Anton Roe, Operations Director of Alderwood Education gives his top tips for getting involved in the Work Programme.

As you will probably know, The Work Programme is aimed at supporting the most vulnerable people and helping them break the cycle of benefit dependency. It represents a big change for Welfare to Work in this country and tries to create a structure that treats people as individuals and gives providers greater freedom to tailor the right support to each individuals needs. 
 
The Work Programme will not succeed without buy in and assistance from organisations across the UK economy. Of course, training, careers guidance and support is crucial, but identifying sustainable employment opportunities is the key to the programme’s success. As such, the HR community will and can play a crucial role in making the programme work and ultimately, assisting in lowering unemployment levels. Whilst the role of blue chip employers is critical, SMEs can also play a vital part in improving the situation within their local labour markets.

Here are five tips for HR professionals on how to play their part in the successful running of the Work Programme:

Anton Roe is Operations Director of Alderwood Education