WORK AND SKILLS PLANS – DEVELOPING THE GUIDANCE Helen Payne, Donna-Louise Hurrell, Lizzie Crowley 12 November 2009 HELEN PAYNE FEBRUARY 2010 WORK AND SKILLS PLANS IDeA guidance

Interim plans April 2010 Full, published plans April 2011 Local Plans Sub-regional plans TYPES OF PLAN

FUNCTIONS Delivery Plan for LAAs/MAAs Responding to local need Integrating local and national services, delivering total place Integrating employment and skills Influencing regional strategies Providing the basis for commissioning Making the case for devolution

PROCESS Produce through existing structures – partners may be accountable to scrutiny Engage employers, third sector, delivery partners Link economic development, adult skills and commissioning, housing, health Confirm governance arrangements, relationship with ESB, employers Feed through to regional skills strategies Present to GOs, RIEPs, National Worklessness Forum Advisory Panel

Sectoral structure, enterprise and innovation, factors impacting on business growth, land and premises – availability and constraints, employer needs People and communities – labour supply analysis Demography, occupational structure, earnings, employment/ unemployment rates Benefit claimant groups, Local skills levels, attainment, skills gaps, match with demand, Economic inclusion Worklessness assessment guidance EVIDENCE Economic and spatial trends Business and enterprise – labour demand

PROVISION MAPPING Mainstream employment programmes Discretionary local programmes Apprenticeships, train to gain, skills for jobs provision including for NEET reduction Basic skills provision – FE, Adult and Community learning, Train to Gain Level 2 – FE, Train to Gain, Adult Apprenticeships, ESF Higher Level skills

ANALYSIS Identifying priorities, vision, objectives Action and resource planning Identify gaps, rationalise provision Make the case for discretionary funding

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