Sue Hannan

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Sue Hannan

• TV Employability Framework Manager
• Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit

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• Background to my role
• REF key concepts
• Tees Valley Employability Framework
• Next Steps

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What is the Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit ?

• The TV JSU was set up in 1996 to carry out
  strategic functions on behalf of Darlington,
  Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland
  and Stockton Borough Councils
• a) Planning - Tees Valley Structure Plan
• b) Economic development strategy/regeneration
• c) Transport planning
• d) Information and forecasting service
• e) European programme funding ESF ERDF
• It now also includes tourism ( Visit Tees Valley)
• See http//www.teesvalley-jsu.gov.uk/

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Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit

• TV City Region (Tees Valley Unlimited)
• TV Employment Skills Board
• Higher Level Skills
• Employability
• TV Employability Framework Manager

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REF Employability Model
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REF Funding Model
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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• Work done by Shared Intelligence talking to
  partners
• Final version Oct 08
• Clear recommendations that fit with the REF
• Five work-streams to be taken forward via three
  working groups

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• Aims
• Greater customer reach
• Clear, co-ordinated customer offer
• Clear, co-ordinated employer offer
• Joined up E S infrastructure
• Improved information sharing management.

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• 1. Greater Customer Reach
• Develop client engagement activities
• Explore potential for enhanced outreach and case
  mmnt.
• Formalise joint working with wider services
  (health, housing, probation etc.)
• Enhance/join up local employability planning
• Support involvement of wider services, eg debt
  counselling, housing etc.
• Develop capacity of the VCS

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• 2. Clear, Co-ordinated Customer Offer
• Establish shared principles core offer, plug
  gaps, case manager
• Develop Common Assessment Framework ES Action
  Plans
• Link to Job Placement Brokerage eg sector
  based job brokerage programmes
• Enhance Retention Aftercare support for
  individuals
• Client tracking/database

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• 3. Clear, Co-ordinated Employer Offer
• Develop a No Wrong Door approach
• Develop a Single Employer Offer
• Develop Sector Based Job Brokerage Models
• Link Opportunity Need eg. S106 agreements,
• CEI/Building Futures approach, dedicated vacancy
  teams
• Enhanced Aftercare/ In-work Support for employers

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• 4. Joined up ES Infrastructure
• Establish a joint planning, commissioning
  management framework
• Explore alignment of employability funding
• Develop a joint approach to commissioning
  influencing mainstream funding

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• 5. Improved Sharing Management of Information
• Develop a single tracking referral database
  (Hanlon)
• Develop a shared information portal vacancies,
  forecasting etc.
• Establish joint monitoring and evaluation
  processes feedback etc.

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• Governance / Management
• 3 x Operational Working Groups
• Customer Engagement/Offer
• Employer engagement/post employment support
• Information sharing /management
• Reporting ? to TVEF Steering Group
• (also d/w ES Infrastructure)
• Reporting to ? TV ESB

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Tees Valley Employability Framework

• Next Steps
• TVEF Manager in post 22 Sept 08
• First Meeting of Steering Group held 20 Nov 08
• TVU Board 10th Dec
• First Meeting of Working Groups Jan 09
• Linking / aligning with Local (LAAs) Regional
  (REF)
• National level ( for developments in Integration
  of Employment Skills -IES)
• Future - Develop an ES MAA for Tees Valley

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Sue Hannan

• TV Employability Framework Manager
• Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit
• sue.hannan_at_teesvalley-jsu.gov.uk
• Tel - 01642 264922
• Mobile [phone]