Presentation to SE London Housing Partnership: RSL Employment and Training

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Joe McLoughlinHome Connections

Background on Home Connections

London Based Social Enterprise owned and controlled by a number of central and north London local authorities and RSL’s.Develop web based applications (CBL, online registration, HECS) & Digital Media (Virtual Tours, serious games, microsites and video)

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Growing Worklessness amongst Social Housing Tenants

Social Tenants in Employment %

Social Tenants in Full-Time Employment %

Drivers for change

1. Housing Employment Connections Background

1. Won tender Feb 2008 – a Ken and Boris project !!

2. Nudge tenants/home seekers to improve life chances through jobs and training

3. 4 key areas

1. Survey to obtain information and generate referrals

2. Mapping local employment providers and presenting information via web

3. Encouraging home seekers/tenants to take action e.g via jobs feed

4. Monitoring activity – for evaluation, follow-up & possibly for behavioural targeting

1. The HECS service plugs into any IT system and is CBL agnostic

2. Large number of employment service providers and JCP & Evaluated by Cambridge University

3. Service designed for self-service and use of ICT (online outreach)

4. An electronic signposting gateway from any CBL / Tenants database to employment services

5. Live from November 2008; extended to further 4 councils & RSLs in last 3 months

9. GLA satisfied and promoting across London

10. Final report issued May 2009 – visit www.home-connections.co.uk for a copy or demo

Mayor of London

HECs Services

1. Worklessness Training Package

2. Mapping ALL local employment services

3. A Survey for Tenants & Bidders

4. Generates Referrals to Advice Agencies

5. DIY tools (Better off Calculator; CV creation)

6. Live London-wide Job Adverts

7. Comprehensive Monitoring of all activity

User Journey – Survey Form

User Journey – Job List

Video diaries of user experience

Online Referral to IAG provider

Monitoring and Evaluation

Results from independent evaluation by Cambridge University Housing Research Team

3,459 (42%) of home seekers wanted help with Jobs and Training

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8,297 home seekers completed online survey

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Home seekers did not want help with Jobs and Training because…

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•Childcare / family commitments – 16%•Health issues – 15%•Lack of skills – 5%•Losing benefits – 2%•No Answer – 53%

3,746 home seekers wanted help with in-work benefits

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2,405 home seekers accessed HECS Jobs and Employment Service Pages.

Represents 70% of home seekers that responded‘yes’ to wanting help about jobs and training

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2,476 hits on Employment Service page7,764 hits on Jobs page

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Job Hits Employment Services Hits

8,297 home seekers completed online survey

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3,459 (42%) of home seekers wanted help with Jobs and Training

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31%

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Further Information

joe.mcloughlin@home-connections.co.uk

07939 825 164

Suite 33, Fonthill Road, London, N4 3HN.

http://twitter.com/homeconnections