WELFARE TO WORK SCOTLAND 2012 Integrating Employment and Skills Services Jim Rafferty Chief Executive Capital City Partnership 1-3 Canon Street Edinburgh EH3 5HE Tel: Mobile:

Context W2W Scotland discussion Heavy focus on welfare reform – but not on W2W Stakeholder process - informal Issues and principles Fragmentation of sector Information issues, particularly on outcomes Working Scotland – Context and Subtext

Subtext Where and how decisions are made Determines which decisions are made Integration important but so is devolution 80% - 20% split There is no local strategy really – we’re just making the best of what is delivered to us Working Scotland – Context and Subtext

Why We Need Local Jobs Strategies

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Basic principles Service improvement Better value for money Achieves integration Incentivises performance improvement Implementable Stakeholder process – Questions

Starting Point Reflecting Christie “Fragmentation and complexity” “Operational duplication rife” “Divided responsibilities and policy disconnects” “Inbuilt resistance to change” Stakeholder process – Questions

Specifics Opportunities for operational integration Employment AND Skills Direct delivery and contracted provision The ‘right’ geography Economics or welfare? Stakeholder process – Questions

The Scottish Government should aspire to the establishment of a single ‘Working Scotland’ framework, incorporating both vocational skills and employment support, within one Government department, and that The development of skills and employment policy, the funding of services and consideration of how all of these services are delivered should all be brought together within this remit Recommendations - Policy

An integrated National Client Advisor Service covering all ages An integrated set of contracted out services The establishment of a single performance framework for all employment services whether delivered at national, regional or local authority level The development and implementation of an integrated national management information service to enable the performance management task A delivery framework for all services which is national in policy terms, regional in respect of labour market planning and funding but with clear devolution to local authority level in respect of management of advisor delivered and contracted services The integration of FE college resources into this framework, recognising that this would be at the planning and policy level initially and that much work would be required to integrate the actual service delivery with other strands at local level Recommendations - practice

Are there any? Traction? Formal process required But which? And how? And where? Your thoughts? Next steps?