• Jobs Guarantee - Delivery Partner Application

    Thank you for taking the time to complete this open and competitive application to be included in the Better Connect delivery partnership for Jobs Guarantee funded by the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP). Inclusion is not guaranteed and is dependent on your application meeting the minimum standard as well as the Better Connect tender application being successful.

  • Why Partner with Better Connect?

    Better Connect (formally Your Consortium) are a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2007 with an established track record of developing and leading partnership projects. All opportunities engage and work with a wide range of local place-based organisations. Historically we have led large strategic employability programmes across North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. 

    Our main activities include:

    ·       Programme and project design, delivery, and management, specialising in employability provision (including a large Wage Subsidy programme called LEAP in North Yorkshire).

    ·        Partnership development and systems leadership

    ·        VCSE capacity building and collaborative sector support

    ·        Strategic representation

    ·        Grant management and funding distribution

    ·        Impact measurement, evaluation, and shared learning

    We achieve this by:

    Partnering with organisations across all sectors, specialising in supporting and strengthening organisations from the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. We believe that local place-based organisations with a strong social mission and that work effectively in partnership with others have the biggest impact on communities and the individuals within them. As an important strategic driver and valuable connector, we exist to create these partnerships and unlock local potential.

    Better connecting sectors that support people in communities to thrive in their lives and work. We currently connect Work, Health and Skills provision to provide people with the opportunities they need to make positive sustainable changes in their lives.

    Designing and leading innovative partnership programmes/projects that transform the lives of the people who access them. Better Connect are responsible for all management, delivery and strategic activity including all performance, finance monitoring, evaluation, impact, audit, and marketing. We recognise that in supporting one person to thrive, many more lives are transformed as a result. We call this the Ripple Effect.

    Collecting, measuring and sharing the impact of our model and programmes on individuals, organisations and communities. We believe in sharing good practice, ideas, skills and expertise so that communities and the people within them can thrive. Our model is replicable and scalable with a wealth of evidence that shows how impactful and sustainable positive change can be achieved when knowledge is shared and there is authentic collaboration.

    Our USP: We don't compete with partner organisations for frontline delivery. We believe you are the trusted experts and provide high-quality, much needed support to participants in their communities. As Lead Partner, Better Connect exists to enable this by managing funding, finances, monitoring, and evaluation, and simplifying processes so delivery partners can focus on delivering transformational support. 

    Jobs Guarantee

    The aim of the Jobs Guarantee is to provide participants with meaningful paid work, with wrap around support and training that will give them the skills and experience to improve their chances of moving into sustained, unsubsidised, employment.

    The objectives of the programme are to:

    - Ensure that every eligible young person is guaranteed a suitable job - with the right number of jobs and the right type of jobs provided in the rights places at the right time.

    - ensure that eligible individuals on the scheme have the support they need to address their barriers to employment and succeed on the scheme, gaining skills and experience to improve their chance of moving into sustained and unsubsidised employment, or to move into further education or training. 

    Overarching Programme Requirements

    Jobs guarantee will support young people aged 18 - 24 who have been in receipt of Universal Credit and looking for work for 18 months. The scheme will provide fully funded 6 month paid job placements (paid at National Minimum Wage based on age) and will provide wrap around support and training to help participants succeed on the scheme and make a transition into sustained employment. 

    Eligible participants (referred by JCP) will either have been out of work and education for the last 18 months and have minimal work history (have completed less than 50 hours of paid work) over the last 18 months. 

    Better Connect are applying to lead a partnership of organisations to deliver this programme across the following geographies (groupings have been set by the DWP):

    - Lincolnshire, East and North Yorkshire

    - West Yorkshire

    We are looking for delivery partners with relevant experience of working with long-term unemployed and disadvantaged young people and an understanding of the local labour market conditions. 

    Delivery Partners will work with each Participant, supporting them to start a job and complete 6 months of funded employment, providing re-engagement support as needed. 

    Partners will also be expected to work with employers to fulfil requirements for jobs under the scheme - such as securing suitable jobs, matching participants to suitable jobs and ensuring jobs meet the requirements of the scheme.

     

    If you are interested in being included in our Jobs Guarantee partnership, please complete the application form associated with this guidance document (via JotForms). Supplementary information including the Partner Declaration Form and Budget information must be submitted using the templates provided. We are unable to progress ANY applications that do not meet all application requirements.

     

  • Organisation Details

    Please complete all fields below. If you are an organisation that is named on Better Connect's Approved Delivery Partner list and your information is up to date, the number of questions you will be required to answer will be reduced as we already hold this information on file.
  • Is your organisation included on the Better Connect Approved Delivery Partner list?*
  • Please confirm that your organisational information is up to date*
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  • What is the legal status of your organisation?*
  • What date was your company registered?*
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  • Are you VAT registered?*
  • What sized organisation are you?*
  • Please confirm which area your organisation is based in.*

  • Policies and Assurances

    The questions in this section have been designed to help us assess whether organisations can deliver services safely, legally, consistently, and in line with Jobs Guarantee expectations. We recognise that organisations will have different levels of organisational maturity and infrastructure. We are committed to a proportionate approach to assurance requirements and encourage applications from VCSE and community-based organisations. Where policies are still developing, Better Connect can provide support where required during programme mobilisation.
  • From the list below, please confirm which of the following policies/assurances your organisation has in place. Please select all that apply*
  • Please confirm which insurances you organisation currently holds? Please select all that apply.*
  • Is your organisation registered with the Information Commissioners Office for processing or intending to process personal data?*
  • Is your organisation cyber essentials accredited?*
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  • Due Diligence

    This section has been designed to ensure that your organisation is both eligible and suitable to receive Jobs Guarantee funding and deliver the provision.
  • Is your organisation in a state of insolvency, voluntary administration, compulsory winding up and receivership, composition with creditors, company voluntary arrangements  or subject to equivalent proceedings?*
  • Have you or any person who is a member of your administrative management or supervisory body; or has powers of representation, decision or control in the organisation been convicted of any of the following?*
  • In the last 3 years have you*
  • Are there any conflicts of interest you wish to declare?*
  • Have there ever been performance issues relating to previous contracts or grants that you have been awarded?*

  • Organisational Track Record

    This section has been designed to help us understand your track record of delivering employability support. For the scored questions, please ensure you refer to the completion guidance provided by Better Connect - this will inform you of the content and criteria used to score these questions.
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  • Are you currently delivering structured employability provision to Young People aged 18 - 24?*
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  • How are you predominantly delivering this provision?*
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  • Jobs Guarantee delivery requests

    This section has been to capture what your organisation would like to deliver within this Jobs Guarantee partnership. It will help us to assess your organisations capabilities for delivering Jobs Guarantee provision. For the scored questions, please ensure you refer to the completion guidance provided by Better Connect - this will inform you of the content and criteria used to score these questions.
  • The young people who will be eligible for the scheme will be a diverse group, and it is expected that they will have more complex needs on average than for other wage subsidy schemes (e.g. Kickstart). From the list below please indicate which barriers your organisation specialises in supporting.*
  • If successful, where would your Jobs Guarantee delivery take place? Please select all that apply*
  • Lincolnshire - please select all districts where delivery will take place*
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  • Lincolnshire: Do you consider your organisation to be locally embedded in these Lincolnshire Communities?*
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  • East Yorkshire - please select all districts that apply*
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  • East Yorkshire: Do you consider your organisation to be locally embedded in these East Yorkshire Communities?*
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  • North Yorkshire - please select all districts that apply*
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  • North Yorkshire: Do you consider your organisation to be locally embedded in these North Yorkshire Communities?*
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  • West Yorkshire - please select all districts that apply*
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  • West Yorkshire: Do you consider your organisation to be locally embedded in these West Yorkshire Communities?*
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  • Will you need to recruit for staff resource to deliver this programme?*
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  • Would your organisation be interested in being a Jobs Guarantee Employer?

  • Jobs Guarantee - How will you deliver?

    This section has been designed to capture how you intend to deliver the programme and if your organisation is best placed to meet programme requirements. For the scored questions, please ensure you refer to the completion guidance provided by Better Connect - this will inform you of the content and criteria used to score these questions.
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  • With which sectors do you have strong employer links. Please select all that apply.*

  • Organisational Compliance

    In order to be included in the Jobs Guarantee partnership, we must be confident that you are able to meet the monitoring requirements as requested by Better Connect and the DWP. Better Connect will provide you with the tools you need to complete monitoring and will provide information and support where it is required. 
  • Jobs Guarantee provision is funded using an actual cost model, paid quarterly in arrears and upon receipt of evidence of spend. Please confirm that your organisation is able to meet these requirements.
  • Please confirm using the list below that you are able to provide the financial information required to evidence spend on this project. Tick all you are willing to provide*

  • Declarations and Permissions

    By confirming the statements below, you are providing assurance that your organisation is both eligible and suitable to be considered for delivering IPS provision for Connect to Work West Yorkshire.
  • I can confirm the following statements*
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