Agenda •Welcome •Healthy workplaces •Workwise •Walsall Works Update •Funding Opportunities •AOB / Questions •Date of Next Meeting Healthy Workplaces Joe Holding Public Health, Walsall Council Workwise Walsall Works • Financial incentive to employers for Apprenticeships • Pre-apprenticeship Programme • Jobs brokerage • Additional projects Walsall Works Financial Incentive Criteria • Young person • 16 – 24 year old at start of apprenticeship • From Walsall • Employer • Walsall premises • Small to medium enterprise (Under 250 employees) • Supported sector Walsall Works Financial Incentive Criteria • Employment conditions • Apprenticeship • Minimum 52 weeks • Minimum 35 hours per week • Meet wage conditions (NMW at age group) Walsall Works Financial Incentive Sector Criteria Walsall Works continues to focus on unlocking jobs within enterprises from the growth sectors: • Niche and high value manufacturing and engineering • Environmental technologies and construction • Financial, professional and business services • Creative and digital services • Health and social care • Logistics •Other sectors may be considered on a case by case basis Walsall Works Financial Incentive criteria notes • Focus on Walsall SME’s but will consider large companies if they traditionally don’t take apprentices • Employer committed to sustainable employment • Employee to apprentice staff ratio of approx 2:1 Walsall Works financial incentive Pay rates Age group Old rates New Rates from 01/10/15 16 to 17 year olds £3.79 per hour £3.87 per hour 18 to 20 year olds £5.13 per hour £5.30 per hour 21 to 24 year olds £6.50 per hour £6.70 per hour Walsall Works Financial Incentive Amounts • £3,000 for employers taking on a young person aged 16 or 17 at a rate of £3.87 per hour • £4,500 for employers taking on a young person aged 18 to 20 at a rate of £5.30 per hour • £6,000 for employers taking on a young person aged 21 to 24 at a rate of £6.70 per hour Walsall Works Pre-Apprenticeships These offer each young people the support to get ready to start a full apprenticeship through a 20-24 week course which will enable them to gain : • • • • • • • Literacy, Numeracy & ICT Skills Employability Skills Customer Care 4 week work placement Intensive Job Search Guaranteed job interview Accreditation to a Level 1 qualifications Walsall Works Pre-apprenticeship Programme • Working with W.A.C.C on a hybrid Traineeship programme for 16 – 24 year olds • Sectors include Health and Social care, Sports, Construction, Digital engineering. Walsall Works Jobs Brokerage • Working with all age groups • Using contacts with developers, contractors and partner organisations • Advertising roles and supporting people into those roles Walsall Works other programmes • Transitional Care Leavers • Building Better Futures – View fund • Partnerships with Black Country partners including: City Deal – Working Together Talent Match Walsall Works in Numbers • 33 Training providers accessing incentive for employers • 273 Employers receiving incentive Walsall Works Outcomes for residents • 514 Apprenticeships supported by incentive • 435 Pre-apprenticeships • 898 other positive outcomes including: • 23 non-WW pre-apprenticeships; • 416 jobs; • 193 non-WW apprenticeships Future Opportunities • The European Structural and Investment Funds Programme provides funds to help local areas grow. • Black Country LEP submitted Implementation Plan • The Funds will run from to 2014 to 2020 • 3 types of funds involved in the programme • European Social Fund (ESF) • European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) • European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) ESF - Youth Employment Initiative • Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) programmes in a number of Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas that demonstrated high levels of need amongst its young people, this included the Black Country. • This programme is designed to tackle youth employment from ages 16 to 29. • The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the ‘Call for Proposals’ and the allocation. • The timeframe for spending these EU resources includes the 2018 period • The total funding available for the YEI programme in the Black Country is £51m, • EU funding of £17m, YEI funding of £17m Partner Match of £17m ESF - Youth Employment Initiative • The funding has to be targeted at getting 16-18 year-olds NEETs and 19-29 unemployed into positive outcomes such as mainstream education and training, employment, Apprenticeships and Traineeships. • In the Black Country, the Local Authorities of: Dudley, Sandwell, and Wolverhampton, plus Talent Match have designed a programme that fits all of the EU criteria. • Dudley Council is the Accountable Body for the Black Country proposal. • Notification of the success of the submission should be received by November 2015 ESF - Building Better Opportunities • £23.7m allocated to the Black Country • Building Better Opportunities tenders announced in June 2015 • Big Lottery identified as the opt-in partner • • • • Family Poverty – including troubled families (£3.4m) Targeted Community Approach (£5m) Financial and digital inclusion (£3.9m) Employment support for the over 24’s (£10.7m) • Stage 1 applications submitted on 3rd August 2015 • Successful applicants to be notified in Nov-Dec 2015 • Project Start date is September 2016 Question & Answer Session Future Sessions January 2016 walsallworks@walsall.gov.uk Contact Details 01922 654353 Walsallworks@walsall.gov.uk www.flickr.com/walsallworks @Walsallworks Search for Walsallworks