City Strategy Overview Solihull

							Richard Court
 Solihull Metropolitan
 Borough Council
Introduction
North Solihull
overview

Target groups - gaps/needs

Updates

Questions and comments
North Solihull Barriers
   to employment
  • Lack of qualifications, transport and
    accessibility have been identified as the
    main reasons for the high numbers of
    unemployed in North Solihull (EDAW
    2004)

  • Underlying issues of Housing, Health
    and childcare provision

  • 3 wards with consistent issues
  Lone Parents

• Multi agency programmes
  addressing all barriers (skills,
  aspirations, confidence, apathy,
  travel, finance)

• Affordable childcare provision

• Support accessing voluntary work

• Improved access and support into
  part/full time courses (incl. taster
  courses and modular courses).
 Lone Parents (2)

• Work focussed educational
  opportunities.

• Greater awareness of local
  support and initiatives.

• Better links between Adult and
  Further Education

• Awareness of local support
  groups.
    IB Claimants
• Appropriate support into
  volunteering/employment

• Greater community awareness of
  networks /support programmes.

• Additional employer liaison
  advisers

• Better availability and
  opportunity to participate in
  work placements

• Links from adult learning to
  employment opportunities
 IB Claimants (2)
• Customised training in growth
  sectors

• Pre-entry customised training for
  people with disabilities.

• Better targeted community
  engagement in priority areas.

• Multi-agency delivery of
  coordinated “joined up support
  programmes
 Outreach, IAG, skills
  assessment/development,
  employability development.
 Recruitment and retention
  support.
   Young People
• Greater awareness of
 services available

 benefits of self employment &
  work trials/placements

• Provision for excluded young
  people.

• Improved career services in
  schools.

• Assistance with college funding.

• Innovative schemes to overcome
  transport and other barriers.
       Updates

• Solihull NESP completed 7
  September 2007




• “Client engagement process of
  referral” – project due to
  conclude 2 November 2007