Indus Delta Welfare to Work Newswire- 20 January 2012

Parkhouse Bell is a recruitment consultancy that provides a confidential and specialist service across all levels within the welfare to work industry.  For more information visit our website or our dedicated jobs page on Indus Delta.

Latest news

Apprenticeship Certificates England (ACE) goes live

The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils today confirmed that the new online certification request system 'Apprenticeship Certificates England' will be launched next Wednesday (25th January 2012). It will be available for Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), Sector Skills Bodies (SSBs), issuing bodies and providers to view today however. 

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Joint Statement of Intent and Call for Evidence Welfare to Work Supply Chain Relationships Workstream

The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), the trade association for the welfare to work industry, ACEVO, the representative body for third sector leaders, and NCVO, the national voluntary sector membership body, intend to work together over the course of 2012 to increase the quality and quantity of supply chain relationships within the welfare to work industry involving the voluntary and community sectors.

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Parkhouse Bell new Managing Director, Craig Boucher

Parkhouse Bell is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Boucher to the position of Managing Director UK. Craig has an extensive career in teacher and medical recruitment and joins the London office of Parkhouse Bell to grow the UK business. Craig will also work closely with Gavin Walker who is moving from the London office, where he has worked for over four years, to take up the position of Managing Director Middle East, based in Dubai with effect from 20th February 2012.

Helen McAnally who founded Parkhouse Bell in 2007 will continue to be based in London and will focus on senior appointments in the UK as well as having overall responsibility for the growth of the Parkhouse Bell Group in the UK, Australia and the Middle East.

Contract Explorer

Last week we launched the Contracts Explorer on Indus Delta to enable you to see easily who is delivering welfare to work contracts and where. We currently need more contact information for providers delivering ESF Families with Multiple Problems contracts. If you are one of these providers we would be extremely grateful for your assistance in supplying contact information (name, email and phone number) for our tool to Helen Crowther at helen [dot] crowther [at] cesi [dot] org [dot] uk. 

Link to the Contract Explorer tool here.

Innovation Fund Partnership Forum

DWP has published results for Round 1 of the Innovation Fund.

Six organisations have been selected as preferred bidders. Post tender clarifications will take place in January 2012, with the intention of having contracts awarded during February 2012.

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IPPR claims Youth Contract must go further

Kayte Lawton, senior research fellow at IPPR argues the Youth Contract does not go far enough in helping young people into work. She argues that all young people under the Youth Contract should be guaranteed a minimum wage job after a year of unemployment. 

Read more here.

Register of Training Organisations launches 18th January

Following a review and evaluation of the Approved College and Training Organisations Register (ACTOR), a new Register of Training Organisations has been announced. This went live on the 18th January at 5pm. 

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Calling employers and employees in the North West

Inclusion, New Economy and the North West Provider Network are conducting a research project into the public sector workforce in the North West. If you are or were recently a public sector worker in the North West, or if you work for or represent a private sector employer in the North West, then we’d like to hear from you via our short online surveys. Your responses will be really valuable in ensuring that the support available in the North West best meets the needs of both employers and employees.

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Training providers and colleges join forces to launch scheme to help unemployed get skilled and back to work

The NCG, which includes the national training provider Intraining, the Newcastle College Group and West Lancashire College, has launched the Employment Gateway concept. This aims to help the unemployed gain work, training and employability skills. 

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Work Programme is putting charities' futures at risk, warn sector bodies

NCVO and the Employment Related Services Association have warned that charities' financial sustainability is threatened under the Work Programme.

Read more here.

Working Links Moving On project in London rolled out

This month, January 2012, Working Links Moving On project will have gone live in London, providing ex-offenders in custody or in the community with assistance to enter into education, training or employment. Support will especially be focused on gang members and veterans. They will also receive help into supported accommodation. 

Read more here.

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