Partnership Opportunities

Current Partnership Opportunities

Seetec will be participating in the following upcoming DWP bidding round:

Community Task Force

Background to the Community Task Force

In the 2009 Budget, Ministers announced the Young Person's Guarantee (YPG): a guaranteed offer of a job, work-focused training, or meaningful activity to all 18 to 24 year olds approaching the 12 month stage of their claim to Jobseekers Allowance (JSA).

The guaranteed offer consists of:

New jobs created through the Future Jobs Fund (FJF)
Routes into Work (formerly Sectoral Routeways): support to move into an existing job in a key employment sector
Work-focused training
Work experience placements / projects to enhance employability and deliver benefit; within the local or wider community – Community Task Force (CTF)

The Service Requirement

Community Task Force (CTF) is part of the wider Young Persons Guarantee available to all customers aged 18-24 who are approaching 6 months of their claim to Jobseeker's Allowance where a subsidised job or training are unsuitable or unavailable.

CTF will offer up to a maximum of 6 months' quality work experience of benefit to the community, designed primarily to enhance the employability and work-related skills of participants, and increase their chances of entering sustained employment. In line with the direction of travel for welfare reforms, the CTF should be flexible and tailored to the individual circumstances of the customer where possible.

At the end of CTF if a customer has not found work, they will join Stage 3 of JRFND at the point they left it.

Seetec hope to be bidding in the following contract package areas:

CPA No	Contract package areas
15	Highlands, Islands and Clyde Coast and Grampian
16	Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside
17	Glasgow
18	Northumbria and Gateshead, South Tyne and Wear Valley
19	Cumbria and Lancashire
20	Cheshire and Warrington
21	Halton and Merseyside
22	West Yorkshire
23	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Essex
24	Dorset and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon, West of England
25	Olympic Host Boroughs and City of London
26	West London
27	North and East London (including Barnet, Enfield & Haringey)
28	South London
29	Hampshire & Isle of Wight
30	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire

Seetec are now inviting expressions of interest from organizations who may be interested in supporting us with our bids if we are shortlisted.

We specifically are looking for partners that:

Can deliver provision from the contract start date (July 2010)
Have a good track record at providing projects and placements
Have experience working with the client group
Have strong links with employers
Have a solid quality track record

To apply to work with us please download and complete the CTF Phase 2 Expression of Interest Form and email it to bizdev@seetec.co.uk by 26^th February 2010.

Alternatively, If you are interested in subcontracting or partnership opportunities for any other contracts then please complete our partnership enquiry form.