Rachel Moxey Strategic Regeneration

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Mainstreaming Social Clauses Policy to
practice real jobs for real people

• Rachel Moxey Strategic Regeneration

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Challenge

• Recession
• Welsh jobs for Welsh people - targeted
  recruitment and training
• Skills gaps
• Right mix of carrots and sticks
• Making Regeneration activity truly count!

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What is targeted recruitment training ?

• TRT sits within
• Value Wales Community Benefits suite
• in procurement . . .
• Social Issues in purchasing . . .
• Sustainable Procurement
• Sustainable Development

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The Can Do Toolkit

• builds on
• Value Wales work
• - Employment Utilisation Plan
• Welsh good practice
• - Porth Relief Road
• Scottish Executive

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Grant Conditions and Growth

• The Heads of the Valleys programme is using TRT
  as a condition of grant, e.g. renewable
  technology grants, town centre renewal grants,
  Leisure Tourism.
• Social housing grant team have incorporated the
  toolkit into grant conditions as well as
  consortia improvement plans.
• All Welsh stock transfer organisations are using
  this approach
• i2is supply chain toolkit

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It Works !

• United Welsh Housing Association
• 50 new-entrant trainees (majority direct),
• 70 of these gaining further employment
• Placement Officers
• Other programmes financial inclusion
• " JobMatch have been an invaluable
  partner working with United Welsh to deliver jobs
  and training as part of our Corporate Strategy. 
  JobMatch has not only offered assistance with
  funding but more importantly advice and valuable
  guidance in supporting United Welsh to deliver
  jobs and training as part of a core requirement
  of its contracts. 

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Conclusions It CAN Be Done!

• Valleys to Coast Housing 17 of all working weeks
  filled by new-entrants to the labour market.
• Tai Calon offer document states 20 of new
  entrant trainees.
• Core requirement of the Merthyr Valley Homes
  12.5 of new entrant trainees from JobMatch
• WAG A465 Dualling 12
• Further WAG contracts and Local Authorities

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Micro-renewables

• Grant investment HOV Low Carbon Zone
• Social Housing properties initially
• Grant conditions
• Can Do Toolkit
• Local Employment
• British Gas Green Skills Centre

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FAQs..
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Value for Money

• Case studies illustrate delivery of TRT at no
  extra cost therefore contributing to VfM
• Glasgow HA award process shows that the best
  contractors offered the best TRT outcomes
• The approach may also improve/create other
  outcomes of public expenditure e.g. on training
  and job-search
• Can reduce the labour costs for contractors
  Employment Routes

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Supply Chain Importance A good supply chain can

• - Help reduce the cost of TRT requirements
• Provide a way of targeting benefits without
  specifying local recruitment
• meeting the needs of the WAG and requirements of
  the Contract
• Makes it easier for contractors to deliver TRT
  obligations
• Assists with monitoring targets

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Act today!

• We are in recession
• Tools are there, free and legal!
• Gain some control of our economic development
  process
• Make our efforts really count
• Public sector expenditure has never been more
  important to a sustainable local labour market

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Contact Information

• www.whq.org.uk Toolkit
• www.cih.org.uk Training
• rachel.moxey_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk
• kelly.reynolds_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk