Welfare to Work - Scotland 2012

Working Well Together

Linda McKay,Principal, Forth Valley College

• Regional College since 2005

• Serving 14,000 learners

• Serving 3 local authority areas

• Serving key sectors: oil & gas, chemicals, life sciences, energy, tourism, creative industries, food & drink

• Reach from Grangemouth National Park

Our Organisation

• 5.1% activity / 5.6% Scottish population• High proportion of work-based learning

– 10% of activity with 91% success rate

• Over 2,000 employers actively engaged including BP,GSK, NHS Forth Valley

• 59% of full time learners in 16-19 age category – responding to Opportunities For All

• 240 New College Learners currently recruiting• 850 learners not yet accommodated – session

2012/13• Reduction in funding since 2010 – 13.8%

Our Organisation

“Almost all learners successfully gain employment and employers regard the

College as a major source for recruitment”.

Get A Job,

Keep A Job, Get a Better Job

Forth Valley College – 25 May 2012

A Report by Education Scotland

• Stirling Council / FVC – Project: Raploch Campus– Outcome: A unique hospitality service and training

environment.• INEOS / Heriot Watt / FVC

– Project: Engineers of the Future MA -> M Eng– Outcome: Unique MA -> M Eng programme for

apprentices• Historic Scotland / FVC

– Project: National Conservation Centre– Outcome: Specialist and enhanced training for

Scotland’s built heritage

Partnership Experience

• Shared ambition to make a difference• Motivated, empowered staff• Delivery focus with strong project

management• Innovation and risk taking with executive

support• Openness over funds / resources /

performance• A partner of choice - behaviours

Learning to Partner

The College has “a positive reputation with community, business and other learning providers

for integrity, flexibility and, particularly, responsiveness”.

Forth Valley College – 25 May 2012

A Report by Education Scotland

What Partners say…

The Forth Valley Regional Gateway to Work

•SFC/SDS pump priming

•Job outcomes not learning outcomes

•Effective referral and tracking systems

•Joined up funding solutions

•Fitting services to people

•Matching individuals to opportunity

Excellent Practice

• OPITO Transitions– 16 week offshore programme– 90% Job Outcomes– Roll out to armed services

• Creative Individuals in to Self Employment– Business Gateway Clackmannanshire–Ceteris– Business mentors– 75% start ups achieved

Tailored Solutions

Short job focused training

Year 1

•106 clients with 65% achieving job outcomes

•£1,096,154 overall savings and contribution based on Benefit savings, Tax and NI.

Value for the Public Pound

• 3 local employability partnerships• Forth Valley wide PACE partnership• SDS – New College Learning• Business Gateway x 3• Third Sector• Training providers• NHS Forth Valley• ……….• Crucially employers & sector bodies

Working together with:

• Is making a real difference

• Is within existing resources

• Promotes intelligence sharing

• Promotes local solutions

• Develops positive relationships

• BUT…

Working together…in practice…

• Massive resource commitment – people• Complex funding streams and performance

measures• Duplication• Data sharing issues• Beaurocracy

• Sustainable?• Efficient?

Working together…in practice…

S COT TIS H

SERVIC E S PUBLIC

Scotland’s Digital Future: Delivery of Public Services

BUSINES ACC ESS APPROACH

DATA S CO LLAB O R ATION

D E LIVE R DEVELO PM E N TDIGITAL E FFIC IE N C Y FRAMEWORKICT LOCAL

NATIONALOPEN O PP O R TU N ITIES IM P R O V E INFORMATION EFFECTIVE

SCOTLAN D P R O C U R E M E N T

SH AR IN G STANDARDS STR ATEG Y SUPPORT

TE C H N O LO G IE S W O R K FO R C E U SER S

The Future Delivery of Public Services

What’s stopping us?