The Programme

What will West London Working Do?

In 2006/07 £40m was spent on services specifically geared to help West Londoners into work.
A further £150m was channelled by what was then the Learning & Skills Council into learning and skills provision. More than 200 providers deliver training and support to help residents find work.

West London Working will look to ensure that these services meet the needs of both employers and residents who are out of work.

Strategic Objectives

• To reduce the number of people on benefits by 3,386 by May 09 and maintain the employment rate at 69.8%.
• To increase the number of residents in employment by 8,600 by 2012
• To make an additional 5,160 children better off by 2012.

Challenges

• No central quality and performance management system has led to...
• Lack of coordination in the provision and planning of services and...
• A system that does not adequately incentivise service providers at all stages of intervention.
• Multiple and confused points of contact for residents and for employers and...
• A supply led system with disjointed employer engagement.
• Lack of personalised customer focused provision with few referrals between providers and no system that can track or support an individual's progress through the routeway.

Click on the left hand menu items for more information on our programme to find out what we have acheived to date and what the future holds.

West London Working Business Plan

Download a copy of West London Working Business Plan:
West London Working Business Plan Refresh 2009-2011
West London Working Business Plan