Triage service to find work for people who lose jobs amid coronavirus pandemic

The Redeployment Triage Service, to be administered by Futures who are the National Careers Service provider for the East Midlands, will match those recently made redundant with new work in sectors experiencing a surge in employment demand such as food retail, care, and distribution.

The service will also engage with employers needing to make redundancies to ensure a smooth transition for employees into new work.

Multiple partners in the service include D2N2, which is the Local Enterprise Partnership for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, the Department of Work & Pensions and local authorities.

Rachel Quinn, head of people and skills at D2N2, said: “Traditionally responses to redundancy situations have been coordinated by the Department for Work & Pensions. However, they are currently experiencing unprecedented volumes of new customer registrations and are diverting their staffing resources to claims processing and payments.“In negotiation with our partners, we have identified capacity within the National Careers Service to provide a valuable rapid response triage service which will match redundancy situations to redeployment where possible and create additional support through employment services where further employability or skills help is required.”

To read more about the triage service or to inform the service about a recruiting need, go to the www.D2N2lep.org/TriageService