Delivering The Families Programme in London

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Delivering The Families Programme in London

Lizzi Holman

Policy and Research Manager,

Reed in Partnership


The Families Agenda

• Prime Minister’s commitment to try to turn around the most troubled families in the country by 2015

• Across Government, measures are being introduced to support these families which include:• Community Budgets• the New Troubled Families Team; and• ESF Support for Families with Multiple Problems


DWP Aims for The Families Programme

• Support many of the 120,000 workless families in England to move closer to the labour market

• Break the welfare dependency cycle • Reduce intergenerational worklessness by

overcoming fear of employment• Build on the success of Family Intervention

Projects (FIPs)• Supporting families to access local services


DWP Programme Information

• Provision is voluntary and will last for 12 months• Local Authorities (LA’s) identify and refer families• Aim to tackle entrenched worklessness• Support will be available to individual family members• 2 Contract Package Areas (CPAs) across London (East

& West) – Reed in Partnership are Prime Provider in each CPA

• Contracts are for three years• DWP & ESF funded


Our Delivery Model

• Engagement and referral• Assessment• Individual and Family Action Plans• Three Progress Measures• Family Workshops• Preparation for work• Job start• In-work support


Progress Measure Categories1. Interventions to overcome family related barriers

2. Interventions to tackle work related barriers

3. Reducing Social and Economic Isolation

4. Addressing Health and Housing Related Barriers

5. NEET prevention by engaging young people

6. Reducing the impact of crime

7. Mindset and Resilience


A Focus on Progress Measures• Family dynamics• Parenting• Domestic abuse• Caring• Childcare• Debt• Work experience• Active community engagement• Isolation amongst refugee and BME

communities• Reducing re-offending• Preventing youth unemployment• Challenging benefit dependency

• Achieving qualifications and skills• Literacy and numeracy• New enterprise skills• Housing stability• Physical heath condition

management• Mental health condition

management• Substance abuse and addiction• Gang culture• Supporting career progression


Our commitments and innovation

• Dedicated Family Employment Advisers• Family Workshops and Better off Calculations• Family Action Fund• Online Portal• Parental Peer Programme• Health and Wellbeing Team Support• Supporting Business Growth


Our Supply Chain: end-to-end providers in the West CPA

• Burleigh College

• Vital Regeneration

• Twin Training

• Reed in Partnership


Our Supply Chain – end-to-end providers in East London

• LB Bexley• LB Greenwich• LB Newham• Amicus Horizon• LionHeart in the Community• Twin Training• EcoActif• Community Links• Reed in Partnership


Our Supply Chain – specialist providers• Addaction• Adult Training Network• Blue Sky Development and Regeneration• Brentford FC Community Sports Trust• Community Systems(North London) Ltd• Debt Advice Network• Faith Regen Foundation Ltd• Family Lives• Fulham Football Club Foundation• Intech Centre Ltd• Kennedy Scott Ltd• Lionheart in the Community (LITC)• Mapalim Ltd• Martinex Ltd trading as Burleigh College• NACRO• ProDiverse Ltd• Randstad HR Solutions• Red Kite Learning• Relate

• Remploy Ltd• Renaisi Ltd• Renovo Employment Group Ltd• Sev Necati Training• Tamil Relief Centre (TRC)• The Football League (Community) Ltd t/a• The Football League Trust• The JGA Group• The Prince's Trust• The Shaw Trust• The Twist Partnership Ltd (Twist)• Tottenham Hotspur Foundation• Transforming A Generation• Twin Training International Ltd• Urban Transformation Ltd• West London Vocation Training College• Women Like Us CIC


Provider Network

• Express interest through [email protected]• Complete Provider Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ)• PAQ assessed and feedback provided by Reed

Tip: Ensure you provide all requested information regarding experience, policies and accreditation

Provider expresses interest in joining Provider Network

Provider emails rinp.subcontractors

@reed.co.uk

Provider completes PAQ

Online Application

Reed evaluate and score PAQ

Reed confirm Provider’s whether the PAQ was successful and provide feedback

Reed issue Provider Assessment

Questionnaire (PAQ)


Office Locations - West

• 14 Fixed Office Locations: in Brent, Ealing, Haringey x 4, Westminster x 4, Hammersmith and Fulham, Barnet, Wandsworth and Kingston upon Thames

• 9 Work Programme co-location sites

• Over 170 community locations for outreach


Office locations - East

• Fixed Office Locations: Hackney, Southwark, Croydon, Lewisham, Ilford and Tower Hamlets

• And community locations for outreach with the

assistance of Local Authorities


Contact Details

To join our provider network:[email protected]

Referrals in East CPAJamila [email protected]

Other enquiries:0207 708 [email protected]

Referrals in West London CPA

Niro Sritharan

[email protected]

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Delivering The Families Programme in London