Business Strategy and Planning Directorate Country Example, UK Eamonn Davern Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus EAMONN DAVERN United Kingdom Jobcentre Plus Business Strategy and Planning Directorate Partnership based upon 3 Pillars Employment Social Inclusion Skills Building 2 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 1
UK PES role in delivering Employment Policy Promoting Work First through an active labour market policypromoting work as the best form of welfare Improving supply side role to facilitate activation of unemployed clients ensuring that they are able to access jobs available. Rights and responsibilities something for something - no fifth option Operational strategies to focus management priorities towards priority client groups in integrated PES/Benefit delivery organisation-jobcentre Plus 3 UK Approach Requirement for unemployed people to actively seek work Assisted jobsearch. Personal Advisers work with client on a regular basis Increasing levels of support as duration of unemployment increases to avoid over treatment Jobcentre Plus works very closely with employers interested in its clients Jobcentre to meet needs of employers in buoyant labour market and dynamic economy 4 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 2
Skills Building Strategic Focus on employer needs to meet labour market demands Jobcentre Plus works in partnership with National Employer Panel Learning and Skills Council New Deal for Skills 5 National Employer Panel Independent body - works with employers to understand the skills they need and devises training to meet those needs Identifies how to ensure that jobless people get the skills they need to improve business productivity Works to create integrated employment and skills system 6 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 3
Learning and Skills Council Goal to improve skills of young people and adults to ensure world class standard workforce Planning and funding of vocational training 2010 Vision for competitive workforce with knowledge and skills to match the best in the world 7 New Deal for Skills Programme to address market failure at low skills level Project providing IT support for Jobcentre Plus to make better use of LSC provision LSC to progress NEP recommendations to make provision more relevant to employer needs JCP/LSC collaboration to feedback consistent information on job outcomes. In conjunction with Employer Training Programme, every adult offered a skills check up, free training to level 2 8 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 4
Social Inclusion Jobcentre Plus - enabling organisation with flexible role to facilitate responses to meet: Customer needs clients and employers community needs Partnership with community agenda in Local Strategic Partnerships Regional requirements usage of European Social Fund resource Integrated package of Child Care support Legislation to foster Disability Holistic approach for Incapacity Benefit Reform involving work with the National Health Service 9 Challenge of the Lisbon Agenda UK meets the 2010 Lisbon targets for: 70% overall employment rate UK 71.6% (EU 63.3%) 60% female employment rate UK 65.6 % (EU 55.7%) 50% older worker employment rate UK 56.2 % (EU 41%) Largely eliminated youth and long term unemployment Ageing population and need to raise employability rates 10 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 5
Future Challenge On-going shared challenge to meet needs of changing labour market in tighter resource environment Green Paper proposals to develop: Pathways to work national employment programme for sick people City Strategy - central government/municipality partnership to address unemployment and social exclusion in targeted urban areas Increasing focus on other clients furthest from labour market e.g lone parents, certain ethnic minority groups 11 Jobcentre Plus Questions? 26 April 2006 Thematic Review Seminar of the European Employment Strategy 6