Tackling worklessness among social housing tenants

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Tackling worklessness among social housing
tenants
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Overview of Workshop

• Routes 2 Work DVD
• Overview of the projects we have delivered and
  why they succeeded
• Worklessness and social housing
• Roles for social landlords
• Some of our proposals for the future
• QA

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Worklessness households

• Characterised by multiple disadvantages
• Low skills - one third of workless households
  have no people with any qualification
• Half of all adults living in workless households
  have some form of long-term disability
• Over 60 of workless households have been
  workless for more than three years
• Over 1/3rd of workless households have children
  and caring responsibilities
• Problems with transport

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Worklessness and social housing

• One third of workless households are in social
  housing
• Worklessness rate is double national average
• 80 of new housing association tenants aged 16-24
• are without work

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Roles for social landlords

• Level 1 Information and knowledge sharing
• Level 2 Signposting and advising
• Level 3 Delivering services

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Level 1 Information and knowledge sharing

• Examples
• Use of newsletters and mailings to inform
  residents
• Employment information in settling in packs
• Information sharing (subject to data protection)

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Level 2 Signposting and advising

• Examples
• Signposting and referring residents to existing
• mainstream and local initiatives
• Housing and employment advice linking up
• Supporting resident engagement in getting into
  work

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Level 3 Delivering services

• Key approaches
• Either doing it as a contractor/sub-contractor to
• mainstream programmes
• Developing own initiatives

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Level 3 Delivering services cont

• Modes of delivery
• Facilitator getting others to do it
• Working in partnership with others
• Doing it directly as leader/ initiator

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Level 3 Delivering services cont

• Main types of initiative
• Tackling worklessness through front-line
  services
• Skills development
• Employment
• Enterprise

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Effective approaches

• Consider the influencing factors
• Adopt a strategic approach
• Use power of procurement
• Use role as an employer
• Engage and involve residents
• Work in partnership
• Seek sustainability

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Working in partnership

• With
• Other social landlords
• Jobcentre Plus and prime contractors
• LSC and training providers
• Business
• Third sector

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Our proposals for the future

• Maximising opportunities from our procurement
• Environmental works
• Cyclical programmes painting grounds
  maintenance
• Other contracts
• Community investment into Social Enterprise
  growth
• Continue to deliver programmes in partnership via
  the LSP/LAA framework

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• QA

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Contact Routes 2 WorkCall 01900
873371Email Julie.wedgwood_at_harvesthousing.org.u
kWebsite www.harvesthousing.org.uk
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