An introduction to Remploy

Mark LunnRegional Director, London and South-East

1st March 2011

Overview

• Brief overview of Remploy.• What we do and who to!• The Work Programme.• Our approach to Employer Engagement .• Working together.

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Remploy is a leading provider of job opportunities for disabled people and people facing complex barriers to employment

Our Mission: to transform the lives of disabled and disadvantage people and those experiencing complex barriers to work by providing sustainable employment opportunities

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About Remploy

Delivering our mission

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• We deliver our mission and vision through:

– Our Enterprise Businesses

– Our Employment Services

Enterprise Businesses:

• Network of 54 factory-based businesses• Direct employment of nearly 3,000 disabled people• Provide trainee placements for skills development• Produce and deliver world-class products and services

across a range of sectors

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Employment Services

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• Last year we supported 10,200 disabled and disadvantaged people into mainstream jobs through 40+ Branches. This year – 16,000 so far.

• We deliver Welfare to Work programmes to help disabled and disadvantaged people to find and retain mainstream employment

• We provide Wellbeing and rehabilitation services to help people stay in a job

Remploy and the Armed Services

• Partnership with Career Transition Partnership, offering support to disabled service personnel.

• Partner in Army Recovery Capability project for supporting more disabled personnel.

• Rapid referral route to our support, with quick response times.

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The Candidate Journey

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The Work Programme

• Remploy and Balfour Beatty have JV partnership – have submitted bids in all areas of UK. (only contractor who has)

• Balfour Beatty submitted bids in London – East and West• Strong desire to work in partnership with specialist fields, either

through– Formal subcontract to provide services

– Formal joint working

– Informal partnerships

• Expected timescales: circa April 14th – possible notifications.• Three contracts in each half of London• June/ July expected start

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Employer partnerships

Our Approach to Employer Engagement

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• National team of account managers engaging with 110 employers at present.

• National partnerships with clear commitment and ideally early job notification , interview guarantee or exclusivity.

• Signed SLA to commit to recruitment of our client groups.

• Monthly review and report on all national accounts, internally and to our employer partners.

• 30: 30 : 40 split: National, Regional and Local vacancies. engaged locally and regionally.

Employer and job role mix

• Driven by the market and candidate aspiration.• Planned demography of candidates – grade by work readiness, and

inform our ‘pipeline’.• Market to DEAs and referral partners when we know vacancies are

coming.• In London, largely reflects the market

– Retail

– Care

– Hospitality

– Distribution

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 Top 10 National and Regional Accounts based upon 30th January 2011

 

             

             

  London & South East (inc Retentions)   London & South East (ex Retentions)  

 Top Ten National Account JO's

 Top Ten National Account JO's

 

  Royal Mail 112   Royal Mail 112  

  Asda 51   McDonalds 24  

  McDonalds 25   Asda 20  

  NHS 20   Pitney Bowes 12  

  Sainsburys 17   Sainsburys 11  

  Pitney Bowes 12   NHS 8  

  B&Q 8   Primark 4  

  Primark 4   ISS 3  

  M&S 4   M&S 3  

  ISS 3   John Lewis 3  

  TK Maxx 3   TK Maxx 3  

  John Lewis 3        

  Arcadia 3        

 Top Ten Regional Account JO's

 Top Ten Regional Account JO's

 

  Bureau Logic 34   Bureau Logic 34  

  Remploy 24   Remploy 22  

  Greenwich Council 20   Brit Oval , The 5  

  Islington Council 18   Beautiful Harmony Saloon 4  

  food standards agency 11   Laurels Nursing Home 4  

  Brit Oval , The 5   Crown Prosecution Service (Cps) 3  

  Winsor and Newton 5   Greenwich Council 2  

  Itv 5   Islington Council 2  

  Southern Housing Group 4   Octavia Housing Group 1  

  Beautiful Harmony Saloon 4   Tns-Bmrb 1  

  Laurels Nursing Home 4        

             

             

  Remploy own Business          

Top 30 National Accounts ranked on Job Outcomes segmented by Region as at 30th January 2011                 

Organisation East EnglandLondon and South East

North East and Yorkshire

North West ScotlandWales and South West

West Midlands Total

Royal Mail 99 112 40 66 35 65 58 475Sainsburys 101 17 83 58 35 43 93 430

Asda 49 51 78 54 62 35 76 405NHS 20 20 35 25 20 124 55 299

Tesco 89 1 44 37 18 36 21 246City FM 8   58 17 18 28 10 139

McDonalds 29 25 21 9 4 6 43 137Poundland 11 2 35 21 23 20 17 129

B&Q 35 8 26 1 6 12 12 100Morrisons 8 8  14 15 5 14 23 79

G4S 5  3 12 20 21 3 4 65TC Contractors 10 1 2 16 2 19 5 55

Amazon     44   5 6   55M&S 6 4 11 3 16 12 3 55

Southern Cross 1   4 2 39 1 6 53TK Maxx 16 3 9 3 1 1 18 51

Argos Homebase 11 1 13 12 3 6 2 48Wilkinsons 2 1 12 11 11 6 3 46

Co-op Somerfield 8 2 7 2 8 2 14 43New Look 1 8  1 2 1   35 40

Shop Direct 3  6 1 25   4 6 39Mitie FM 7  3 14 5 3 7 2 38

BT 4 1 11 5 4 12   37Iceland 8   10 5 1 5 8 37Primark 2 4 9 10 1 8 3 37Boots 23 1 5 2   1 3 35

Whitbread 2 1  9 2 6 13 3 35DSG International 1  1 26   1 1 2 31

Wincanton    15 29 2       31HP    8     28     28                 

Highest JO Perf per Org                                 

Organisation with only 1 JO                               

Org has no sites in Region                               

Organisation's No JO's Notes :              

 

1. The Top 30 National Accounts listed above have delivered 3298 JO's which is 84% of all National Accounts Job Outcomes.  

 

2. Of the Top 30 we have no Regional JO Employer Engagement on 24 occasions. The highest being London who not engaging with 13 of the Accounts. The best engagement is by North East and Yorkshire who have JO's with all of the Top 30.  

Working with Remploy

• Work Choice: health related benefit and referral through Jobcentre DEA or some agencies can become Statutory Referral Organisations, and refer direct.– 6 months support and then 2 years in-work support

• The Work Programme (subject to contract awards)– 2 years support

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Benefits of working with Remploy

• National agreements with major employers• Consistently high levels of service• Helping customers and service users regain control of

their own future• Helping people transform their quality of life through

independence, improved health and wellbeing and meaningful and sustainable employment

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www.remploy.co.uk

Mark.Lunn@remploy.co.uk

0845 155 2606Remploy Limited

Waterloo Branch

202-206 Union Street

Southwark

London

SE1 0LH

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