JHP Employability is delighted to announce that we have been selected by the Department of Work and Pensions to deliver the Jobcentre Plus Support Contract.

This five-year contract has been awarded to the Employability Division of JHP Group, JHP Employability, with the aim of improving employment rates and reducing skills gaps, with particular emphasis on individuals who are unemployed, receiving Jobseekers Allowance, and requiring “up-skilling” to find employment. Clients are eligible after six months of unemployment, although clients with additional or multiple barriers to employment may benefit from support through this contract earlier.

JHP Employability will now be able to support many more job seekers across four geographical areas, including:

• Coventry & Warwickshire; Marches & Staffordshire,
• Cumbria & Lancashire,
• Highlands, Islands Clyde Coast & Grampian; Forth Valley, Fife & Tayside, Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders;
• Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire; Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde.

Further information will be announced soon.