Homes and places where people want to live Apprenticeships Ian Richardson Learning and Development...

Homes and places where people want to live

ApprenticeshipsIan Richardson

Learning and Development Officer


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


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


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


Our Mission

To deliver excellent service

Our VisionHomes and places where people want to

live


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


In House Apprenticeships

• Trade apprentices 34• Administration apprentices 8• Managed scheme

Change Management and Development team



• 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



• 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.



• 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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• Many Home grown Apprentices now in supervisory and management roles• Many home grown Operatives now mentor on the Apprenticeship Scheme•In house development programme


Decent Homes Secure Warm and Modern

The 1 in a Million Scheme


• All properties must be •Secure •Warm •Modern By December 2013

• Contract Value £243 Million

Government Decent homes intuitive


Our Partners


Expectation

To create long term social and economic benefits by employing and up skilling

local people in the delivery of the Decent Homes Project


• 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


How (The eureka moment)

Embedding training into the Decent Homes Project

1 trainee for £1 million of work


• 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




• 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


Monitoring


• Nottingham City Homes • Monthly returns


• Spend up to 31 March 2010….£47 Million• Apprenticeships created….54

Up by 7 apprentices and increasing

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