1. London and the Home Counties Key Priorities
London’s Skills & Employment Convention
Junior Johnson
29 May 2012

2. WSD key priorities are…
Maximising levels of employment
Reducing deprivation & poverty
Developing an outward facing organisation

3. Maximising levels of employment
Convergence with the national average for off-flow
performance
Getting 9 out of 10 people into work within 12 months
Reducing youth unemployment through Youth Contract
Delivering in partnership
Aiming to be a world class provider of employment support

4. Reducing deprivation and poverty
Delivering improved employment outcomes for IS and ESA claimants.
Targeted support for claimants impacted by the Benefit Cap.
Increased focus on our wards with the highest levels of deprivation.

5. Developing an outward facing organisation
Key leadership challenge