Speaker presentations from the 2nd Talent Match Black Country's 'No One Left Behind' Conference, April 27, 2018. The #NoOneLeftBehind conference busts the myths surrounding youth employment, provides a platform for young people in the areas of greatest need to share experiences and entices those with the power to do so, to take action.

1. No One
Left BehindTacklingYouth Unemployment
#NoOneLeftBehind
Friday 27 April
Copthorne Merry Hill
Conference sponsored by
Strategic Partner
Conference 2018

2. #NoOneLeftBehind Sponsoredby
THANK YOU!
@GazeboTheatre
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018

3. #NoOneLeftBehind Sponsoredby
Welcome & Scene Setting
Omari Thomas
Former Talent Match BC Young Person
2015 Brightest Star Winner
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018

4. #NoOneLeftBehind
Thank you to our sponsors:
Black Country
Training Group
@BCTG
Midland
Metro Alliance
@midlandtram
University of
Wolverhampton
@wlv_uni
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018

5. #NoOneLeftBehind Sponsoredby
Tapping into Talent
Rachel Egan
Programme Lead for Skills, Employment and Productivity
West Midlands Combined Authority
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018

7. GVA has increased…
Unemployment
is falling…
Economic Participation
is increasing…
TotalGVA
£80.6bn
£87.5bn
£92.0bn
2013
2015
2017
Unemployment
5.7%
6.6%
2017
2016
Economically
Inactive
26.8%
2017
2016
25.5%
The West Midlands economy is improving…

8. Levels of skills are increasing
School attainment is improving
And skills levels are increasing…

9. More business start ups…
Investment into and within the
region is increasing…
More people want to share in our success…
HS2, HSBC, Deloittes….
Commonwealth Games, City of Culture
Connected Autonomous Vehicles

10. BUT….
Economic growth still lags behind UK average and,
crucially, is not being shared by all…

12. Too many communities are being left behind:
High youth unemployment
Higher than average
economic inactivity within
BME groups
Geographic disparities
Workless households
Children in Poverty
School performance
below average in many
areas

13. Our Ambition
More people in employment
More people in higher skilled jobs
More skilled employees to support business growth and productivity
Skills at the heart of
inclusive growth

14. Our Opportunity
• Add value to existing activity
• Amplify/scale up excellent practise
New levers in play:
• Control of significant funding
• Region-wide collaboration
• Systematic employer input into skills solutions
• Devolution
• New dialogue with government

15. Regional Skills Plan
• Prepare our young people for the future of life and work
• Create regional networks of specialist, technical education and
training
• Accelerate the take up of good quality apprenticeships
• Deliver inclusive growth by giving more people the skills to get and
sustain good jobs and careers
• Enable a more agile and responsive skills system

16. Black Country Talent Match-
Measuring the Social Return
Investment
Helen Scurr
Director
ARK Consultancy Limited

17. Why measure the Social Value ?
• Assists organisations to understand what social value an
activity or outcome creates
• Powerful toolkit to evidence financial outcomes
• Involves stakeholders at the onset of a process or project
promotes buy-in
• Supports future investment decisions – provides a robust
impact measurement
• Provides assurance and verification

19. How have we captured information ?
• CDF data follow on questionnaires completed – informs annual calculation: -
• Assessed 54 individual case studies and journeys
• Assessed a range of quantitative and qualitative outcomes and savings to the
Public-sector purse
❑ Employment & Training
❑ NEETS
❑ Ex Offenders
❑ Health & Social Care
❑ Social Services
❑ Housing/Homelessness
❑ Increase in confidence

20. Social Value

21. SROI Averages:
• Individual case studies £1.7M average value of £29K per
person
• Young people with offending backgrounds - £623K –
average value of £52K
• Social Value Ration of £1.38 : £1.00 spent

22. Individual Stories & Journeys:

23. Common Themes: 56 individual case studies:
The majority of young people presented with two or more
challenges or barriers:
• 48% were experiencing some form of mental health issue
• 32% had previously been convicted of a criminal offence or
been in youth offending and refrained from reoffending
• 14% had previously experienced substance misuse
• 20% were previously homeless or at risk of homelessness

24. Mr A:
Young male aged 20 hidden NEET offending background, on programme for 24
months:
• Volunteered
• Studied for a qualification
• Work experience
• Secured part time employment
• Aspirations to start his own business
Radically changed his life no repeat offending and has increased confidence and self
worth:
Social Savings & Return on Investment £55K

25. Mr B:

26. Mr C:

28. Young people on programme have also:

29. Exposure to new experiences

30. “I have been learning a lot
about myself and feel I have
grown. I can manage my temper
better, act appropriately in a
variety of places, yard, stables,
classroom and around the
public.”
“I have become a more confident
woman and individual in society,
as well as developing strong
social links something I look
forward to and I now have much
more confidence in myself and my
aspirations have given me a sense
of self”
I am grateful for the amazing
opportunities I have had at Talent
Match.
I'm moving forward with my life and
looking forward to my future
“I can
honestly say that
for the first time
I can remember in a
long time, I’m excited
and happy about my
future.”

31. ‘What Young People Think’ Video
available on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/od6_G_DlF1w

32. Young people have….
• Been given the opportunity to obtain their Maths and English GCSE
• Experience mock interviews, employer visits and had purchased interview
clothing
• Received bus passes enabling them to attend their hubs sessions, interviews and
training
• Accessed medical diagnose for Asperger's , Dyslexia, ADHD while on programme
• Access to counselling, CBT, Anger management support through the programme

34. Helen Scurr - Director
Phone: 0121 515 3831
Mobile: 07531 607811
Email: hscurr@arkcommunities.co.uk
arkconsultancy.co.uk
Unit 1, 14 Hylton Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 6HN

35. From Policy to Practice to Legacy:
lessons from the Talent Match evaluation
Peter Wells
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
Sheffield Hallam University
No One Left Behind. Talent Match Black Country Conference
2018, Copthorne Merry Hill, Dudley, West Midlands
Contact: p.wells@shu.ac.uk

36. • Policy and Labour Market Context
• Black Country Talent Match - similarities and
differences to Talent Match
– All CDF data for Q1 2014 to end Q1 2018
• What next: the legacy of Talent Match
Overview

37. A long-view of youth unemployment in the UK (ILO measure)

38. November 2017 Release
• There are 340,000 (4.8% of the youth population) who
are unemployed and not in full-time education
• 163,800 people aged 18-24 were claiming Jobseeker’s
Allowance or were claiming Universal Credit and
required to seek work in October 2017, down 9,200
from a year ago.
… ‘a problem solved’?
Youth Unemployment Official Statistics

39. 1. Hidden unemployment has risen
– Hidden youth unemployment - not on formal counts of
unemployment: 176,000 or 52% of youth unemployment
– This group has doubled since 2012
2. Duration has increased
– 16-24 year olds spending 12 months or more NEET has
increased – from 714,000 (2016) to 811,000 (2017)… despite
the raised participation age (RPA)
3. Experience of being NEET
– Nearly 2 million people young people (16-24) will spend some
time as NEET
– Some will ‘remain’ others will ‘churn’
– And there are differences by gender, ethnicity and region
Source: LWI (monthly analysis) and Impetus-PEF Jobs Index
But what is only rarely reported

40. Talent Match Black Country: built on solid foundations

41. Talent Match Black Country: reaching further

42. ... and more likely to apply for jobs

43. ... whilst supporting key groups

44. ... which means support is more in-depth and intensive

45. Wellbeing outcomes
Key points:
• Wellbeing improves for
most
• Wellbeing improves more
if employment secured
• But wellbeing can decline
and more likely to decline
if progress not made

46. Outputs and Outcomes
Talent Match
Black Country
No of young people engaged
849
No. of young people securing employment
135
No of young people securing self-
employment/enterprise
22
No of young people undertaking basic skills training
opportunities
99
No of young people into formal education
96
No of young people who receive peer mentoring
173
No of young people undertaking volunteering
324
Some success measures

47. What could the legacy for Talent Match be?
Local Partnership
Involvement of
Young People
Employer
Engagement
Key components
of any young
people's
employment
programme
Key issues to consider:
• A strategic and delivery role
• Inclusive of organisations and voices
• Can work across funding opportunities
• Is aligned to economic opportunities
Key issues to consider:
• Involvement throughout
(partnership and
delivery)
• Reach to hidden/silent
voices
• A way of working
Key issues to consider:
• The hardest issue to address
• Into and in-work support can be key

48. 1. Wider coordination with local employment support
2. Some untried approaches
– Employment guarantees
– In-work support
– "Community saturation" approaches
3. Apprenticeship Levy as an opportunity or
distraction?
4. But challenges
– Further welfare reforms (Housing Benefit withdrawal,
Universal Credit etc.)
– Uncertain new funding to invest in employment support
– and the prospects for the UK labour market post Brexit
Opportunities and some challenges

49. From Policy to Practice to Legacy:
lessons from the Talent Match evaluation
Peter Wells
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
Sheffield Hallam University
No One Left Behind. Talent Match Black Country Conference
2018, Copthorne Merry Hill, Dudley, West Midlands
Contact: p.wells@shu.ac.uk

50. No One
Left BehindTacklingYouth Unemployment
#NoOneLeftBehind
Friday 27 April
Copthorne Merry Hill
Conference sponsored by
Strategic Partner
Conference 2018

51. #NoOneLeftBehind Sponsoredby
Real Young People with Real Stories
Jack Parsons
CEO
Big Youth Group
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018

55. #NoOneLeftBehind Sponsoredby
No One Left Behind
Strategic Partner Conference 2018
Real Young People with Real Stories
Jack Parsons in conversation with Talent Match young people:
Will Jones
Rob Ball
Tim Wren
Jake Inscoe

56. The Employer Perspective
Rose Rees
Training & Development Manager
Midland Metro Alliance

57. Who are we?
• Nine international partners
• Ten years of work
• Five tram extensions + one renewal
• 60km+ of track
• 51 tram stops
• Catenary free
www.metroalliance.co.uk

58. Collaboration is key…

59. Why should employers work with TMBC?
• Attract talent – a new generation of creative young professionals
• You have current careers advice
• Promote alternative career paths including Apprenticeships
• CSR - work with your own local communities
• Create a collaborative culture across the Black Country & West Midlands
with other employers
• Address specific sector skills shortages
• Because it is fun and rewarding to make a difference to someone’s life!

60. Case Study
“John”

61. How you can help:
• Deliver Group Information Sessions
• Attend career events
• Tours of employer premises
• Interview Practice
• Mentoring
• Work Experience
• Apprenticeships / Jobs
• “Ban The Box”
• Sponsor events
• Ask TMBC to give a presentation to your company
• Join organisations working with young people
Call to Action………

63. Any Questions
Rose Rees
Training & Development Manager
Midland Metro Alliance

64. Wednesday 10 October 2018
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

65. No One
Left BehindTacklingYouth Unemployment
#NoOneLeftBehind
Friday 27 April
Copthorne Merry Hill
Conference sponsored by
Strategic Partner
Conference 2018