Contract for Noting- Development of digital content for the North Lanarkshire wide digital skills academy
North Lanarkshire Council · 22 August 2022
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North Lanarkshire Council Report People and Communities Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☐ Yes ☒ No Ref JO’N/RB Date Click here to enter a date. Contract for Noting: Development of digital content for the NL- wide digital skills academy From Janie O’Neill, Head of Education South E-mail brownru@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 01698 332618 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to notify the committee regarding the award of a contract to Learning Pool for the provision of digital content for the NL-wide digital skills academy to offer online support for those with mental health conditions or are experiencing social isolation and those who need to develop basic and intermediate digital skills to improve their employability. Recommendations It is recommended that People and Communities Committee 1. note the action taken to award the contract to develop digital content for the NL-wide digital skills academy. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Improve economic opportunities and outcomes Ambition statement (5) Grow and improve the sustainability and diversity of North Lanarkshire's economy
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1. Background 1.1 Active & Creative Communities Community Library Service submitted a bid to the Flex Fund for the creation of digital content for the NL-wide digital skills academy to offer online support for those with mental health conditions or are experiencing social isolation and those who need to develop basic and intermediate digital skills to improve their employability. 1.2 The content was made up amended off-the-shelf learning materials and bespoke learning resources, on basic digital skills, created exclusively for use by North Lanarkshire Library customers. 2. Report 2.1 The project aims to develop a series of specific learning modules addressing a range of metal health conditions and issues in order to better inform and support customers who may be affected by low mental health or are experiencing social isolation issues, including learning materials on: self-development, fundamentals of diabetes and mental health awareness. 2.2 The project aims to develop a wide series of learning modules covering basic and intermediate digital skills as well as communication skills and CV and interview skills. The modules will be available free of charge to all learners who live, learn, visit and work within North Lanarkshire, via a web-based digital skills academy. 2.3 The learning materials will help support learners with low digital skills who require support and development of skills as a result of missed learning opportunities due to the COVID pandemic and/or have a digital skills gap they need to address in order to improve their employment prospects as they emerge into a post COVID jobs market. 2.4 The breakdown of the NTP contract is as follows: Development of learning materials by Learning pool - £70,000 As the project includes the creation of bespoke learning materials that are only available by a specialist company, this is considered to be the best value available to ensure effective service delivery. 3. Measures of success 3.1 Success will be measured by the amount of learners successfully completing the learning modules and the overall impact on their learning will be assessed via exit questionnaires. Janie O’Neill Head of Education (South)
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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality-and-fairer- scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Financial Solutions? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? All future licensing arrangements will be met via existing revenue funding 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People and Organisational Development? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact?
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Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? Risk will be appropriately managed by the Service, with input from key stakeholders as required.