flexible New Deal

FND is a flexible, 'black box' replacement for all New Deal provisions except NDDP and NDLP, due to start running from 2009. Providers are paid on sustained job entries and have the freedom to decide what their customers will do. This article sets out the key features of FND. The list below covers all the stories on the Indus Delta site that mention Flexible New Deal.

Tell BBC Radio 4 about New Deal and FND experience

The producers of BBC Radio 4's "File on Four" are preparing a programme about welfare reform and New Deal. They would like to hear views (good and bad) from New Deal and FND clients.

Services available to FND contractors

As a manager of local authority employability provision, I would be interested to hear views on whether FND contractors should have free access to local authority funded non-statutory services?

The arguments -

We dont want any residents to miss out on services that could help them enter employment.

However, our services could be viewed as assisting contractors to make a profit - a profit they will not re-invest in the areas infrastructure.

Is there a case for local authorities charging FND contractors and on what basis?

Thoughts?

Centre visit - i2i's Manchester FND delivery

In the last of the current series of site visits, I visited i2i's Manchester FND delivery centre earlier this week. As a subcontractor to Serco, I thought it might be interesting to see how they are finding the move from delivering the Gateway stage of New Deal over to FND.

People being grumpy about Flexible New Deal

This forum contains comments and discussion moved from elsewhere in the site that is primarily complaints about Flexible New Deal. The original New Deal has its own discussion elsewhere to prevent confusion between the two. There's an article outlining the difference between FND and New Deal here if you'd like to know more. Just for the record, moving comments here doesn't imply endorsement of them.

Remploy's WORKSTEP delivery

Before Christmas I went to visit Remploy's Waterloo branch, where they deliver WORKSTEP. The organisation has changed and branched out a lot in the last few years, and it was interesting to see their welfare to work side in action first hand

FND 2 Dates - anyone know?

Hi

Does anyone know the timeline dates for FND Phase 2, having looked through all the info I have I can only find vague references, such as preferred bidder annouced late april, starts in October etc..

Very difficult to provide specific dates in Q's for JCP if they can't tell us when it starts!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A4e's FND delivery

Moving back to FND, last Tuesday I visited A4e's FND delivery centres in Wolverhampton and Dudley to see how they've adapted to the new contract.

FND phase 1 subcontractor list - by provider

Updated 10/12 - This story started out as a list of all subcontractors for everyone everywhere on FND1, but thanks to an FoI response received by Steph at W2W Solutions, and some judicious reconstruction of redacted information, we've now got a complete list of which providers put which subcontractors in each area. These are the lists that were included at the point of tendering, and not the ones that have actually ended up delivering in each area.

I've got a request in progress for an up to date list, broken down by prime and CPA. In the meantime, be aware that some primes had to redo their subcontracting pretty much from scratch after winning FND.

FND double funding or not?

I'm hoping somebody with some in depth knowledge of Flexible New Deal can help me out with a few queries I have around FND and double funding.

We run a variety of government-funded training contracts in a couple of regions that improve the skills of Jobcentre Plus customers. The contracts we run include the LSC Employability Skills Programme (Basic Skills), ESOL, learndirect, etc.

Freud Report 2007 – in quotes

This is, hopefully, a fairly useful summary of the key points of the 2007 Freud Report in quote form. I've kept them in this format as the report is actually very clear in itself, and doesn't really need too much picking apart in the way that some others do. I would definitely recommend reading it in full if you have the time/interest.

Centre visit - Working Links and the FND experience

As someone new to the welfare to work industry, Claire is travelling round providers across the UK, recording her impressions and seeing how they're coping with Flexible New Deal and the recession. This week's visit was to Working Links in Nottingham.

Careers Development Group (CDG) FND2 Partnership Event in Croydon - Friday 20th November

CDG is a strong 3rd Sector Organisation delivering quality services in the Welfare to Work environment; we believe in individualised support and good stakeholder engagement and partnership management. We are continuing to develop partnerships and build links with stakeholders, potential subcontractors and other local organisations interested in potentially working with us on Flexible New Deal Phase 2 (FND2). Our goal is to work in partnership with organisations of all sizes and sectors in order to deliver a local service that meets the needs of our customers and the communities we serve.

The differences between New Deal and Flexible New Deal

Flexible New Deal is now live and delivering across half the country, but it's become evident that lots of people don't know what this means. Therefore, for your enlightenment and edification, we have put together a brief guide of the differences between the old and new support regimes for job seekers. Note that this guide does not include Support for Newly Unemployed Professionals, Programme Centres, or the Young Person's Guarantee. They all have an impact, but we're discussing New Deal in this article.

Quick request for FND information.

Hi all,
Just a quick one. Can anyone direct me to the regulation or piece of law that states FND providers must display their complaints procedure in their offices? I know most of this stuff is available online as PDFs but I don't need to tell anyone how long it takes to go through it all! Thanks in advance.

FND Phase 2 - Working in Partnership with Working Links (Employment) Ltd

Working Links is a leading UK provider of Welfare to Work services, we believe in working in partnership with the best quality-driven organisations to deliver our services responsive to the needs of customers, employers and stakeholders.

We will deliver Flexible New Deal Phase 2 as a Prime Contractor, and are looking to engage with providers as potential subcontractors to deliver front-line services through locally developed delivery models. We will partner with organisations with a proven track record to deliver high quality support, including assessment and action planning, case management, and post-employment support. If you are a public, private or third sector organisation and would like to work in partnership with Working Links to deliver Phase 2 Flexible New Deal in:

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