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MAXIMUS UK is fully engaged in the Work Programme. We will use this space to provide information to partners, employers, job seekers and other stakeholders - so please browse and contact us to ask more questions.
MAXIMUS Work Programme Success
MAXIMUS Employment & Training is the Prime Contractor for two Department for Work and Pensions Work Programme contracts. We have a share in the success of our alliance partner Careers Development Group (CDG) who are the Prime contractor for East London. We are also working with Avanta in Surrey, Sussex and Kent to support delivery of the Work Programme.
Under the Work Programme, MAXIMUS will be responsible for helping unemployed individuals seek long-term employment and transition off welfare, setting them on a path to economic independence. We will deliver the services in West London and the South East (Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) where MAXIMUS is the prime and in East London where CDG is the prime and in Surrey, Sussex and Kent where Avanta is the prime.
Responding to the being awarded the contract Managing Director of MAXIMUS Bob Leach said, “This is a great result for MAXIMUS Employment & Training extending the core of our business and supporting our growing presence in the UK services sector as we deliver services across the capital and throughout much of the South East. As the top-performing Flexible New Deal provider in the UK and a leading integrated employment services company around the world, we are ideally positioned to deliver the required outcomes and help job seekers achieve meaningful employment and economic independence. We look forward to building on our proven track record of demonstrated results and long-term job outcomes as we expand our presence in this important market."
What is the Work Programme?
The Work Programme replaces several existing welfare-to-work programmes with a single, comprehensive programme designed to deliver more consistent, capable support for job seekers through a simplified and streamlined process.
The Work Programme welfare-to-work model ties provider compensation to job seekers' sustained employment and long-term job retention, which is aligned with MAXIMUS core competency of achieving performance requirements on outcomes-based programmes. The Work Programme is a radical transformation in the way that the Department of Work and Pensions will deliver welfare to work services across the United Kingdom. For more information, please see DWP's Work Programme Page, or browse these pages.
Our Partnership with the Careers Development Group (CDG)
We have partnered with CDG, a dynamic charity that seeks to help those who are unemployed find and sustain meaningful employment, to maximise the benefit for the job seeker.
Get Involved
- To help us deliver, please visit our Work Programme Partnering Page.
- If you are a job seeker or employer, please click here to find out how the changes may affect you.
Merlin Plus
MAXIMUS/CDG merlin plus is based on a shared ethos of how best to create, manage and support healthy and high performing supply chains.
For more information on our approach to please visit merlin plus.
