New payment by results scheme to help troubled families move into employment

The Government has announced a new £200 million outreach service to help England’s most troubled families. Run in conjunction with local authorities and the organisations delivering the Work Programme, the new service will help families with multiple problems overcome barriers to employment.

The programme represents the Government’s second major move into payment by results for the delivery of public services and is being delivered by a mix of public, private and voluntary sector organisations. The support offered will range from:

• Skills to help people find work such as CV writing and job preparation.
• Tackling family issues – support for parenting, role models, working with schools.
• Social and economic issues – debt management, money management, how to look for work.
• Health and housing issues – alcohol or drug abuse, working with health agencies, accommodation.
• Helping those who are in work to stay in work and progress.
• Identifying suitable employment opportunities and helping people get into work.
• Helping to move people into the Work Programme.

Providers will work with the families to put together a bespoke programme of support, which complement and add to the support being offered by the local authority. Local councils will decide which families are referred to the support, as long as one member of the household is on benefits.

Read the DWP press release (3 Jan 2012)

Find out about the MBF/Remploy employment mentoring pilot project which aims to develop a cost-effective approach to mentoring which can add value to other supported employment initiatives within the Work Programme

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