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Page 1: Agenda Welcome Walsall Works Update Process The future Travel Scheme for Apprentices Job brokerage service Other Training Provision EU Strategy Update

  

Page 2: Agenda Welcome Walsall Works Update Process The future Travel Scheme for Apprentices Job brokerage service Other Training Provision EU Strategy Update

Agenda •Welcome•Walsall Works 

•Update •Process•The future 

•Travel Scheme for Apprentices•Job brokerage service•Other Training Provision •EU Strategy Update •AOB•Close 

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Walsall Works Outcomes

• 455  young people have started their Apprenticeship through Walsall Works  

• 397 young people have now started the Pre-Apprenticeship programme

• 567 young people have been supported into other outcomes

 

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Walsall Works Claims & Monitoring

• Make claims as close to the trigger dates as possible• Ensure that claims are complete so that payments are 

not delayed• Let us know about early leavers ASAP and complete a 

leavers form• Monitoring  calls  and  Sustainability  checks  are  being 

undertaken

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Walsall Works Grant limits

• To  ensure  the  grant  is  able  to  support  as  many companies  as  possible,  an  annual  financial  limit will be enacted

• Each employer is able to claim for a total of £30,000 in grants per year. 

• The limits will count from now and there still will be considerations  based  on  company  size  so  providers should contact WW to check prior to applying

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New Hourly Rates

From now there will be a change to the required hourly rates for the Walsall Works grant.

•16 & 17 year olds to be paid £3.79 ph (£3,000 grant)•18 to 20 year olds to be paid £5.13 ph (£4,500 grant)•21 to 24 year olds to be paid £6.50 ph (£6,000 grant) 

 

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NAS Data – Apprenticeship Starts

Walsall Black Country

Intermediate Starts 1,635 7,302

Advanced Starts 716 3,295

Higher Starts 81 378

Total Apprenticeship Starts 2,432 10,975

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NAS Data – Age and Gender

Age Walsall Black Country

<16 2 0

16-18 669 3,054

19-24 857 3,727

25+ 904 4,191

TOTAL 2,432 10,975

Walsall 53.8%

Black Country  54.2%

Walsall 46.2%

Black Country  45.8%

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NAS Data – Top Framework StartsFramework Starts

Health & Social Care 392

Business Administration  242

Customer Service 210

Management 208

Improving Operational Performance 139

Children and Young Peoples Workforce 112

Retail  111

Warehousing and Storage 81

Hospitality  73

Construction 67

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Travel scheme for Apprentices• The full cost for a Black Country monthly card is £45 per month. • Participating employers and training providers contribute 20% 

to the cost of a travel pass (£9.00 per month)• 10% contribution made by National Express (£4.50 per month)• Cost for the young person is £31.50 per month • Which is a 30% discount for annual travel passes if paid by 

monthly direct debit • Travel passes for interviews and to work are available via 

WorkWise for unemployed (non-work programme) customers. 

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Jobs Brokerage Service • Pilot scheme designed to match vacancies from local employers and developments with growing caseload of Walsall residents.

• Range of vacancies have included roles such as H&SC, Admin, Sales and Construction. At various levels but mainly entry level

• Employers also making commitments to provide work placements which can tie in with Traineeships / Pre-apps

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Other Training Provision What additional support are you providing?

• Are there any courses that you are offering to JSA customers or ESA customers?

• What are the referrals pathways?• Start dates • How can we support you? 

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BC European Investment Strategy

Current statusEstimated Timeline

Next Steps

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Implementation PlansThe Black Country LEP submitted first stage

implementation plans in September 2014. These outlined:

• Both ERDF and ESF Project Priorities• Outputs / Outcomes• Spend Profiles• Planned Opt-in arrangements• Governance Proposals

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ESF Programme ThemesEmployment, Skills, Social Inclusion

• EmploymentPromoting employment & supporting labour mobility

• Skills Investing in education, skills & life-long learning

• Social InclusionActive inclusion with a view to improving employability

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Key National Updates

• The Partnership Agreement for delivery of the new programme has been agreed with the UK Government and the EU Commission

• The Department for Work and Pensions will now lead on ESF, including YEI

•  The Department for Communities and Local Government will lead on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

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Key National Updates

The National Operational Programme is currently being negotiated with the Commission. Sign off due early 2015 which will kick off programme starts

Negotiations include moving planned spend from 2014 into 2015 (for YEI, this will change programme end date to 2018, from the current planned 2017 date)

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Start Date

We are currently negotiating our Opt-in agreements with Big Lottery and SFA, including the designing of procurement specifications, based upon the priorities identified in the Black Country ESIF strategy.

Calls are unlikely to be released until June 2015, due to the delays in agreeing Operational Programmes, although UK Government is pushing for an earlier start.

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Start Date

All ESF activity will be released through Open Calls through BIG Lottery and SFA.

Providers should ensure that they are a registered provider on the SFA Bravo solutions site to be able to receive notifications on all SFA related calls.

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Match Funding Opt-In priorities for calls

Skills Funding Agency

• Skills for the unemployed• Workforce Skills• Community Grants• Transformational sectors employer support• Extended National Careers Service 

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Match Funding Opt-In priorities for calls

BIG

• Digital and Financial Inclusion• Families with multiple needs• Community and neighbourhood infrastructure• 25+ Skills for the unemployed

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Any Other Business

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