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Hertfordshire Training & Development Consortium
Working Together Better To Help Parents Into Employment
Sarah ElliottMarch 2013
Agenda
• Introduction/Background
• Feedback from Briefing Meeting on 5th February:– Opportunities and Issues for Children’s Centres
• Today’s workshop
HTDC Introduction
• Set up in 2008, website launched Dec 2010– Lead body is Hertfordshire Community Foundation
• 300 full and associate members
• Main activities– Workforce development for the voluntary sector– Support for training providers– Promote networking and partnership working e.g. for
social housing providers
Tackling Child Poverty
Getting parents into work is a major factor in reducing child poverty:
– Potential to increase household income
– Raises children’s own aspirations
HTDC and HCC Childhood Support Services
• Commissioning small projects designed to reduce Child Poverty in Hertfordshire
• HTDC involved in a range of initiatives around developing Employability Skills provision
• Welfare Reform changes mean more lone parents need to seek employment– Unable to claim income support once child is 5
• Identified the potential to develop the capacity of Children’s Centres to support parents into work
Opportunities and Issues for Children’s Centres
Children’s Centres
Strengths/ Opportunities
Access to
parents
Universal/
Wide
range
Prior to children starting school
See dailyRelationships
with parents
Trusted/gentle
Able to boost
confidence/self
esteem
Identify needs
Know skills/ abilities
Induction to learning
Knowled
geBenefits
Support MAU/CAB
JCP
Local employers
Community
Training/advice providers
College
s
Facilities
Volunteering
Opportunitie
s
IT/Internet
Childcare
Children’s Centres
Barriers/Issues
Engageme
nt with
parents
Awareness of CC Role
Lack of
Knowledge
/
Relationsh
ips
Lack of Resources
Access to
IT/Internet
Childcar
e
Lack of
Funding
Premises/
facilities
Staff capacity
Performance Management
Admin for Volunteer Placements
Staff expertise
Confidence to advise
Who is
workless
?
Lack of Motivation
Lack of suitable jobs
Don’t turn up
Families don’t recognise they
need help
Perception CC pushing into jobs
Families Local Community
Providers
How to identify providers
Other employability programmes
Confusio
nLack of co-ordination
Benefits
Impact of
returning
to work
JCP
Poor
outreach
Not targetedInconsistent/
not productive
Who to contact?
What can be delivered?
Key messages
• Children’s Centres are well placed, but you can’t do it on your own
• Partnerships are key to developing provision:– Bring in expertise– Utilise existing funded programmes– Partner with each other in local areas– Communicate to share best practice/learning
Today’s Programme
Aims of Today
• Improve understanding of current Welfare to Work programmes
• Identify the role of Children’s Centres in supporting parents
• Develop links with providers of employability skills and housing
• Establish best practice in engaging/supporting unemployed parents
The Programme
• HCC – tackling Child Poverty• Existing funded Welfare to Work Programmes:
– DWP/JCP– Skills Funding Agency
• Dacorum BC – Delivering in Partnership• MAU – Transition from Benefits to Work• HTDC – Volunteering to build confidence and skills• Table discussions
– Share best practice– Establishing effective partnerships
HTDC is a project led by Hertfordshire Community Foundation, registered charity number 299438.
Sarah ElliottDevelopment Worker
Hertfordshire Training & Development Consortium01707 251351
Volunteering – Building Confidence, Skills and Experience
Volunteering is :-
• Giving time and energy to benefit other people or the environment
• A matter of choice
• Unpaid apart from out of pocket expenses
People volunteer for a variety of reasons
Personal development through volunteering
• learn new skills• practise existing skills• increase confidence• meet people from all walks of life• improve CV• pick up good ideas• get references• build relationships• have fun• become more employable!
Getting into volunteering
• Register an interest on www.do-it.org
or
• Contact the local Volunteer Centre– Phone– Email– Call in
www.volunteeringherts.org
Valuing Volunteer Management 6 Point Promise
Good Practice in Good Practice in Volunteer ManagementVolunteer Management
Valuing Volunteer Management6 Point Promise
1. Planning
2. Recruitment
3. Induction
4. Support and safety
5. Training and personal development
6. Involving, rewarding and recognising
Benefits of 6 Point Promise
• Recognition as an organisation that values volunteers• Improved recruitment and retention of volunteers• Higher profile – on www.volunteeringherts.org • Access to further support from local Volunteer Centres
e.g. template documents, training• Recognition by potential funders• Eligibility for Valuing Volunteer Management Award• A starting point for accreditation e.g. IiV• Volunteer Management Day – 5th June, Hatfield
Build your own capacity:
• New social network• www.ivo.org/skills-share-herts • Links professional skills to charities that need
specific help• To find out more, contact your local Volunteer
Centre
Local Volunteer Centres
• Broxbourne & East Herts• Dacorum• Hertsmere *• North Herts *• Royston• St Albans *• Stevenage* • Welwyn Hatfield *
* part of a CVS
www.volunteeringherts.org
Table Discussions
1. Sharing Best Practice
• Round table – what experience of running employability programmes for parents?
• Ideas to motivate parents and engage them?
• What works/doesn’t work?
2. Effective Partnerships
a. Round table – what experience of working with JCP and providers of advice and training?
b. What works/ doesn’t work?
c. Linking up with other Children’s Centres – what facilities and resources could you share?