2. Learning for Living and Working in London 12 May 2008 Neil Roberts London West LSC Welcome

3. Strategy Development 01

4. Background • Inclusion through Excellence • Progression through Partnership • Valuing People • National Learning for Living and Work strategy

5. Background • Draft strategy launched in June 2007 • Consultation events across London • Machinery of Government changes July 2007 • London Skills and Employment Board Strategy October 2007 • Learning for Living and Working in London January 2008

6. Strategic Goals 02

7. Goals • Goal 1To expand employment opportunities and improve progression routes into employment of different kinds

8. Goals • Goal 2 To provide people with better services through effective partnerships working at local, regional and national level.

9. Goals • Goal 3To understand better what learners and employers want, the services currently available and what changes need to be made

10. Goals • Goal 4To reshape the curriculum so as to support people in achieving their potential for independent living and employment

11. Goals • Goal 5To make a good range of opportunities accessible throughout the region through shared expertise and building local capacity

12. Implementation 03

13. Strategic Partners Group Transition Task & Finish Group Planning Task & Finish Group Investment Task & Finish Group Employability Task & Finish Group Governance Structures of the partner agencies e.g. the LSC Regional Council London East LLDD Network London North LLDD Network London West LLDD Network London Central LLDD Network London South LLDD Network Implementation Structure

14. Strategic Partners Group • Purpose: • To oversee the implementation of the strategy, to negotiate responsibilities, to apply resources to priorities and to ensure a coherent implementation. • Membership:GLA • LSC • JCP • London Councils • LDA • Skill (Voluntary Sector) • Valuing People • ALDCS • Also seeking: GOL, NHS, ADASS

15. Planning Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Shared Data Analysis • To determine data gaps • To improve data reliability • To consider data compatibility and • To agree data sharing. • Business Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies business planning process • To develop a common business planning timeline to provide future demand projections Contributing to Goal 2 – providing better services through effective partnerships Goal 3 – understanding better what learners want

16. Investment Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Response identification • Reviewing practice across service delivery • Determining the best responses to support the specific needs. • Reviewing existing provision • Determining key investment priorities. • Investment Planning alignment • To identify and plot relevant agencies investment planning process • To develop a common annual investment process to meet future demand projections Contributing to: Goal 3: better understanding learners needs, current services and changes needed Goal 5: to make a good range of opportunities available

17. Employability Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • Best practice dissemination • Identifying good practice of work with LLDD in learning and employment • Developing a directory of good practice and disseminating. • Encouraging alignment of curriculum to best practice and the employability agenda across London • Engaging employers • Developing a model of representing the value of people with disabilities to employers through the Single Employer Offer Contributing to: Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities Goal 4: reshaping the curriculum to support independence and employment.

18. Transition Task and Finish Group • Purpose: • School to college • Understanding the information and presentation needs of colleges • Understanding the information available in schools • Developing a cross agency transition protocol from school to college • Learning to work • Understanding the information and support needs of employers • Understanding the information available in learning • Developing a cross agency transition protocol from learning to work Contributing to: Goal 1: expanding employment opportunities Goal 2: improve services through partnership Goal 5: making opportunities available through shared expertise

19. Local Area LLDD Networks • Purpose: • To ensure practicality of proposals of Task and Finish Groups. • To articulate provider views on tackling the barriers to independent living and work for people with disabilities • To canvas and represent views from people with disabilities on the progress of the strategy. • To provide ideas, information and examples of good practice to the task and finish groups. • Operation: • Each LLDD network will be convened by an LSC Partnership Director • LSC will contract with an agency to support the network • The Partnership Director will report back to the network on progress and will outline forthcoming decisions. • The Partnership Director will present ideas from the network to the Groups.

20. What is happening in London West? 04

21. London West • Feedback meeting 29th February 2008 • 1st network meeting 4th April 2008 • Next meeting 6th June 2008 • Broad group local issues – regional influence

22. Questions?