the employability of JSA claimants across
the Midlands
In December 2009 Ingeus began delivering three five-year Jobcentre Plus Support Contracts in Birmingham and Solihull, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, in partnership with Jobcentre Plus. We expect to welcome over 44,000 clients onto the programmes over the course of the first year.
The majority of clients on the programme have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for between six and twelve months, and are supported to move closer to finding work through short, group-based training modules such as ‘Doing Effective Job Search’ and ‘Skills for Work’.
In addition, lone parents, carers and partners of benefit claimants can participate in a more intensive module, Launch Pad, which supports them to overcome individual barriers to returning to work and secure vocational training and work placements as required.
People who have recently been made redundant, or who are at risk of being made redundant, can also be supported through the programme.
Ingeus is delivering the programme in partnership with several well-established subcontractors, including Intraining in Leicestershire, Papworth Trust in part of Northamptonshire, and Platinum in north-west Birmingham.
This programme provides an important set of interventions to unemployed people who need expert, tailored support to move them closer to finding suitable, lasting employment.
In England, this programme is match-funded by the European Social Fund.