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Employment Response to Coronavirus a Flexible Employment Programme for England & Wales (Delivered Regionally) EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE to CORONAVIRUS 2020 COSENS CONSULT 2020 Employment Response to Coronavirus A Flexible Employment Programme for England & Wales (delivered regionally) EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 Employment Response to Coronavirus A Flexible Employment Programme for England & Wales (delivered regionally) Mark Cosens FIEP COSENS CONSULT T . +44 (0)779 6095152 E. [email protected] linkedin.com/in/ mark-david-cosens-fiep-1b1a2822/ 2 COSENS CONSULT 2020 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 Contents The Purpose of this Report Page 05 Acknowledgements Page 06 01. Executive Summary Page 09 02. Main Recommendations Page 11 03. Full Report Page 15 3.01 We need a new, well designed Employment Programme Page 15 3.02 Background Page 18 3.03 What does this mean for employment services? Page 19 3.04 What’s the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response? Page 20 3.05 Structural changes to the labour market/economy Page 22 3.06 Jobcentre Plus (JCP) and Employer Engagement Page 23 3.07 Consolidated and Regional Employer Engagement Page 24 3.08 Local Authorities Page 26 3.09 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) Page 28 3.10 The unemployment avalanche Page 29 3.11 The Employment Programme Page 31 3.12 The Programme’s main features Page 32 3.13 Integration of employment and skills Page 40 3.14 A 2020 vision of the future of employment services Page 42 04. Conclusion Page 45 Bibliography Page 46 COSENS CONSULT 2020 3 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 4 COSENS CONSULT 2020 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 The Purpose of this Report This independent report has been shaped over a 12 week period within the fast moving COVID-19 crisis. It has been produced in good faith, 100% using It recommends how strong principles and best time that has been voluntarily given. It has been practice can be applied to address unemployment, informed by ideas and a range of feedback from skills deficits and productivity challenges. over 150 contributors from across the employment and skills sectors, who are leaders and former lead- It is principally written for: The Prime Minister; ers from: UK Government Departments including Chancellor; Ministers; Members of Select Commit- Treasury, DWP and Department for Education tees; National, Devolved and Local Politicians and (DfE); Devolved National Governments; the Peo- Civil Servants; Commissioners, and; Policy Makers, ple’s Powerhouse; Combined Authorities; Local out of a vision, and a passion to improve how our Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs); Local Authorities; country works. Sector bodies; Think tanks, Consultancies; Award- ing Bodies; Research agencies; several of the cur- Kirsty McHugh, Chief Executive of the Mayor’s Fund rent DWP Prime Contractors; several National for London, and former Chief Executive of the Em- Charities, and; a range of Employment and Skills ployment Related Services Association (ERSA) en- Providers. dorses this report, saying: It is intended, with goodwill, to stimulate thinking “This is an opportunity to reset the employment and at a critical time for decision making, and to help skills scene long term, as well as deal with forthcoming government to respond decisively to an unemploy- labour market impacts. Previous thinking within gov- ment ‘avalanche’ caused by COVID-19. ernment that a better alignment of financial incentives alone (though UC) is enough to support people back into the labour market and keep them there is now shown to be fundamentally flawed. We haven’t solved the scourge of unemployment, let alone long term joblessness We need long term investment in the employment and skills sectors.” COSENS CONSULT 2020 5 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 Acknowledgements Thank you, for encouragement and wise advice to and Wandsworth Councils); Colin Geering (The Elizabeth Taylor (Employment Related Services Growth Company); Atif Shafique (Greater London Association [ERSA]). Authority [GLA]); Rashik Parmar (West Yorkshire Combined Authority); Karin Connell (Manchester Thank you, for academic input, to: Professor City Council); John Perrin (Blue Apple Training); Ewart Keep (University of Oxford (SKOPE); Dr Jo Michelle Burton (West Yorkshire Employment and Ingold (University of Leeds); Professor Paul Gregg Skills Board); Phill Yates (Nottingham City Council); (Bath University), Professor Andy Westwood Colm Croskery (Serco Employment Skills and (University of Manchester), and; Professor Dan Enterprise); Dr Michelle Lawty-Jones (Lancashire Finn (Portsmouth University). Skills Hub); Professor Roy Sainsbury (University of York); Ayden Sims (Maximus/Remploy); David Thank you, to Pat Russell and Scott Parkin for the Marsh (Babington); Kenny Boyle and Kevin Rodger excellent work that the Institute for Employability (PeoplePlus); Jill Whittaker and Robert Bird (Hit Professionals (IEP) carries out, and for great Training); Emma Cook (Cognisoft); Tom Stannard counsel. and Josie Scholey (Wakefield Council); David Thank you, for valuable input, to: Kirsty McHugh Umpleby (Capita); Anneke Ridder (Consultant); (Chief Executive of the Mayor’s Fund for London); James Clarke-Allen (Consultant); Mike Hawking Teresa Scott OBE (Roebuck Global Resourcing); (Joseph Rowntree Foundation); George Selmer Kevin Browne (Optimise Now); Dave Simmonds (George Selmer & Co); David Hawley (People OBE (Emeritus Learning and Work Institute); Focused Business Services); Andrew Gunter- Richard Johnson (World Bank); Tracy Fishwick Smith (SeeAbility); Richard Brookes (SETAS); John OBE (Transform Lives); Fran Parry (Bright Green (FE Consultancy); Susanna Lawson (One Sparks Consultancy); Tony Wilson (Institute for File); Tom Richmond (EDSK); Paul De Pellette Employment Studies); Stephen Evans (Learning (Triage Central); Jeffrey Greenidge (Groundwork and Work Institute); Neil Carberry (Recruitment Wales); Andy Milton (Rostrum Consulting); and Employment Confederation); Jane Mansour Chris Price (Pecan); Christopher Knee (WESC (Buying Quality Performance); Deven Ghelani Foundation, Exeter); Debbie Allingham (Laurea); (Policy in Practice); Rhodri Thomas (Reed in Chris Peel (The Training Room); Richard Alberg Partnership); Patrick Hughes (Salient Works); (Aptem Employ); Sam Everard (Samee); Kevin Kim Chaplain (Centre for Ageing Better); Jacquie Moore (BDLD Ltd); Tony Carr (4Front Partners); Smallwood (Aroha Consultancy); Steven Mitchell Pat Roach (Roach Associates); Alex Lockey (Bolt (Skills Training UK); Doug Monro (Adzuna); Kate Still Training); Ron Cosens (Cosens Consult); Sarah (Prince’s Trust Scotland); Sean Williams (Corndel); Clamp (Square Peg); David Kersey (Coventry City Dominic Gill (Intequal); Jim Carley (Carley Consult); Council); Alex Stephany and Seb Barker (Beam); Stuart Pyle (Straplan); Stewart Holdsworth Eve Waite (Sheffield City Council); Paul Cosens (Seetec Pluss); Mat Ainsworth (Greater Manchester (Cosens Consultancy); Sam Siswick (Jobskilla); Combined Authority); Santino Fragola (Richmond Christine Brown (Future Excel); Chris Blackwell 6 COSENS CONSULT 2020 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 (Purpose Led Performance); Gareth Fallows Andre Burwood (London Chamber of (Acorn Training); and Stewart Segal (Youth Commerce and Industry); Heather Spurr Employment UK) . (London Councils); Carl Smith (Solvo Vir Ltd); Victoria Benson (Gingerbread); Alistair Thank you, for insights and/or inspiration, to: Davey (Welsh Government); Efa Gough Charlotte Pickles (Reform); David Gallagher (Central London Forward); Sam Windett (NCFE); Liz Armstrong (West Midlands (Impetus); Gemma Gathercole (Coventry and Combined Authority); Chris Harrison Warwickshire LEP); Jim Jessop (Brent Council); (Seetec Pluss); Rebecca Keating and Nick Polly Persechino (South London Partnership); Read (Salvation Army); Chris Luck CB, MBE Angela McKeever (Ealing Council); Iona (Shaw Trust); John Yarham (The Careers McArdle (Waltham Forest Council); and Enterprise Company); Mark Dawe Jacqueline Faulkner (Lambeth Council); (Association for Employment and Learning James Smith (Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Providers); Dr Susan Pember (HOLEX); Michelle Cuomo Boorer (Greater London NHS Trust); Brenda McLeish and Judith Authority); Julie Haigh and Sonia Midgely Allen (Learning Curve); Simon Parkinson (West Yorkshire Combined Authority); Dr (WEA); Melissa Tranfield (IG); Anna Ambrose Christopher Rauh (University of Cambridge); (London Progression Collaboration); Joshua Daniel Burke (PwC Strategy); Helen Barnard Pritchard (CBI); Aelswith Frayne (Tower (Joseph Rowntree Foundation); Mike Gore Hamlets Council); Colette Gray (City of York (Blue Apple Training); Nancy Doyle (Genius Council); Craig Skinner (Leeds City Council); Within CIC); Steve Lawrence (EEVT Ltd); Helen Richardson (Work Pays); James Hart Gareth Matthews (ITEC Ltd); Caroline (The Education and Skills Consultancy); Sarah Masundire (Rocket Science); Rob Colville Middleton (Black Country Consortium); Mark (Centre for Policy Studies); Anna Dent (ABD Stamper (North of Tyne Combined Authority); Consultancy); Faye Thomas (Prevista); Ian Alex Lockey (Bolt Training); Vanda De Freitas Peacock (Employment and Skills Solutions); (Blackpool Council). Thank you, to further sector experts, for replies received after the deadline and for any comments ‘off the record’. Thank you, to Cristina Rodriguez, for the desktop publishing. Thank you, especially, to my family, for putting up with ‘losing me’ for a while to this work, during the lockdown period. Mark Cosens FIEP (Cosens Consult), author. COSENS CONSULT 2020 7 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS 2020 8 COSENS CONSULT 2020 EMPLOYMENT RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS
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