Job Outcome Incentive Payments are described in SFA Guidance Note 8, from paragraph 24. As the name implies, they are designed to make it worth providers’ while to ensure that learners achieve jobs, and that these outcomes are reported to the SFA. They are dealt with as a pilot in 2011/12, and will be implemented fully in subsequent years.
JOIP in 2011/12
In 2011/12, providers are encouraged to set themselves up to provide jobs for learners. There is no specific payment made for individual learner outcomes; instead, providers can be given 2.5% of their adult skills budget to prepare themselves as described in paragraph 29 to attain as many job outcomes as possible.
The value, at 2.5% of the total budget, is claimed in twelve equal instalments through the TPS. Since there is no direct relationship between learners and the amount claimed each month, PICS does not attempt to calculate this.
If a provider specifically asks not to take part in the pilot, then the 2.5% is added back to the adult skills budget for the year.
JOIP in 2012/13 and beyond
We do not yet have any specific information about a formula for claiming JOIP in 2012/13 and subsequent years, and paragraph 31 suggests that the SFA has not yet reached any firm conclusions about how this is to be paid. If, as we expect, the amount paid becomes part of the formula-funded calculation depending on actual job outcomes recorded in the ILR, then PICS will calculate these values.
