Material of the 10th Annual meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development |23-25 April 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden
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2. Scotland’s National Commitment to
Full Youth Employment
Opportunities for All
‘Every young person aged between 16
and 19 will be offered a place in
employment, education or training if they
need one’
Alex Salmond
Scotland’s First Minister
3. In Context; in Glasgow
• Around 35,000 young people aged 15-19 (10% of national figure)
• 12,000 in school; 23,000 left school; of which (approximately)
– 50% University or College
– 20% in Employment
– 10% in Training
– 5% in personal development programmes
– 15% unemployed
• These figures are not static – around a third of our 16-19 year olds (10,000+)
are in a state of flux
• Enduring issues of poverty, reduced life chances and inequality across the city
4. .
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1-Most
Deprived
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3
4
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6
7
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10-Least
Deprived
Glasgow City All local authorities
41% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the most deprived 10% of
data zones compared to 11% in Scotland
58% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the most deprived 20% of
data zones compared to 22% in Scotland
6% of pupils in Glasgow City Council schools live in the least deprived 20% of
data zones compared to 19% in Scotland
Distribution
of wealth in
the city and
across the
country
5. School Leaver Destinations - Positive
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
HE
FE
Training
Employed
Vol Work
Activity Agreement
School Leaver Destinations - Negative
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
16.0%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
U/E Seeking
U/E Not Seeking
Unknown
Changes /
Progress in
school
leaver
destinations
from 2006
6. How we compare to the rest of the
country…
Glasgow and Scotland Positive Destination Comparison
78%
80%
82%
84%
86%
88%
90%
92%
94%
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Glasgow
Scotland
7. Why have we improved despite our
economic frailty?
• National and local policy focus - consistent
direction of travel and consistently high priority
amongst our politicians
• Investment of time and resources in partnership
and infrastructure development
• Commitment to understanding the needs of our
young people better and supporting our most
vulnerable
• But…..is this real improvement (or statistical
improvement)?
8. Glasgow’s Youth Gateway
• One referral form, a single entry point into GYG – no wrong door
• Risk Matrix and Data Sharing Agreements
• Case allocation based on systematic, consistent criteria;
• Shared Case Management at local levels (school, job centre etc) and referrals based
on need
• Referral Routes (two way) with Glasgow’s Training, Voluntary and Private Sector
provision
• Co-location of staff and area team communication model
• Shared publicised targets
9. S5-6 School
Further education
Higher education
Modern Apprenticeship /
Skillseeker
Get Ready for Work
Employment
with training
Employment without
training – ILA
Youngpeopleapproachingend
ofcompulsoryparticipation
andreadyforformallearningoption
Youngpeopleapproachingend
ofcompulsoryparticipation
andnotreadyfor
formallearningoption
Activity Agreement
Referralto
relevant
existing
activity
Individuallycommissioned
personaldevelopmentactivity
LACLDopprtunities
Voluntarysectorpersonal
developmentopportunities
Relevantactivitycommissioned
strategically(e.g.existingLifeSkills)
volunteering
11. Solutions rather than sticking
plasters…
• Earlier intervention
• Focus on aspirations from primary school (age
5+)
• Better understanding of labour markets and
growth areas – huge skills deficits in growth
areas
• Better partnerships with businesses – enough
jobs to go round in the city to employ every
young person who lives there!
• Better understanding of young people’s needs;
and better support to their parents
12. • to increase the aspirations and choices available to
Glasgow’s children and young people in respect of their future
careers
• to improve and contextualise employability and sector specific
skills to make our young people’s ambitions achievable
• to increase the number of young people leaving Local
Authority funded education into high quality, positive and
sustained destinations with clear future career pathways
Time to be a bit more ambitious…
Re-defining our Aims
14. Strong Focus on Economic
Growth – business partnerships
are key
– Engineering
– Low Carbon Industries
– Hospitality
– Life Sciences
– Financial Services
– Creative Industries
– New qualifications, new locations and methods of
learning, greater fluidity between school, college and
the workplace…
15. Redefining Skills and
Updating Aspirations
• 25% of our boys want to work in the
construction industry – construction makes
up less than 5% of the Glasgow labour
market
• Translating these aspirations to 21st
century –
e.g. green / digital infrastructures;
• Start aged 5 through to 19 with a coherent
approach that involves parents as well as
children