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Area Based Partnerships Strategy: DWP supporting local areas Peter Weller Head of Areas Partnerships, DWP Kathryn McHugh Areas Partnerships Team, DWP May 2012
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Department for Work and Pensions 2 Context Localism and Decentralisation –Government’s aim to decentralise to the lowest appropriate level Jobcentre Plus Offer –Flexibility –Focus on results –Partnership working Social Justice –Social mobility
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Department for Work and Pensions 3 Context Cross Government Policies –Local Enterprise Partnerships –Community Budgets –City ‘Deals’
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Department for Work and Pensions 4 Builds on the Jobcentre Plus offer Empowers District Managers Meets the Coalition Government’s priority to decentralise Encourages innovation, creativity and staff engagement Can include: –Freedom to establish new partnerships –New customer journeys But can’t include: –Legislation or contractual commitments Enablers: Freedoms & Flexibilities
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Department for Work and Pensions 5 Enablers: Flexible Support Fund Supports Jobcentre Plus offer and links to Get Britain Working Driven by flexibility – freeing advisers to tailor support to meet individual need District Managers can use to support national and local partnership arrangements Enables Districts to deliver to meet local priorities – tackling lack of work and Social Justice in a holistic and joined up way Can be aligned or pooled via grant payments
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Department for Work and Pensions 6 Enablers: Data Sharing (1) 3 common reasons Local Authorities request claimant data: 1.To identify and target clients 2.To determine operational costs and services 3.To request participation in case conferences
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Department for Work and Pensions 7 Enablers: Data Sharing (2) DWP is prevented from sharing claimants’ personal data by primary legislation (s123 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992). Nevertheless, DWP has developed the following measures: –In collaboration with Salford City Council, a model informed consent letter (including multi-agency case conferencing and electronic data sharing) - the first time DWP has formally approved JCP involvement in a ‘Team- around-the-family’ type approach. –Publishing aggregated data –Appointed Data Sharing Champions in every JCP District –Streamlined DWP’s data-sharing application process
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Department for Work and Pensions 8 Partnerships Supports our wider labour market and social justice strategies: –Helps us to look at wider and multiple outcomes At every level: –Strategic –Operational –Neighbourhood Evidence of success: –More joined up approaches –Partners working across policy domains –More responsive services –Nurturing new ways of working
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Department for Work and Pensions 9 Questions Impact of partnerships –What is the impact of working in partnership? –How do we measure success? Successful partnerships –Enablers? –Barriers?
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