Health and Wellbeing Board Work and Health 14 th November 2017 - PDF document

08/11/17 Health and Wellbeing Board Work and Health 14 th November 2017 Opportunities and Challenges o Growth - Salford has experienced exceptional levels of growth over the last ten years and 40,000 new jobs could be created in the city within the next 25 years o GM Devolution – employment and skills is a key strand and the links with other priorities such as health are recognised o Unemployment - decrease in the number of residents in receipt of out of work benefits o Skill levels have improved in the city over recent years, however o Many residents are still facing major challenges to access, stay and progress in work o Some face multiple barriers such as health, disability, skills, debt, child care and housing o Nearly 19,000 people in Salford (11.7% of the working age population) are claiming out of work benefits and a significant proportion (8.6%) are out of work due to health reasons Recovery in the labour market is characterised by a growth in ‘flexible’ forms of o employment – part time, temporary and self employment o Low paid work continues to be more of a feature in GM than elsewhere in the country o An ageing workforce - over a third of the workforce will be aged 50 and over by 2020 1

08/11/17 Strategy and Partnership • Salford Employment and Skills Strategy launched by the Skills and Work Board in June 2017 • Sets out a collaborative approach to meeting the future skills and employment needs of Salford residents • Strategy contains three key strategic priorities: 1. Young people achieving and progressing in education and work 2. Adults connected to, and progressing in, employment and training 3. Employers creating quality and sustainable opportunities • Recognises links to other strategies including Salford Locality Plan and Tackling Poverty in Salford Strategy Examples of work underway: Salford Health Works: • Integrated lifestyle / wellbeing and employability service commenced delivery in April 2017. • A flexible service that builds on experience and learning from previous activity: • Being Well Service – groups of clients with combined lifestyle risk factors and struggling with work. • Skills and Work provision – group of clients being supported to get back into work, but struggling with long term condition / poor lifestyle. • Referrals are from Primary Care and Salford Helping Families Salford - a Living Wage City: • Progress being made to have a Living Wage Health and Wellbeing system in place by 2021 Influencing the GM work and health offer….. 2

08/11/17 GM: A whole population approach to work and health GM Working Well System Work Care & Early In Work and Help Support Health Customers Longer term Complex & enduring Newly Employees Employees workless due to health conditions Unemployed SMEs SMEs poor health or disability Outcomes Find and Improve Regain Increase Return sustain employability work productivity to work work and wellbeing Key Delivery WW provider Specialist provider LCOs LCOs JCP Partners LCOs JCP JCP LEP/Chamb LCOs Integration Integration Board Others er Others Board LCO TBC TBC JCP Keyworker Services Occ. Health IAG Keyworker Occ. Health Supported Leisure MSK / MH IAG MSK / MH Empl. Well-being Wellbeing Work Experience IAG Traineeships IAG Occ. Health MSK / MH MSK / MH Channels Self-serve F2F F2F Self-serve F2F Telephony Telephony Telephony Telephony Telephon F2F Self-serve Self-serve F2F y Self- serve GM Programme Objectives: Deliver a joint programme across the GM Health & Social Care Partnership and the GM Combined Authority to achieve: 1. An effective early intervention system available to all GM residents in work who become ill and risk falling out of the labour market, or are newly unemployed due to health issues – example: GM Working Well Early Help offer 2. Better support for the diverse range of people who are long-term economically inactive to prepare for, find and keep work – example: GM Working Well Work and Health Programme 3. Development to enable GM employers to provide ‘good work’, and for people to stay healthy and productive in work – example: GM Employers Charter | 6 3

08/11/17 Next Steps: • Deliver the priorities of the Salford Employment and Skills Strategy, in particular: • provide support for adults, both in and out of work, to connect to and progress in employment and training • encourage employers in the city to create opportunities that are high quality and sustainable with decent levels of pay and conditions for workers • Ensure the City Council and strategic partners lead by example in this agenda • Continue to shape and influence the GM work and health ‘offer’ in order to maximise the benefit for Salford residents | 7 4