Buyer Name: Staffordshire County Council
Buyer Address: 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,, Stafford, UKG24, ST16 2DH, United Kingdom
Contact Email: michelle.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk
Connect to Work
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
selective
selective
Value
389014.16 GBP
389014.16 GBP
Published
01 Dec 2025, 11:29
01 Dec 2025, 11:29
Deadline
n/a
n/a
Contract Start
01 Dec 2025, 00:00
01 Dec 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2027, 22:59
31 Mar 2027, 22:59
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CPV
80000000 - Education and training services
80000000 - Education and training services
Region
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n/a
Awarded To
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED, ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY, INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED, ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY, INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD
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Description
The recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper outlines the Government's strategy to invest £240m to support this ambition and help improve workplace health and keep people in work, including trials of combined public services for those out of work due to ill health. The strategy will bring fundamental reform that transforms relationships with local areas and ensures a strong foundation of partnership working to support people into good, sustainable work. Connect to Work is the first major element of the Get Britain Working Strategy. It will take a collaborative, locally led approach to tackling 'Hidden Unemployment'. It will help connect local work, health and skills support. The funding provides a coherent, systematic and joined up approach to maximise the benefits available for individuals and local communities. Connect to Work will support the wider development of locally planned systems to drive growth, working jointly with the Government. It will be an important strand in local plans to tackle inactivity and expand employment opportunity. By encouraging join up between health systems and employment support, Connect to Work will support those, primarily, currently outside the workforce and facing greater labour market disadvantages, to stay in work and get back into work. In turn, supporting the Government's ambition for a more inclusive economy, supporting local people to realise their potential and supporting local and national growth. Connect to Work will provide out of work participants with intensive employment support for up to 12 months. It will also include support for up to 4 months for people in-work who are at risk of losing their job. The support will be based on the well evidenced Individual Placement and Support (IPS) or Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Fidelity models as appropriate to the participant. Help will include early access to jobs based on job preferences, access to a wide range of support including job and skills matching, on the job training and help to sustain employment, which might include job coaching at work, training, support from a workplace mentor and regular workplace reviews. Support will be provided to the employer as well as the participant. Connect to Work will also provide tailored self-employment support where appropriate.
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot 1 Status: complete
Documents
Document Description: Not published
Contracts
Contract Title: Lot 1a - Individual Placement Support (IPS) covering Staffordshire Moorlands and Newcastle under Lyme - North
Contract Title: Lot 1b - Individual Placement Support (IPS) covering Stafford, South Staffordshire and Cannock Chase - Southwest
Contract Title: Lot 1c - Individual Placement Support (IPS) covering Tamworth, East Staffordshire & Lichfield - Southeast
Contract Title: Lot 2a - Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) covering Staffordshire Moorlands and Newcastle under Lyme - North
Contract Title: Lot 2b - Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) covering Stafford, South Staffordshire and Cannock Chase - Southwest
Contract Title: Lot 2c - Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) covering Tamworth, East Staffordshire & Lichfield - Southeast
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