development of the single entry point • Capturing outputs and outcomes

  9. Collaborative delivery model

  10. Single ‘offer’

  11. Single entry point

  12. Ongoing Challenges • Collaborative working in a competitive market • Measuring added value and success • Key Personnel changes • Maintaining high level ‘buy in’ • Maintaining link to City strategic priorities • Maintaining link to sub-regional priorities • Employer Engagement

  13. Adoption across the City

  14. A measure of success “It is easier to recruit in Southampton because services are more joined up” Construction Sector Employer Focus Group (May 2012)

  15. Further Information • Sue Francis Solent Skills Development Zone  023 8084 2919  07710 609741 sue@thehampshireconnection.com • Rachel Hawkins Jobcentre Plus  023 8053 8833  07920 783866 rachel.hawkins@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk

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