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More Jobs, Better Jobs Partnership
OECD Workshop: tools to help people move out of poor quality employment
26th June 2015
Josh Stott
Current Programme
Cities, Growth and Poverty Overview
OECD workshop
Pre-employment
Employment entry
Staying in work
In-work progression
Prog
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Rete
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Empl
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Pre-
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Pathway
Evidence base
Reviewing the evidence
Project 1: In work progression
Aim: Develop innovative employment and skills policies to be applied in the Leeds City
Region focussed on in work progression
PrincipleCo-design/co-production embedded across all stages
Method/approach
Step 1 - Lit review
Step 2 - Project scoping
Step 3 - Stakeholder engagement
Step 4 - Local analysis
Step 5 - Ideas generation
Step 6 - Practitioner workshops
Step 7 - Policy development
An integrated and targeted approach
Individuals• External pathways • Transferable skills• Groups/types of workers • Accessibility/support services• Pre-employment and/or in work
Employers• Internal pathways • Sectors - business models• Management practices• Job design • Motivation – skills, productivity
Implementation • Choices/trade offs• Local intelligence/local discretion• Integrate with existing infrastructure• Funding – availability/parameters• Pilot – groups; occupations/sectors
An emerging package
Strand Rationale/overview
1. Information, advice and guidance
• National Careers Service - only 14% clients in work• Raising aspirations, training decisions, practical support• Accessing services and employer relationships
2. In work progression service
• Employed learners = 17% skills starts across LCR• Current ESF provision partial – LEP priority sectors• Connection to business growth support services
3. Part time workers • Limited scope for progression• Job design and access to training • Likely care sector focus
4. Financial incentives
• R&D tax credit type approach to support progression • Local level - Business rate discounts • Signal to local business community
Project 2: Anchor Institutions
Cities, Growth and Poverty Overview
• …the biggest spenders and employers with an inherent stake in a place
Leeds City Council York NHS Trust Wakefield District Housing
Wakefield District CouncilNorth Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group Leeds Beckett University
Kirklees Council Leeds City College Voluntary Action Leeds
City of York Council Bradford College First Bus
Low Pay Charter
• Low paid workers group - ‘No Silver Bullet’: Doing more to support low paid workers (March 2015)
• Commits six local authorities to:
paying Living Wage
‘progression proof’ all HR policies
focus on those who manage low skilled workers
apply social value to procurement and commissioning
• Local leadership – leading by doing