Making welfare reform as positive as possible for Salford residents Managing risk Going further with joining up Providing quality opportunities Chris Marsh

Radical reform of the welfare system Planned gradual replacement of current systems of means-tested working-age benefits and tax credits with a ‘Universal Credit’ Entitlement to contributory ESA for work related activity group limited to 1 yr Re-assessment of all existing Incapacity Benefit claims over next 3yrs Lone Parents required to look for work when youngest child reaches age 5 years rather than 7 Shared room rate in Local Housing Allowance will be extended from single people aged under 25 yrs to single people aged under 35 yrs Local Housing Allowance restricted to 4 bedroom rate regardless of household size Non – dependent HB deductions increased on the basis of Consumer Price Index Reduction of 10% in Housing Benefit made for those who have claimed Jobseekers’ Allowance for 12 months or more Household welfare payment capped at approx £500 per week Roll out of DWP Single Work Programme to replace all existing programmes for Working Age Benefit Claimants, leading to increased mandation for benefit customers Less public funding and fewer job opportunities Educational Maintenance Allowance for young people ends

Out of work benefits risk assessment: more than 28,000 Salford people affected in the next three years… Some communities will be at particular risk. In some neighbourhoods, more than every other adult of working age is in receipt of working age benefit.

Almost 12,000 Children live in ‘Poor’ households dependent on benefits Risk assessment: Some groups more at risk than others… IB JSA LP Approx 500 ex-offenders relocate to Salford each year Lone ParentsJobseekers’ Allowance Incapacity Benefits Social Housing Tenants 6,500 IB claimants have a mental health condition Approx 500 claimants have an alcohol dependency 25,000 Households Claiming Housing Benefit Due to worklessness 2900 became long term JSA claimants in the past year Almost 30% of JSA claimants are aged Between yrs Ex - Offenders

Four key connected strands of activity – managing risks, tackling poverty, improving life chances

Wrap around benefit reform and work programme Identification of people likely to be affected with DWP/JCP and other partners Ensure access to timely, quality, appropriate advice to support residents through change Design of joint support for key pinch point stages in the process (testing now in Life Chances areas) Focus on supporting people to economic opportunity Delivery of a joined up offer to link to Work Programme providers (under way) More focus on in work poverty

Beyond Working Neighbourhood Teams – managing risk and connecting people to opportunity ‘Real’ core teams in local access points (e.g. Children’s Ctrs, Gateways) Multi channel access to joined up delivery (outreach, online) Rationalised and modernised services (e.g. advice) Extension of customer service model and single customer account Joint agency case management Aligning Third Sector delivery Underpins real joint commissioning (Community Budgets) Principles

Creating quality opportunities Building on success with FJF and Salford Working Futures Salford’s ‘Gateway’ programme delivering: –entry level jobs –work placements – 14/19 links –apprenticeships Providing quality and community beneficial opportunities for mandated work provision Potential for social enterprise /agency / cooperative delivery model

Driving the benefits from regeneration and procurement Maximising economic and social benefit through procurement Integrator approach to key regeneration opportunities (£700m in the pipeline over next three years) e.g. Creating a new PendletonSalford West Regeneration