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Digital Inclusion Working Group Final Report

 

 

Meeting: 06/12/2018 - Cabinet (Item 67)

67 Digital Inclusion Working Group Final Report pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

 

Councillor McKinley, the Lead Member of the Working Group will attend to present the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report

 

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Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer which incorporated a copy of the final report produced by the Working Group appointed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services) to review the opportunity for the Council in supporting and enabling Digital Inclusion within the Borough of Sefton and the wider City Region.

 

Councillor McKinley, the Lead Member of the Working Group outlined the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report. 

 

Decision Made:

 

(1)

It was noted that the Working Group was impressed with the Visitor Economy (VE) ‘Passport to Success’ scheme aimed at college students across the Liverpool City Region coming into the tourism industry; whereby students are able to achieve a bronze, silver or gold passport standard to provide them with a range of opportunities to either gain quality work experience, an interview, apprenticeship or a full-time job.

 

The Working Group, at its meeting held on 23 May 2018 acknowledged that literary and numeracy skills should be embedded as a priority along with digital skills.

 

Accordingly, it is agreed that:

 

(A)

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Employment and Skills Board be requested to consider the development of a Digital Skills Passport Scheme (incorporating numeracy, literacy and communication skills) to help Sefton residents to gain future employment, via the Learning and Skills budget to be devolved from 2019; and

 

(B)

Sefton Council, via Sefton@Work, in conjunction with local organisations such as Sefton Community Learning Service, work with the Liverpool City Region with the aim of exploring the application of such a Skills Passport for the benefit of Sefton employers and residents;

 

(2)

using the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic” data, areas of high unemployment be targeted to enable those Sefton residents excluded from the labour market to develop their ICT skills to improve their opportunities for gaining future employment; 

 

(3)

to facilitate the above, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority be requested to devolve sufficient funding to Sefton Council to appoint a project worker with the clear objectives of:

 

(A)

Working with local employers to map ICT/digital skills;

 

(B)

Working with local partners such as Sefton Community Learning Service to develop and deliver bespoke training programmes to target residents in the areas identified in the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic” data;

 

(C)

Identifying, using the data from the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic”, a number of residents who would benefit from and be able to undertake training as referred to in resolution (3) (B) above; and

 

(D)

Working with local employers to develop a compact agreement to enable those residents who successfully complete the bespoke training programme(s) to gain relevant employment; 

 

(4)

if further opportunities arise for a roll out of the Include-IT project and to support the objectives of resolution (2) above, then Sefton CVS be requested to consider such roll out to the priority areas identified within the Poverty Modelling and Digital Exclusion document; and

 

(5)

the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer be requested  ...  view the full minutes text for item 67

Meeting: 06/11/2018 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) (Item 25)

25 Digital Inclusion Working Group Final Report

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance

 

At its meeting held on 11 September 2018 the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services) approved the Digital Inclusion Working Group Final Report. However, as the Final Report contained many recommendations that fall under the remit of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) and following consultations with Councillors Atkinson, Bradshaw and Sayers, the submission of the Final Report to Cabinet on 4 October 2018 was deferred to enable the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) to consider the Final Report prior to its submission to Cabinet on 6 December 2018.

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Meeting: 11/09/2018 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services) (Item 15)

15 Digital Inclusion Working Group Final Report pdf icon PDF 78 KB

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance that presented formally the final report of the Digital Inclusion Working Group.

 

Councillor McKinley, Lead Member of the Working Group introduced the report and commended the recommendations contained within it to Cabinet.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Cabinet be recommended to:- 

 

 

1.

The Working Group was impressed with the Visitor Economy (VE) ‘Passport to Success’ scheme aimed at college students across the Liverpool City Region coming into the tourism industry; whereby students are able to achieve a bronze, silver or gold passport standard to provide them with a range of opportunities to either gain quality work experience, an interview, apprenticeship or a full-time job.

 

The Working Group, at its meeting held on 23 May 2018 acknowledged that literary and numeracy skills should be embedded as a priority along with digital skills.

 

Accordingly, it is recommended that:-

 

(A)

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Employment and Skills Board be requested to consider the development of a Digital Skills Passport Scheme (incorporating numeracy, literacy and communication skills) to help Sefton residents to gain future employment, via the Learning and Skills budget to be devolved from 2019; and

 

(B)

Sefton Council, via Sefton@Work, in conjunction with local organisations such as Sefton Community Learning Service, work with the Liverpool City Region with the aim of exploring the application of such a Skills Passport for the benefit of Sefton employers and residents;

 

2.

Using the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic” data, areas of high unemployment be targeted to enable those Sefton residents excluded from the labour market to develop their ICT skills to improve their opportunities for gaining future employment; 

 

3.

To facilitate the above the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority be requested to devolve sufficient funding to Sefton Council to appoint a project worker with the clear objectives of:-

 

(A)

Working with local employers to map ICT/digital skills;

 

(B)

Working with local partners such as Sefton Community Learning Service to develop and deliver bespoke training programmes to target residents in the areas identified in the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic” data;

 

(C)

Identifying, using the data from the Poverty Modelling and Digital Inclusion “Mosaic”, a number of residents who would benefit from and be able to undertake training as referred to in 3. (B) above; and

 

(D)

Working with local employers to develop a compact agreement to enable those residents who successfully complete the bespoke training programme(s) to gain relevant employment; 

 

4.

If further opportunities arise for a roll out of the Include-IT project and to support the objectives of recommendation 2 then Sefton CVS be requested to consider such roll out to the priority areas identified within the Poverty Modelling and Digital Exclusion document; and

 

5.

the Head of Regulation and Compliance be requested to submit a monitoring report to the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Resources to be held on 5 March 2019, setting out progress made against each of the recommendations set out  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15