European Social Fund Programme Launch 2021 – 2023 Thursday 25 April 2019

2. European Social Fund Programme Launch 2021 – 2023Thursday 25 April 2019 The CAST Theatre, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU , Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

3. During this event, we may take photographs to use in case studies and post about the event on social media, such as Linked In. If you do not wish for your photograph to be taken, please inform me.

4. Programme Objectives: Bring out a strong, deliverable programme that adds value This session is run through the Technical Assistance team at Doncaster • Follows on from the previous consultation session • To help the market prepare for the calls • While not required – consortia bids are encouraged and its an opportunity to network • For you to start to think through your offer (the TA team are here) • Opportunity to understand the operating environment • Other ESF Projects presenting to help you identify fit and opportunity

5. Time to Prepare… likely launch in May/June 2019 Things to consider: • What will make you different to the current support available? • How can you provide tailored, flexible and highly responsive support? • Check the output requirements for the priorities you are interested in, these are not flexibleand provide a framework for your offer • Check your proposal is affordable within the ESF unit cost framework – Technical Assistance can help • Do you have the required match funding for your proposal • Ensure you can deliver effectively at scale • What delivery partners you need and how you will work well together? • Obtain Technical Assistance as soon as you can

6. Context: SCR ESIF Programme (Structural & Investment Funds) - National allocation = ESF & European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) • Managing Authority = Dept. Work and Pensions (DWP) • Programme delivered in 7-year periods, now 2014-2020 programme • Spend up to 2023 • Investment based on “additionality” requiring “match” funding • Contains priorities with fixed output requirements and ringfenced allocations

7. SCR ESIF Programme

8. To give you a feel for the scale of contracts… • Figures are not precise due to current contracting process and remain subject to change • With match the expected contract size is broadly double this • We are looking to invest all remaining funds so figures may change as contracts are let

9. Framework for Investment South Yorkshire is classified as Transitional area (40% local investment required) Northern Derbyshire and Bassetlaw classified as Developed area (50% local investment required)

10. Framework for Investment These OUTPUT INDICATORS are fixed

11. The Shape of the Calls to come: • Priority 1.1: • Innovative interventions to re-attract people into work who have previously worked in growth sectors and are currently unemployed and programmes which allow them to re-fresh skills for the current labour market • Interventions to support people working/have worked in industries in decline to transfer skills into growing employment areas • Innovative ways of providing work experience relevant to current and future vacancies in the growth sectors including pre-employment training. • Promotion of self-employment and enterprise to disadvantaged communities, providing intensive early support to help shape commercial ideas as a pre-cursor to Launchpad and other support available for Self-Employment involving pre-enterprise training, pre-start up enterprise trials and training.

12. The Shape of the Calls to come: • Priority 1.2: • Supporting young people who are Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET to develop sector specific skills to support either progression into employment, further education or training. Support will be expected to include help for young people experiencing mild to moderate stress and anxiety.

13. The Shape of the Calls to come: • Priority 1.4: • Innovative approaches to engaging digitally excluded community groups in accessible community settings. Development of community digital advocates as a route to engagement. Individual pathways to technical skills and qualifications aligned to achievable career opportunities. • Community based intensive engagement projects specifically for identified disadvantaged groups in the labour market (BAME women, migrant communities, Traveller and Roma communities, care leavers and those with caring responsibilities), with a clear aim of developing a strong career pathway for those priority groups into and within work. • A rapid place then train employment support service directly for people who have a common physical and/or mental health condition and/or disability to find and keep paid work.

14. The Shape of the Calls to come: • Priority 2.1: • Tailored provision to enable disadvantaged groups and returners to the workplace to seek, prepare for and secure higher paid and more senior positions in the workforce and to gain the tools and confidence to progress in work to senior positions(for example, women/carers returning to work who have taken time out for caring responsibilities but are in lower paid or lower status jobs than the one they had prior to their career break) • A clear supported pathway resulting in higher level digital skills including on the job experience to access higher skilled jobs and in work career progression.

15. The Shape of the Calls to come: • Priority 2.2: • The development and implementation of innovative ways to share learning between educators, businesses, learners and communities, considering how, in introducing new and strengthening current working practices, productivity can be maintained and increased in response to future industry challenges (i.e. Industry 4.0. an ageing workforce, higher level skills etc). Activity should enable businesses to look at a wide variety of factors which may affect retention and progression. • Work with SMEs and micros to strengthen employment opportunities for graduates from groups disadvantaged in the work place through knowledge transfer programmes, industry-based projects etc.

16. Things to think about, recap: • You will need to be aware of existing provision and demonstrate how your offer adds value to and works alongside that. • Have you got a track record in delivery in this area – if not, it will benefit you to partner with someone who has, particularly with ESF project delivery • Will your proposal deliver the outputs required, you will not be successful if you deliver something that will not meet those requirements • Look hard at your costings, ESF has output prices, its hard to generate a reserve in delivery of an ESF project. Speak to Technical Assistance. • It is payment linked to output delivery, if you don’t cost it properly you end up with Working Capital challenges. • We are looking for strong, diverse programmes, while not essential, partnering is help to enable flexible responses to often complex needs.

17. Local Integration Boards • 5 established (Barnsley, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Rotherham & Sheffield) • Led by the Local Authorities Features: • Key stakeholders from employment, skills and health • Meet monthly • Focus on service integration and alignment reducing barriers to work Strong impacts to date and growing

18. Overview of some of our ESF programmes launching now: 5-minute overviews to help you align any potential offer • Skills Support for the Workforce • Skills Support for the Unemployed • Pathways to Progression • Pathways to Success

19. Sheffield City Region Skills Support for the Workforce

20. What is skills support for the workforce? • The Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) programme provides fully funded workplace training to SME's to meet individual, employer and regional economic needs. • The training includes bespoke and vocationally relevant qualifications that are responsive to the needs identified in the Training Needs Analysis (covering business and growth plans, skills gaps and progression opportunities) • Training provided is aimed to enhance employees’ skills, increase the competitiveness of business and boost the local economy.

23. The Growth CompanySkills support for the unemployed.April 2019

24. Deliver Model Overview GC will be delivering the Skills support for the unemployment programme in Sheffield, Rotherham & Doncaster. We are adopting a 3 Stage process: • Engagement • Transition • Progression In addition to the requirements for each outcome there are further contractual elements that sit alongside all outcomes, all learners must receive: - a) Regular progress reviews b) Exit interview c) 1-1 Mentoring d) High quality IAG at all stages.

25. Phase #1 : Engagement • The learner must be seen within 15 days of the referral date. • Engagement phase must include an Assessment. (Discussion regarding Assessment needed) • The learner must be eligible for programme and have a skills or training need that is identified as a barrier to their gaining sustainable employment whilst also addressing personal and social barriers.

26. Phase #2: Transition The transition phase will be made up of Non Accredited and/or Regulated Learning as part of the customer journey. Customers may undertake a number of different Non Accredited and Regulated Learning outcomes as part of their journey. • Core Non Accredited Training • Must be started within 2 weeks of the end date of the Assessment phase. • All customer are expected to undertake a block of Non Regulated Learning, ideally within a group setting before moving onto other activities. • Suggestion is approximately 60 hours undertaken before referral to an accredited qualification/unit • Once core Non accredited learning has been completed, outcomes will be claimed. • Regulated learning • These will be delivered by the Skills Supply Chain Partners on a demand led basis. • The accredited qualification must be delivered within 2 weeks from the end of the initial non-accredited activity. • Accredited qualifications will be meaningful rather than generic employability training. • Further Non Accredited Training

27. Phase # 3: Progression • Paid Employment • Full-time Education • Apprenticeship • Traineeship The progression start must be within 28 days of the completion of the funded activity. This does not include 1-1 IAG, wrap around or monthly reviews.

28. Eligibility and Referral Criteria In addition to the specifics per area, all participants must meet the following eligibility criteria: • The participant is legally able to reside in the UK • The participant is legally able to work in the UK • Evidence of unemployment/Economically inactive • Evidence of age (19+) • Evidence of address/geographical location of the individual We will be taking referrals from Monday April 1st 2019

29. amy.lees@gcemployment.uknatalie.machin@gcemployment.uktimothy.jeffrey@gcemployment.ukAny Questions?

30. Delivering ESF Priorities in the City Region Inclusive labour markets Skills for growth

31. National Priority Axes 1 & 2 Priority Axis 1 – Inclusive Labour Markets Priority 1.2 – Young People Sustainable integration of young people into the labour market Focus on NEETs, those at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities. Priority 1.4 – Adults - Active inclusion Active inclusion. Focus on promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability. • Priority Axis 2 – Skills for Growth • Priority 2.1 – Enhancing Equal Access to Lifelong Learning • Helps Employees to progress in the labour market – focus on Progression, especially of women, people with protected characteristics and higher skills to meet business demand • Priority 2.2 - Improving the labour market relevance of education and training systems • Improving links between business and education – focus on employers

32. Local Priority 1 ProjectsThe Pathways Programme Pathways to Progression (P2P) Priorities 1.2 and 1.4 • Supports those with multiple and often complex barriers to employment, targeting young people who are NEET, or at risk of becoming so and economically inactive or unemployed adults. • 2 strands, young people aged 15-18 and Adults 18+ • Engagement in non-traditional locations • Aligned with wider young people’s services • Assessment of need and barriers • Individual tailored Keyworker support • Barrier busting interventions • Direct and commissioned delivery Pathways to Success (P2S) Priority 1.4 • Supports those with multiple and often complex barriers to employment, targeting economically inactive and unemployed adults, particularly those with disabilities & long-term health issues • Assessment of need and barriers • Individual tailored Keyworker support • Work experience, work trials and volunteering • Jobs brokerage • Wraparound support - debt, substance misuse, CAB, etc. • Direct and commissioned delivery Still too little capacity for unemployed people and inactive people NEETS - Lack of current flexible provision and intensive support Youth Enterprise - Now fragmented with gaps Need to sustain and build on learning from enterprise pilot

34. Sheffield Delivery 1 Pathways to Progression Priority 1.2 3 Projects • Y11 Transition • Geographical Hotspots • Access to Apprenticeships 3 specialist projects that will engage young people who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET. The projects offer pastoral support, advice and guidance and employability training. Both projects are in the process of being commissioned and delivery is due to begin in Mid May 2019. • Pathways to Progression Priority 1.4 • Delivered through 5 Key Worker projects: • Disabilities • Over 50s • Ethnic Minorities • Economically inactive • Debt Support • 9 keyworkers based in 6 providers will deliver the above provision. • Commissioned through the Councils procurement service; delivery is expected to start in May 2019.

35. Sheffield Delivery 2 Pathways to Success Priority 1.4 • Key Worker Projects • 6 employment support projects focussing on economically inactive and long term unemployed people with a particular emphasis on those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. • Delivered by 19 keyworkers across the city. • Behavioural Change Programme • 5 projects offering various intervention opportunities to further support clients of Keyworker projects. • The offer includes a range of practical and physical activities and motivational and cognitive behavioural therapy.

36. Local Priority 2 Project The Business Education Alliance Tom Smith, Barnsley Council

37. Things to think about: • You will need to be aware of existing provision and demonstrate how your offer adds value to and works alongside that. • Have you got a track record in delivery in this area – if not, it will benefit you to partner with someone who has, particularly with ESF project delivery • Will your proposal deliver the outputs required, you will not be successful if you deliver something that will not meet those requirements • Look hard at your costings, ESF has output prices, its hard to generate a reserve in delivery of an ESF project. Speak to Technical Assistance. • It is payment linked to output delivery, if you don’t cost it properly you end up with Working Capital challenges. • We are looking for strong, diverse programmes;while not essential, partnering is help to enable flexible responses to often complex needs.

38. Technical Assistance Offer European Social Fund Programme Launch 2021 – 2023 Thursday 25 April, 2019 The CAST Theatre, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

39. What is ESF? • It’s Europe’s main instrument for supporting jobs, helping people get better jobs and ensuring fairer job opportunities for all EU citizens. Works by investing in Europe’s human capital –its workers, young people and all those seeking a job. • EU Funded projects are guaranteed until Dec 2020 (even in the event of a Brexit, no deal scenario) • Post-Brexit, to be replaced by the UK shared Prosperity Fund (supposed to be simple and easier to access). Framework for funding will be based on local priorities and local Industrial Strategies.

40. Technical Assistance Offer: How can I help you? • Promote the ESF programme to potential project deliverers (through publicity events, publications & workshops) • Provide information, advice, guidance and support to potential sponsors to help them apply for ESF • Facilitate workshops to convey the requirements of ESF • Please read the funding rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-funding-rules

41. -Details of all paperwork and responses to any questions will be made publicly available. -Further meeting of this nature will be held in the South of the SCR region and notification will be given as and when the date has been confirmed.