November 2010: It was announced today that the Skills Training UK Consortium has won a place on the Department for Work and Pensions’ Framework in the London Region. The Consortium is an innovative new partnership for London with PwC, the UK’s leading professional services firm. Skills Training UK, already a major Welfare to Work Prime Contractor and Provider, has also been selected for the Framework in the South East Region.
Companies on the DWP Framework will deliver all Welfare to Work programmes from 2011.
Skills Training UK will work with PwC to design and deliver bespoke packages of employment-related support in London, beginning with the new Work Programme which is the first contract to be let under the Framework. These significant contracts will replace a number of previous programmes and will enable successful bidders to offer the personalised support that is required to deal with the often complex disadvantages faced by long term unemployed customers.
Martin Dunford OBE, Skills Training UK Chief Executive and Chairman of the Association of Learning Providers (ALP), said: “We are delighted to be selected for the new Framework and to be taking a leading role in delivering the new agenda for Welfare Reform. With the combined experience and expertise of Skills Training UK and our partner PwC we will be able to transform the existing delivery models, securing sustainable outcomes and value for money.”
Daniel Burke, PwC Director, said: “We aim to add real value to the development and delivery of effective Welfare to Work programmes by bringing new insights from overseas, other sectors and from our research work for government. We are delighted to be working with Skills Training UK, an organisation with an impressive track record and a commitment to innovation and delivery that mirrors our own.”
Skills Training UK is already helping over seven hundred of DWP’s most disadvantaged customers to find and stay in work every month through Welfare to Work programmes. Its core focus is on securing sustainable employment for long term unemployed customers.
As well as being the Prime Contractor for Flexible New Deal in Surrey, Sussex and Kent, Skills Training UK delivers the New Deal programme in West London. It has twelve modern, professionally equipped training centres in London and the South East and a network of more than 60 sub-contract locations.
PwC has a wealth of experience in the design, development and implementation of successful programmes in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad – including a significant body of work on the Welfare Reform agenda.
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For further press information about Skills Training UK please contact:
Penny Arbuthnot, Project PR. Tel 01473 326401 (07885 238374)
Email: penny.arbuthnot@projectpr.biz
Or Helen Rudd, Project PR. Tel 01473 326405 (07521 318127)
Email: Helen.rudd@projectpr.biz
For further press information about PwC contact Katherine Howbrook Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7212 2711 (07515 119096
Email: katherine.j.howbrook@uk.pwc.com
NOTES TO EDITORS
Partnership information
1. Skills Training UK and PwC formed an innovative and exciting new partnership to bid for a place on the new DWP Framework for the provision of employment-related support services in the London region.
2. Both partners believe the fiscal and labour market context demand real and significant welfare reform – and through the new partnership they can play a leading role in delivering that new agenda.
3. The partnership between Skills Training UK and PwC is rooted in the two organisations’ shared commitment to welfare reform, innovation, the delivery of sustained outcomes and value for money.
4. It brings together the experience and expertise of both organisations to design and deliver bespoke packages of support that DWP customers really need to help them find and stay in work.
5. The partnership will build a resilient, sustainable and flexible supply chain, capable of improving outcomes for customers and dealing with the full range of contracts that will be let through the Framework.
Skills Training UK
1. Skills Training UK is a leading Prime Contractor for the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Welfare to Work programmes, with a core focus on securing sustainable employment for its long term unemployed customers, improving their and their families’ life chances.
2. Its unique strengths are its size and its ability to scale up and enter new markets rapidly, establishing itself in the heart of an area through successful engagement of stakeholders in that community.
3. This approach has enabled Skills Training UK to help 5,600 people from London and the South East into work over the last year. Momentum is increasing and over 700 people are now gaining employment each month as a result of its services. Customers include some of the most disadvantaged groups in society and each person’s individual needs are always assessed and continually reviewed.
4. Employers are fully integrated into the Skills Training UK business model and Morrisons, The Metropolitan Police, Marks and Spencer, TSS Security and British Airways are amongst the clients to benefit from services such as recruitment, in-work support and training of unemployed customers who are matched to the employer’s needs.
5. For its partners, Skills Training UK offers consistent and dependable performance and innovative delivery methods, backed by sector leading Management Information Systems. The Merlin Standard report for DWP, which assesses supply chain performance, said: “The Prime Contractor has clearly promoted a culture of collaboration and cooperation.”
6. Skills Training UK has twelve modern, professionally equipped training centres and a network of more than 60 sub-contract locations.
7. Head Office, 4th Floor, Wembley Point, 1 Harrow Road, Wembley HA9 6DE
8. For further information see www.skillstraininguk.com
PwC
PwC firms provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to enhance value for their clients. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries in firms across the PwC network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. See www,pwc.com for more information.
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