Connect to Work Sheffield: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment for disadvantaged groups

Delivery of a cohort-specific IPS provision to (non-health) residents who are eligible and suitable for support on the Connect to Work programme. Groups have been specified broadly as: carers, refugees, veterans, ex-offenders, homeless people, young people at risk, victims of domestic violence, victims of modern slavery. It is anticipated that 9 individual contracts will be awarded. Each individual contract is valued at £217,416 ex VAT for the full contract term. Each contract has deliverable of supporting 90 out of work and 20 in work participants leading to job outcomes of 45 for out of work starts and 16 for retention of in work starts. This contract s funded by the UK Government through Connect to Work and Economic Trailblazer. The contracts were signed by the final signatory on the following dates: Infinite Skills, Sharrow Community Forum and Skills UK: 10/03/2026 Novus Transforming Lives, South Yorkshire Housing Association and The Growth Company: 20/03/2026 Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service: 16/04/2026