1. CORPORATE WORK EXPERIENCE NEW OFFER
Tahira Rehman
Work Experience Lead
May 2017

2. Offering work experience is the first step….
WHY WE NEED TO CREATE A CAREER PATHWAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INTO BCC
APPRENTICESHIPS
Birmingham is the youngest city in Europe with under-25’s accounting for nearly 40% of our population yet this is not reflective of BCC’s workforce - the average age of a BCC worker is 47 years of age.
We need to attract and develop young people with a skills set that can support a 21st Century workforce.
We need organisational agility, resilience and adaptability to undertake future roles within the organisation.
Offering work experience gives a taster to young people to consider a career with us.
Offering work experience is the first step….
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
TRAINEESHIPS
WORK EXPERIENCE

3. Working together can make this happen
GOING FORWARD
 The first point of call for all work experience opportunities is registration on-line via
BCC’s on-line platform is a medium which allows us to engage with our young people in Birmingham transparently.
We can easily signpost students from schools, colleges and universities to other organisations who advertise their opportunities on Cog-brum.
Procurement to encourage our Business Charter signatories to host work experience placements – to link in with Contracting.
Councillors also have an important part to play in building relationships and creating opportunities with educational establishments and local businesses – liaise with Member L&D Lead/Corporate Parenting Support Officer.
Working together can make this happen

4. BCC’S CORPORATE PARENTING RESPONSIBILITIES
Extract from the Corporate Parenting Report 2016
“The overall aim of the 2015/16 Corporate Parenting Strategy is to reinforce the corporate responsibility of everyone in the Council, both Elected members and staff, and of its partner agencies, to improve the life chances of children in care and care leavers to ensure they get the right support and services where they live”.
Children in Care Council (CICC) are asking for meaningful work experience opportunities.
Natalie Loon is the Corporate Parenting Support Officer Lead

5. WORK EXPERIENCE CORPORATE STATS FOR BCC
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
Schools/6th Forms/Colleges 43 55
119
130
Universities 65 42 46 64
PLACEMENTS TAKEN UP BY YOUNG VULNERABLE PEOPLE
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities 2 4 15
17 (pilot run by Disabled Children’s Team)
Children in Care
Data unavailable 1
**We need to encourage take up of placements by young vulnerable people

6. RE-SETTING PRIORITIES ON THE WORK EXPERIENCE AGENDA
Priority 1 - Actively promote and encourage take up of opportunities from vulnerable young people in our care from the following groups:-
Looked After Children/Care Leavers
NEETs (aged 16-25) or those facing multiple barriers to employment
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (including Mental Health)
Young Homeless People (16-25)
To give ‘first call’ to Year 10 /Year 11+ students who we have corporate parenting responsibility for. Linking in with the Corporate Parenting Support Officer /Vulnerable Group Leads.
Priority 2. The Unemployed. Via the DWP Work Experience Scheme for those aged 18+ and who are in receipt of benefits. Target Care Leavers/NEETs.
Priority 3. Promote opportunities to students in schools/colleges located in deprived wards
Priority 4. All other placement requests will be considered. Where demand cannot be met young people will be signposted back to Cog-brum to pursue other organisations and businesses.
Low take figures from CIC/Care Leavers ie 1 last year

7. WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

8. COG DEMO BY MARGARET WAY – ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

9. CURRENT WORKFORCE (FTE) FIGURES AS AT MAY 2017
** Revised Directorate restructures not yet completed. Will run revised BI reports once completed.

10. AGREEING ‘INTERNAL DIRECTORATE QUOTAS - GUIDANCE FIGURES
WHAT/HOW SHOULD WE BE REPORTING AND WHERE
Directorates
? placements (made proportionate to size of each Directorate)
VULNERABLE GROUP TARGET
SCHOOLS/6TH FORMS /COLLEGES
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENTS
SCHOOLS/
6TH FORMS
COLLEGES
Place
Economy
Children & Young People
Adults Social Care & Health
Transformation
Finance
Total
? WHAT IS FIGURE?

11. OUR PARTNERS
PARTNERS
? placements (made proportionate to size of each Directorate)
VULNERABLE GROUP TARGET
SCHOOLS/6TH FORMS /COLLEGES
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENTS
SCHOOlS/6TH FORMS
COLLEGES
Acivico
Service Birmingham
Total
? WHAT IS FIGURE?

12. COG REPORTING – STEVE BAKER
To create reports that meet the needs of each Directorate
Use these reports for senior management and Members reporting
Do we continue to use the Work Experience Dashboard?
Agree format(s)

13. AREAS IS WORK EXPERIENCE BEING SOUGHT?
Admin
Project Work – particularly useful for BCC as graduates could be used to undertake specific projects to help the business
Finance – Payroll & Accounting
Analytical Work
Legal Work
IT – Higher Level
Social Care Work Experience Placements to be advertised as there is funding for 100 DBS checks under the DWP Scheme
????
Low take figures from CIC/Care Leavers ie 1 last year

14. HOW IS EACH DIRECTORATE MANAGING THE WORK EXPERIENCE?
What Work Experience schemes currently exist in each of the Directorates?
Could a more co-ordinated approach be adopted for Work Experience?
Is there duplication?
How can we best pool our resources?
How do we create a database of Managers/teams that can host placements across BCC for schools/colleges/universities?
How and where is each Directorate reporting its figures?

15. NEXT STEPS
All Directorates to arrange own Cog Train the Trainer Sessions
To train staff who will input work experience, traineeships,
apprenticeships, university placements etc on to ww.cog-brum.co.uk
Create a BCC database of Managers/ teams that can host placements
Create a generic Under 18 Student Managers Toolkit to be made available on the Intranet
Engaging with young people via Social Media about the opportunities we have; promote COG-brum
Progression Plan for those who complete Work Experience
6. Regular Directorate L&D Meetings to be set up