Grayling launches a revolution in back to work support as the Work Programme rolls out nationwide
Around two and half million people are expected to be supported through the new Work Programme over the next five years.
Around two and half million people are expected to be supported through the new Work Programme over the next five years, Employment Minister Chris Grayling said today, as the programme rolls out across the country.
皇冠体育app Work Programme is the latest big milestone in the delivery of the Government鈥檚 radical welfare reforms. It is the biggest single payment by results employment programme ever introduced and replaces much of the existing back to work support on offer with a programme that is built around the needs of individual jobseekers.
Ministers are clear that the Work Programme will tackle the human consequences of endemic worklessness. Welfare to work providers around the country will now address the needs of the long-term unemployed claiming Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance and those on long-term sickness benefits who may need more intensive support to help them into sustained employment.
Under the new programme providers are free to innovate and design support based on the needs of jobseekers and local labour markets. 皇冠体育app Government鈥檚 priority is to get people into employment that lasts.聽
In what is a boost to the Big Society, more than 400* voluntary sector groups including Mencap, the Citizen鈥檚 Advice Bureau, youth charity 皇冠体育app Prince鈥檚 Trust and Action for Blind People will all be involved in delivering the Work Programme.
Launching the Work Programme at a visit to Reed in Acton, Employment Minister Chris Grayling said:
皇冠体育app Work Programme will tackle the endemic worklessness that has blighted so many of the country鈥檚 communities for decades. It is revolutionary in the way it tailors support to jobseekers鈥� individual needs and pays organisations primarily for getting people into sustained employment.
We want to establish a deal, where we will do our bit and get people ready for work and in exchange we will expect people to take up the work that is available. We are sending out a clear message: if you can work, and we can help you find a job, you must work.
Millions of people on out of work benefits who have previously been shunted from dole queue to training room to dole queue again will now finally be able to access support that鈥檚 built around their needs.
Chris Melvin, Chief Executive, Reed in Partnership:
皇冠体育app Work Programme represents a new era of delivering public services and Reed in Partnership is looking forward to helping thousands more people into work over the next five years.
Kirsty McHugh, Chief Executive of ERSA said:
A real advantage of the Work Programme is that providers are being given the flexibility to use their specialist knowledge to provide jobseekers with support which is based on their needs rather than on what benefit they are on. 皇冠体育app expertise which providers possess will help individuals overcome the barriers which prevent them from securing sustainable work.
Roy O鈥橲haughnessy, Chief Executive of Careers Development Group said:
皇冠体育app Work Programme is a great opportunity to show how charities like Careers Development Group can have a major impact in helping people into work and helping them to stay in work.
As a charity with nearly 30 years experience we have first class committed staff with the skills to be a success. In London East we, with our partners, will be supporting nearly 60,000 people on their journey into work over the next five years.
Everyone should be able to work given the right help. We treat everybody equally and believe that everyone, no matter what their difficulties and challenges are, can be supported into work.
Providers will be paid primarily for supporting customers into employment and helping them stay there for longer than ever before, with higher payments for supporting the hardest to help. 皇冠体育appy will be paid partly through the benefit savings made from the people they help get back to work - the first time such an approach has been tried in this country. Over the course of the seven years the contracts will run, the total value is likely to be between 拢3bn - 拢5bn.
皇冠体育app Work Programme replaces much of the complex range of employment support currently on offer including the New Deals, Employment Zones and Pathways to Work. 皇冠体育appse programmes were overly prescriptive and failed to achieve enough positive job outcomes for the long-term unemployed or good value for money for the taxpayer.
Success in the Work Programme is uncapped, so the rewards on offer to providers are potentially greater than before as long as they make a real difference to long-term unemployment. This is a huge step towards supporting the almost five million people currently on out of work benefits into sustainable employment.
*皇冠体育app original press release contained an inaccurate figure, which has now been corrected.
Notes to Editors:
- 皇冠体育app list of subcontractors and partners for the Work Programme can be found here: