Presentation Content

• Momentum Skills• Work Choice Progress• Work Choice Aims• Work Choice Process• Current Partnership• Partnership Strengths• Partnership Limitations• Future Developments

MOMENTUMSKILLS• Training and employment arm of Momentum Scotland• Part of the Rehab Group (3,600 staff, 50,000 customers)

• Efficient, innovative partnership worker• One of UK’s top three Work Step performers• Momentum Skills’ mission is to work in partnership throughout

the UK to enable and empower people with disabilities and those who are socially excluded to identify and achieve their goals.

Work Choice Progress• Announced as preferred bidder on 12 July• Detailed and exacting process to become prime provider• Security requirements• Four week delay on new referrals• Tier 1 contractors commitment• Tier 2 contractors engagement• Statutory referral agencies

Work Choice Aims• a greater focus on those who need specialist support;• less prescription and greater flexibility;• better links between elements of provision;• better consistency and quality of provision;• provision for all types of disability;• more opportunity for the customer to exercise choice and control;• a greater focus on job entries;• improved support for people in either employment or self employment; • improved progression to unsupported employment;• A greater emphasis on achieving potential within longer-term supported employment.

Work Choice Process• Referral by Disability Employment Advisor (SRA)• Initial Interview

– begin developing a programme of activities for the customer.

• Module 1 – Work Entry– Pre-employment; 26 weeks (possible 13 week extension)

• Module 2 – In work Support– supported employment, up to 2 years

• Module 3 – longer term in work support– In supported employment for two years needing additional support

Current Partnership (Tier 1)• Momentum• Capability Scotland• Enable Scotland• Scottish Association for Mental Health• Shaw Trust• Leonard Cheshire• Moray Council• Aberdeenshire Council

Current Partnership (Tier 2)• Ness Soap• Lochaber Hope• National Autistic Society• Cornerstone• RNIB• One Parent Families Scotland• Enterprise Mentoring (self employment)

Partnership Strengths

• Wide and deep expertise in dealing with the target groups• Wide experience of DWP delivery• Strong outcome-based performance• In depth knowledge of the geography• Absolute recognition of the crucial role of partnership working

Partnership Limitations

• Partnership delineated in the tender including business allocations

• Business capacity challenges• Geographic Challenges

Future Development

• Embed service delivery with local employment strategies• Add value to local delivery by attracting additional funding• Build the existing partnership and its capacity• Forge new service delivery partnerships• Work with supported businesses to find mutual opportunities