Sheffield City Region Sector Based Work Academy

Tender description

1.1. CITB has recently trialled a Sector Based Work Academy (SBWA) delivery model in the Sheffield City Region to assist unemployed residents of the area to secure employment locally. The trial included CITB staff, Sheffield City College staff, local employers and DWP teams. 1.2. The programme consisted of: • An IAG/Selection Day • 3 weeks vocational & employability skills training (including the obtaining of CSCS cards) • Work experience • Guaranteed interviews 1.3. After successful completion of the trial CITB are now seeking a framework of providers to work with us over the next 18 months to stage a further series of Sector Based Work Academies across the Sheffield City Region (SCR) The area covered by the Sheffield City Region is: • South Yorkshire o Sheffield o Rotherham o Doncaster o Barnsley • Derbyshire o Chesterfield o North East Derbyshire o Bolsover o Derbyshire Dales • Nottinghamshire o Bassetlaw 1.4. . The format of the Academies will remain as above and would need to be repeated, as a minimum 11 times up to 31st December 2016 across the whole area. 1.5. The programme content of the 3 week vocational & employability training will need to be able to be flexed to meet the needs of local employment opportunities and therefore the supplier would need to negotiate with CITB staff over the workshop/outside area facilities needed to deliver the 3 weeks of training (space requirements are likely to be changed depending on the skills that need to be taught but this will be determined in consultation between CITB, the supplier). 1.6. Further details of CITB requirements and the nature of this opportunity are set out in the following sections of this ITT.