Networking for Success Proposal to form the skills & employment provider network

Networking for Success: Background MM Purpose & Objectives MM Proposal CP Next Steps CP

Background SCR Provider Capacity Building The start... Series of Master-classes Feb-March 2016 Building Successful Network Northern voice c.16 Providers The start... Action group formed Proposal circulated to SCR providers in June and August for feedback

skills & employment provider network Our purpose and objectives Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network Our purpose and objectives

skills & employment provider network Purpose To create a vibrant, high-performing network of skills and employment providers which plays a key role in delivering the SCR’s Growth Plan to 2020 and beyond

skills & employment provider network Objectives Communicate... Include... Influence... Support... Inspire...

skills & employment provider network Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network Our Proposal

Provider Professional Code of Conduct To form key principles of collaborative practice Common vision Shared values Culture of trust Lead by example Long term collective gain ‘to build upon and form a code of conduct…’

Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network the offer…. To enable the SCR engage with the region’s skills & employment providers through one conduit; To optimise the region’s expertise to inform the delivery of an employer led system; To identify region’s future needs and inform capacity and capability programme; To lever inward investment and funding to maximise skills and employment opportunities; To create a collaborative model which offers the full range of skills, employment and workforce development services.

Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network the approach… The network will form a collaboration of all the region’s providers; Incorporate through open membership from across the region; Work with the SCR by mirroring the region’s group structure as far as practicable; Nominate an appropriate provider representative [expert] to a number of the SCR groups; Align with both regional and national policy and strategy for economic growth and social well being; Formulate a provider capacity and capability regional programme in response to regional needs and demand.

Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network the resource… A collaboration model which brings together the best providers, of all shape and size, with both geographical and diverse coverage that meets the region’s skills & employment needs;

35 SFA Providers & 4 EFA providers: 7 FE and 2 Sixth Form Colleges 4 Chambers of Commerce 5 Local Authorities 17 Independent Skills Providers 1 Group GTA 1 Special Designated Institution 2 Universities

Apprenticeships between Independent Providers and Colleges The Sheffield City Region SFA Providers ...example of capacity for Apprenticeships 90% Grade 1 or 2 Ofsted £30m 16-18 Apprenticeships £22m 19+ Apprenticeships 60/40 Delivery of Apprenticeships between Independent Providers and Colleges

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS The S&E Provider Network will mirror and engage with the City Region Structure Apprenticeships Market Response 19+ Skills/HE 14-19 Skills/Education Employment Skills, employment and education Governance Board SCR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

skills & employment provider network Sheffield City Region skills & employment provider network Next Steps

Questions? Next steps Discussion groups Collate and feedback Form network structure and process Initial launch meetings in October

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