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Homes and places where people want to live
ApprenticeshipsIan Richardson
Learning and Development Officer
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About Us
• Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO)
• Founded 1st April 2005
• To manage the Decent Homes Project
• Voted for by our Customers
• Created by NCC by the joining of Nottingham City Building Works and Housing together
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About Us
• One Share Holder
• Largest Social Housing Landlord service in the East Midlands
• Manage 29,000 homes and 1,000 leasehold properties
• 34,000 Tenancies
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What are we?
• Non-profit making Organisation• Run by a Strategic Board• 1100 Members of Staff• Registered at Company’s House
• We are a Social Landlord, offering all landlord services required by Nottingham City Council to manage their social housing stock
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Our Mission
To deliver excellent service
Our VisionHomes and places where people want to
live
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Our Values1. Tell the truth
2. Keep your promises
3. Be fair
4. Respect the individual
5. Work as one team
6. Encourage fresh thinking
7. Strive for the best
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In House Apprenticeships
• Trade apprentices 34• Administration apprentices 8• Managed scheme
Change Management and Development team
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In House Apprenticeships
• 65 Operatives trained in Mentoring skills
• 11 Mentors trained in Administration skills• Project Managers and Supervisors act as off line
mentors. (3 to 4 apprentices each)
• Team Effort
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In House Apprenticeships
• Craft Apprenticeship scheme is 25 years old • We employ 360 craft operatives • over 35% of current Craft Operatives are home grown • Trained to City and Guilds Level 3 in all crafts. • 100% successful completion from apprentice to Operative since 2004.
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In House Apprenticeships
• Recruit from The City of Nottingham• Outreach work
– Inner City Schools – Work Experience – New School Diploma in construction– Connexions – Community Support groups for Women and BME– Local advertising (Nottingham Arrow & Evening Post)
• 1700 applications for 10 vacancies
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In House Apprenticeships
• Many Home grown Apprentices now in supervisory and management roles• Many home grown Operatives now mentor on the Apprenticeship Scheme•In house development programme
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Decent Homes Secure Warm and Modern
The 1 in a Million Scheme
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• All properties must be •Secure •Warm •Modern By December 2013
• Contract Value £243 Million
Government Decent homes intuitive
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Our Partners
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Expectation
To create long term social and economic benefits by employing and up skilling
local people in the delivery of the Decent Homes Project
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• Guaranteed Training for local people• Provide an avenue for local people to train in the construction industry• Increase the skills base within local communities • Tackle Workless ness
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How (The eureka moment)
Embedding training into the Decent Homes Project
1 trainee for £1 million of work
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• For every £1 million of work you take, you must employ an apprentice written into the contract.• Guaranteed 24 months to level 2 • Circa…200 apprentices (243)• Partner can then choose to employ or give a further years training • Service level agreement • Roll on roll off apprenticeships with the local Training providers • All apprentices as per Nottingham city Councils Local Jobs for Local People
Embedding training into the Decent Homes Project
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Embedding training into the Decent Homes Project
• Local colleges • New College Nottingham•Castle College •Stephenson College
• Connexions 16 to 19 years
•Community Support Groups •Broxtowe Education skills Training (BEST)•Meadows Trust •Renewal Trust (St Ann's)
Recruitment
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Monitoring
Embedding training into the Decent Homes Project
• Nottingham City Homes • Monthly returns
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• Spend up to 31 March 2010….£47 Million• Apprenticeships created….54
Up by 7 apprentices and increasing