Tackling worklessness through making Integrated Employment and Skills a reality in your local area: practical propositions and tools for local partners

Establishing an effective integrated employment and skills (IES) system is top of the Government’s agenda, and is even more important during the current economic downturn.IES is a broad agenda with many interpretations.

Cllr Stephen Houghton’s Review: Tackling Worklessness highlights the pivotal role of Local Authorities and Local Strategic Partnership members in developing and delivering services that will help disadvantaged people to get the skills and support that they need to move into and stay in work.

Together, we will explore how key Government welfare to work and skills programmes can be joined together to provide integrated pathways that meet the needs of differing groups of customers.

We will also explore how local partners can play a leading role in working with partners to develop Work and Skills Plans and Work and Skills Integrated Budgets – two of the key elements of a new framework proposed in the Houghton Review.

As part of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to develop their own personal plans to apply ideas within their own local areas.

The workshop will provide:

• A clearer understanding of what IES can look like in practice
• Some examples of what IES means for individuals, providers and funding agencies
• Information about tools and approaches to take forward IES – including the JHC Integrated Planning approach and Matrix
• A personal plan for participants to apply the ideas explored in the workshop within their local areas.

Places and dates

21 May 2009 – Inclusion

10 September – Sheffield

Workshop leaders

Jo Hudek, JH Consulting

Mark Prangell, JH Consulting

Price

Private sector£245

Public sector and academic institutions£195

Charity, voluntary sector and not-for-profit£145