Partners

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On 1st April 2007 responsibility for employment programmes delivered by external providers transferred from Jobcentre Plus to the Department for Work and Pensions Corporate Centre.

In the coming months information aimed at external providers of employment programmes will be moved from the Jobcentre Plus Partners website to the Supplying DWP website. In the meantime please use the normal links on this site to access Opportunities to Tender and all related information.

For further information about the transfer of responsibility please see the letter to our providers from David Smith, DWP's Commercial Director, and Matthew Nicholas, Jobcentre Plus's Director of External Relations and Communication.

Provider Accreditation - Information on the Jobcentre Plus accreditation process can be found here.

Jobcentre Plus – Working with Partners

Our partners are important to us. Successful delivery of Jobcentre Plus services can only be achieved, by working jointly with partner organisations and securing their support.

Jobcentre Plus relies on its partners at local, regional and national levels. It is only through strong and productive partnership working that we can meet our aim of delivering work for those who can and support for those who cannot. Put simply, we could not effectively deliver our huge range of services without the co-operation of our delivery partners, our strategic partners and our stakeholders. And of course we must work closely with our Government partners to ensure the delivery of a seamless joined up service. Partnership working though is of course a two way process and Jobcentre Plus has to give its partners the support they need. This means active and constructive management of partnerships and means listening and acting on partners concerns. This must all come together in delivering what our customers need.

Whatever the nature of the relationship, our approach to partnership working must reflect the Jobcentre Plus vision and promote and advance:

• the changes we are putting in place to modernise our customer services and the way they are delivered;
• the needs of our priority customers and workforce diversity;
• the requirement to deliver better performance with reduced resources and prioritise our partnership relationships;

You may already be liaising with staff in Jobcentre Plus, but if you want to know more about Jobcentre Plus – Check the About Us section.

Our Regional teams can provide more localised information via the Regional Business Community pages.

For more information about our partnership working please check

• Local and National partners
• International partners
• Stakeholders (Organisations that represent the interests of our customers)