Talent MatchFulfilling Lives: supporting young people into work

Sharon Jones

Insanity?

Doing the same thing over and over again....

....and expecting different

results

Why Young People?

Almost 1.5million young people aged 16-24 are NEETs

Significant periods of unemployment for young people has been linked to:

Longer term unemployment

Low earnings in later life

Ill Health

ACEVO project the net cost to the Treasury over the next decade as approx £28billion

Young People’s Investment Team

Talent Match is...

• A £100 million investment aimed at helping those Young People who are furthest from the labour market

• An investment into our belief that with targeted and appropriate support young people are able to improve their own circumstances and chances

• An opportunity to maximise the impact of our funding by gathering learning and evidence to influence and inform future approaches and policy

Up to £100 million across England to

enable young people, who are furthest from the labour market, to secure

employment or take up enterprising opportunities

Focusing on 18 – 24 year olds who have been out of work, education or training for over 12

months

Aim and focus

PrinciplesStructured

opportunitiesBy wiring together the public, private

and VCS in partnership

Structured opportunitiesBy wiring together the public, private

and VCS in partnership

Supporting local

solutionsMatching supply

and demand

Supporting local

solutionsMatching supply

and demand

Asset basedYoung people and

employers are fully engaged

Asset basedYoung people and

employers are fully engaged

Person centred

approachHarness passion

and potential

Person centred

approachHarness passion

and potential

Strong and positive

communications

Promoting positive images of young

people

Strong and positive

communications

Promoting positive images of young

people

Outcomes for young people

What we want to achieve

Young people secure employment, take up training or further education or create

their own employment and enterprise

Young people secure employment, take up training or further education or create

their own employment and enterprise

Improved confidence,

optimism and

support for young

people who have

been unemployed for

12 months to lead

successful, fulfilling

and useful lives

Improved confidence,

optimism and

support for young

people who have

been unemployed for

12 months to lead

successful, fulfilling

and useful lives

Pathways to positive economic activity

What we want to achieve

Improved and coordinated local

pathways for young people into positive economic

activity

More employers providing

meaningful, supported

employment opportunities for

young people

Increased quality, relevance and access to local

employment and training

Enhanced evidence of the nature,

circumstances and patterns of youth unemployment

The People

Cross-sector partnerships

Voluntary and community sector led

Private business, SMEs and the VCS as

employers

Relevant opportunities

What won’t get funded

Poor partnership

working

Poor partnership

working

Not doing things

differently

Not doing things

differently

Not locally driven

Not locally driven

Statutory duties

Statutory dutiesPoor value for

moneyPoor value for

money

Young people not involved or tokenistic

engagement

Young people not involved or tokenistic

engagement

Doesn’t challenge poor image of young people

Doesn’t challenge poor image of young people

Not targeted on our focus

group

Not targeted on our focus

group

Not targeting need. Spreading funds and

resources thinly

Not targeting need. Spreading funds and

resources thinly Not deliveringNot delivering

Target areas

Date Activity

Late June 2012 • National press launch – details available on our website and press activity

27 June – 27 July 2012 • Initial local partnership meetings in 21 areas• Partnership development funding available

August 2012 • Partnerships start to develop their prospectus for funding• Public contact identified for each partnership

November 2012 • Each partnerships submits a prospectus

January 2013 • Our England Committee take decisions on funding• Partnerships begin developing detailed project plans

By June 2013 and beyond

• BIG approves project plans – project delivery begins

Timescales and how

Sustained job

outcomes and

other positive

activities

Sustained job

outcomes and

other positive

activities

Evaluation and Learning

Assessing what

worked, for

whom and whyAssessing what

worked, for

whom and why

Shared and comparable – tracking young people’s journey

Shared and comparable – tracking young people’s journeyAn economic impact assessment

An economic impact assessment

Annual local and national targets

Annual local and national targetsCredible, robust

and timelyCredible, robust

and timely

Next steps

…making it happen

BIG, young people and local partners…