Implementing Work Programme Focussing on 3S’s
Dec 14, 2015
Seetec - Profile• DWP ERSS Framework in 7 Regions
• Work Programme Prime Contractor in 3 CPA’s
• Mandatory Work Activity in 2 CPA’s
• 27 years of W2W and Skills experience; £57m turnover; 800 staff; 70 delivery centres
• Managing supply chains of over 60 subcontractors and engaging with in excess of 100 strategic stakeholders
• FND, New Deal, Pathways to Work, NDDP, Work Choice, JCPSC, ESF
• Skills Funding Agency (skills) Apprenticeship’s; Level 2’s, PfU, Single Budget
• Lead Partner – The Skills Place – Newham Westfield Stratford City
Implementation Experience
Pathways to Work – flagship
programme, 4 new offices
NDDP and DWP ESF Phase 1 – 11
Districts simultaneously
FND P1, JCPSC and ESF Phase 2 –
larger contracts
Work Programme and Mandatory Work Activity
Work Choice – 8 Offices across
London
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
New Deal Prime Contractor – 6
weeks, new District
Work Programme
Work Programme is not the same as New Deal or any other programme that we have delivered in the past.
It requires different thinking, different approaches but above all it will
require superior performance in all respects
S1 – Staffing Challenges
• Highly complex situation• Existing staff running legacy
contracts• Different views and
approaches to TUPE• Speculation / uncertainty /
demotivation
S1 – Responses
• Adaptable Action Plan / Timetable
• Get the facts
• Communicate (All Players)
• Fair and equitable
• Assessment Centres
S2 – Stakeholder Challenges
• More involvement• All offering own advice, help,
support• All with own agendas• Resource constraints• Own timetables• Small politics and localism
S2 – Responses
• Need to engage• Transparent communication• Streamlined engagement• Mutual value adding• Long term relationships• Decentralised relationships
S3- Supply Chain Challenges
• Larger Supply Chains• Traditional thinking / behaviours• Significance of Due Diligence• Data Security• Implementing to
Merlin Standards
S3 – Responses
• Constructive pressure
• Open / honest communication
• Proactive supply chain management
• Initial training, support, capacity building