How to win: Manchester Worklessness Programme

About this contract

Manchester City Council (MCC) wishes to commission a service which can meet the following key objectives: - Reduce the barriers to employment for Manchester residents - Engage and support people who are not in employment to participate in the labour market - Support people in work, at risk of falling out of work due to health conditions or disabilities, to remain in employment - Engage employers to provide meaningful work opportunities - Deliver a coherent, joined-up local work, health and skills offer The Manchester Worklessness Programme will be based on the following principles: - Delivering Making Manchester Fairer - Targeting support in the right places/neighbourhoods and aligning to Live Well - Intervening early to prevent unemployment and support those furthest away to move closer to work - Addressing known inequality of access to good employment for racially minoritised groups - Strengthening the city's approach to the social model for disability - Delivering Manchester City of Learning - Working closely with partnerships to develop an integrated local offer between the provider and grass roots organisations The Worklessness Programme will deliver a Supporte

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Manchester City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £3,750,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
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