It’s not all about the Work Programme…is it?

Tracy Fishwick, Director

Today’s trends....2,514,000 unemployedNear record youth unemployment 1.3mInvoluntary part time working 1,411,000Involuntary temps rising Lone parents moving on to JSA (from IS)Geographical variationsLong term u/e and young people key

concerns

Improved NW unemployment rate

Worsening NW inactivity rates

Young faring worse

At a time of unprecedented change...

The challenge of welfare reform– IB reform /reassessments between now and

2014 – Lone parents – Further cuts to welfare spend

Introduction of the Work Programme Payment by results ‘culture’ Universal Credit

Who is being referred?877,880 referrals (June 2011 – June 2012)

9% above the indicative volumes but now in line with revised forecasts (June 2012)

Significantly over profile for JSA (esp Early Access / 18–24s (64% above profile)

Only 34% of original planned referrals for health-related benefits ESA / IB (sicker than expected, number of appeals and backlogs)

Referrals cont…95% of referrals lead to an

attachment within three months£326m spent on attachment fees to July 2012(estimate £290m)

Mixed VCS feedback?

Some VCS have dropped out St Mungos

Some have stopped trading EcoActif

Others are involved and performing Manchester Solutions, Rehab, Pluss

Some actively choosing not to be part of WP Blackburne House

Shouldering risks?

What else is happening?

City Deals / EOS / GIFApprenticeshipsVolunteeringSocial enterpriseNESTA

Who gets apprenticeships?

Volunteering as a routeway to jobs

Manchester CathedralFlexible Support Fund JSA claimants – structured vol

programme87% in to jobs (small but scalable)

Volunteer programme with jobs

Social Enterprise 62,000 social enterprises contribute

£22bn to the economyMajor charities now trading as SE’s Jobs: Social enterprises employ more

people relative to turnover than mainstream small businesses

58% of social enterprises grew last year compared to 28% of SMEs

New models – AbilityTec / Remploy factory

Current projects 14 Social Enterprise leaders to US to

explore what worksThere is no profit without non-profits!Economic strategy for social enterprise

jobs Creating measurable job outcomes

outside mainstream? Broader collaborations – e.g. VCS, charity and housing associations

NESTA

Lack of innovation in the mainstream Creating and shaping new markets - such as social

care, using complementary currencies and vouchers to mobilise capital, and using tax incentives to stimulate new markets

Support for self–employment FranchisingWorks is a social enterprise that aims to help create new businesses and jobs through franchising. It provides independent advice and practical support to people interested in exploring franchising as a way into self–employment

Intermediaries that improve the efficiency of job–matching: Fusion 21’s Employer Pool, which links procurement to sustainable job creation and skills training through capital and cyclical works projects, turning short–term opportunities into long–term jobs. Apprenticeship Training Agency (ATA ) models which directly employ and develop apprentices and hire them out to host employers who provide the employment. Women Like Us who work with employers to help them design part–time jobs using the skills of women returners, to benefit their business and grow the market in part–time employment.

To sum up...

The labour market is very tight Welfare policy is changing Context of widespread public sector cutsBUT there is much that can be done

You will be affected: opportunities and threats