Phil RoyleDistrict Operations Manager

Greater Manchester Central and Cheshire District

2Department for Work & Pensions

Worklessness

•Current position and trends

•Progress with ‘Get Salford Working’

•Challenges in the months ahead

3Department for Work & Pensions

Current position for November 2012

•Working age population 151,000

•JSA Claimant count 8,171– of which

18-24 year olds 2,3852,240 of the 8,171 claimants are unemployed for more than a year

•JSA New Claims in November 1,689

•Numbers leaving JSA in November 1,758

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Current position - JSA trends in Salford

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JSA trends in GM – October 2012

Bolton, 8,419

Bury, 4,829

Manchester, 20,184

Oldham, 7,952

R'dale, 7,382

Salford, 8,257

Stockport, 5,976

Tameside, 7,173

Trafford, 4,708

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Current position - Inactive benefits

Worklessness also includes :

People on Employment & Support Allowance or Incapacity Benefit15,200Manchester : 33,350 Wigan : 18,140 Bolton : 15,380

• Lone Parents on Income Support 3,440 Manchester : 8,580 Wigan : 3,000 Bolton : 2,940

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In Oct 2012, 35,950 vacancies were notified across GM

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2,214 (Salford, Oct 2012)

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‘Getting Salford Working’ - how are we doing ?

Salford Jobcentres (4) perform well compared to District and National for speed of getting people off JSA in the first year of unemployment

Salford National

At : 13 weeks 55.4% 56.37

26 weeks 74.5% 74.89%

39 weeks 83.28% 82.96%

52 weeks 87.97% 87.93%

Latest figures are year to date to Aug 2012

9Department for Work & Pensions

‘Getting Salford Working’ - how are we doing ?From April to October 2012 :

• 2045 signposted to local Work Clubs

• 510 signposted to Work Together (volunteering)

• 62 to Enterprise Clubs

• 974 to Work Experience (of which 301 started)

• 265 through Sector Based Work Academies

• 269 referred to New Enterprise Allowance for mentoring

• 3670 for a Skills Assessment to inform job prospects

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‘Getting Salford Working’ - Long Term Unemployed

Work Programme Prime Providers in Salford are :

• G4S

• Avanta

• Seetec

– Have received 4,390 referrals from Jobcentre Plus in Salford between June 2011 and October 2012

– Mainly JSA but some ESA customers

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Work Programme

Of the 4,390 referrals :

150 job outcomes achieved of which90 went into sustained employment

So, 3.5% of Salford claimants attached to the Work Programme have gone into work

Against 3.7% nationally and 3.7% in the NW

12Department for Work & Pensions

What’s working………………• Partnership approach –

– Salford Futures

– Tesco (Sector Based Work Academies)

– Skills Conditionality (with Salford City College)

– Joint focus on vulnerable groups - Neighbourhood Teams

• New Enterprise Allowance

• Work Experience

– Kids Without Connections

• Digital agenda – connecting with our customers

– 43% of Salford claimants now do JSA Online !

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What next………………

•A challenging labour market in GM. How do we create more local job opportunities ?

•Improve outcomes from the Work Programme

•Continue to improve and increase skills of the workless.

•Focus on Digital – Universal Jobmatch.

•Improve services and efficiency by co-location (Irlam)

•Keep focussed on finding people jobs