Employment Placement Service - Canterbury Region

Details

MSD is seeking proposals to be submitted that are aimed at supporting unemployed Work and Income clients into sustainable employment. Service participants will in general have been assessed by MSD as having either:

1. Full-time work obligations (defined as needing to achieve at least 30 permanent hours employment per week) OR
2. Part-time work obligation (defined as needing to achieve between 15-29 permanent hours employment per week)

The Service will be delivered to clients from all Work and Income service delivery sites in Canterbury Region and is expected to achieve 400 participant placements per annum.

All participant referrals to the service must be from Work and Income.

Employment Placement and Support
This aim of this component is to support clients into employment that results in an exit from benefit. Clients will receive expert employment related training and up skilling that will successfully assist the client into employment. Once employment is achieved both the client and employer will receive intensive post placement support for up to 91 days. During this time the Provider will support the needs of both the client and the employer, where appropriate, to create a sustainable employment environment.

The outcome targets of this service are that at least 50% of clients will achieve a benefit exit as a result of employment and remain off benefit for a period of 8 weeks after the completion of their participation on the service (being the earlier of either benefit exit due to employment or 13 week after commencing the service),
and of those placed into employment:
• 90% of clients will remain in employment for 31 days
• 60% remain in employment and off benefit for 182 days