Fair Start Scotland: What it means for the over-50s. Adam Reid 5 December 2017

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1 Fair Start Scotland: What it means for the over-50s Adam Reid 5 December 2017

2 Outline Scotland s changing role Fair Start Scotland Our ambitions beyond Fair Start

3 Key dates November 2014 Smith Commission July-October 2015 Consultation March 2016 The Scotland Act 2016 April 2017 Work First and Work Able Scotland April 2018 Fair Start Scotland

4 More Powers for the Scottish Parliament October 2014 Scotland should have full responsibility for its welfare system, to design a system based on early intervention and responding to individual needs Employment policy is crucial in co-ordinating and delivering our ambitions for economic growth and social justice. A coherent employment policy requires powers over not only the transitions people make when moving into work, but also how they sustain employment and progress once in work.

5 Strategic context: ambition

6 Strategic context: ambition

7 Critical Points Employability is an essential part of our economic ambitions for inclusive growth The Scotland Act didn t provide the full range of powers we hoped for, but did provide an opportunity to take a different approach to employability support

8 Fair Start Scotland establish a distinctly Scottish employability service that creates a strong platform for future services. a high quality, high performing service that helps people into sustained jobs, treating them with fairness, dignity and respect. focus on those further from the labour market a nationally consistent service, but delivered locally seek to integrate and align services to maximise value for money.

9 Fair Start Scotland: consultation Participants want to feel in control and want to be treated as individuals Voluntary service, but participants must engage positively New payment model

10 Devolved Employment: Fair Start Scotland Fair Start goes live in April Contracts announced in October. Key features of the service, include: all age service minimum 38,000 people over 3 years voluntary programme for all service delivered across 9 contract areas. One area reserved for supported businesses three levels of support: Core, Advanced, Intense months pre-work support and up to 12 months in-work support strong emphasis on health and disability Supported Employment Framework/Individual Placement and Support

11 Fair Start Scotland: Lead Providers Glasgow: People Plus Lanarkshire: Remploy Ltd Tayside: Remploy Ltd Forth Valley: Falkirk Council East: Start Scotland South West: Start Scotland North East: Momentum Highlands and Islands: People Plus West: Wise Group

12 Fair Start Scotland: continual improvement Have learned lessons from transitional services Will collect regular management information Evaluation will look at quality of user experiences Regular sharing of best practice among providers

13 Wider measures Wider challenge to deliver a more flexible, responsive, and person-centred approach across employment-related services Aligning programmes with existing health and social care support Half the disability employment gap Employer engagement

14 Next steps Disability and Employment Congress early 2018 Fair Start Scotland April 2018 Single Gateway pilot summer 2018

15 Contact / Questions Adam Reid adam.reid@gov.scot