Welfare to Work and Vocational Skills Carley Consult have core expertise in the Welfare to Work and Vocational Skills markets.

welfare to work and vocational skills

We have core expertise in the Welfare to Work and Vocational Skills markets. Jim Carley, Managing Director of Carley Consult, has headed up business development teams for two leading government suppliers in this sector - A4e Ltd and the Carter & Carter Group plc (now part of Newcastle College).

Our current clients include both large and small suppliers to DWP and LSC, who collectively deliver key employment and skills initiatives such as New Deal, Employment Zones, New Deal for Disabled People, European Social Fund, Train to Gain and Apprenticeships. We have also provided active support to clients in tendering for the Flexible New Deal programme.

The wider experience of our consultants includes tendering for employability and skills funding from the University for Industry (UfI), The Welsh Assembly Government, Scottish Enterprise, the Department for Employment & Learning (Northern Ireland), Regional Development Agencies, and local authorities.

We are supporting our clients in this sector in preparing for and responding to the government agenda. This includes the growing trend for prime contractor

commissioning models, the greater application of outcome related funding, and the convergence agenda between employability and skills provision. A key aspect of this work is in improving the professionalism, quality and success rates of the tenders that our clients submit.

Those commissioning employability and skills services face key challenges in running efficient and transparent procurement rounds that select providers
who offer the best value, performance and quality – not just the best rhetoric. We can help you build evidence based commissioning models that address labour market need, target priority sectors, deliver outcomes, and achieve your strategic priorities and targets.

Whether you are a prime contractor, a subcontractor to other providers, a new entrant to the sector, a buyer of employment and skills services, or if you simply aspire to raise your performance and achievement rates, we have affordable, high impact services to meet your needs.