Step into Work

Tender description

Health Education England (HEE) is seeking to commission education and training services to help people step into health care careers. Health Education England runs the Talent for Care national strategic framework. From raising awareness of careers in health for young people and those wishing to join the NHS workforce, to supporting individuals to develop in their long-term career including with relevant qualifications, Talent for Care provides a framework for staff at all levels while also retaining a particular emphasis on improving opportunities for the support workforce. With a focus on diversity, inclusion and widening participation from disadvantaged or underrepresented groups, Talent for Care supports employers with their workforce supply through programmes such as schools engagement, volunteering, work experience, pre-employment activity, apprenticeships and access to higher education and the registered professions. The commissioning of this programme will support our current Widening Participation strategy 'It Matters' and support a workforce that is representative of the communities it serves, where progression and opportunities are based on merit, not social background, and equal employment opportunities are accessible for all. The strategy sets out five key goals, to: 1. improve monitoring and reporting of widening participation activities 2. enhance further the visibility and targeting of health careers information and advice 3. increase, through research and evaluation, the understanding and evidence of what and what does not work in relation to widening participation developments in healthcare education and workforce development 4. increase collaborative approaches in supporting widening participation initiatives, including outreach activity 5. stimulate and increase the capacity of healthcare organisations in being able to expand and support work or work-related experience opportunities In 2019 ten trusts (Cohort One) were funded to develop, deliver and evaluate SIW programmes, over a one year period (which was extended due to the impact of Covid), Cohort One are now running in to their second year of delivery. This is a continuation of work following the success of SIW Cohort One, which engaged with over 400 adults in 2020 - 2021 . As a result, the programme has now also been extended to run over three years, to develop infrastructure, collect data and evidence and refine the programme delivery. Health Education England now wishes to extend the programme to support access for a wider reach of adults in receipt of work-related benefits and is therefore issuing this invitation to submit a quotation. Further details and the documents can be downloaded from the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome