Worcestershire SkillsForWork Programme Apprenticeships

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Worcestershire SkillsForWork is funded by European Social Fund (ESF), managed by Skills Funding Agency, to address poverty and social exclusion faced by the most disadvantaged people in Worcestershire to be delivered from December 2016 to March 2018. Worcestershire County Council (WCC) have successfully secured funding to deliver Worcestershire SkillsForWork Programme - Apprenticeships and Traineeships to provide bespoke training and support to residents in Worcestershire, who are unemployed and those economically inactive and seeking a return to the labour market facing skills related barriers and progressing to Apprenticeships or Traineeships. The County Council is seeking to appoint Service Providers to deliver bespoke support and training that engages adults who are disadvantaged and economically inactive with activity that progresses them towards apprenticeship or traineeships. The Council is seeking to appoint Service Providers with funding available from the European Social Fund. Worcestershire County Council will have sub-contracting arrangements in place with successful Tenderers/Service Providers to deliver the programme across the County to provide a comprehensive range of support and training required under the Service Specification that provides solutions to remove employment barriers and education barriers and progress them to Apprenticeship or Traineeships. If you wish to view the documents for this opportunity please click 'Express Interest'. Following this, if you wish to apply for this opportunity please click 'Opt in' which will then enable you to view and complete the Standard Questionnaire and upload the relevant documents. After uploading all required documents and completing the questionnaire(s) please remember to press the 'Submit your Return' button at the bottom of the page. Suppliers will receive a system generated email to confirm successful submission of their return. Any questions or clarification should be conducted via 'Correspondence' through this portal.