Seetec

Seetec is a public and business service provider in the UK and Ireland. Founded in 1984 as a company limited by guarantee and registered charity, Seetec was originally established to deliver IT training to unemployed people in the local community through government funded and private provision. Seetec has since expanded to deliver a variety of services within the skills, employability, justice and health and well-being sectors.

History

When Seetec was first established in 1984 it was an innovative public/private/third sector venture governed by a board of directors drawn from Essex/Rochford council (public sector) and four private sponsors who were major players in the 1980s UK IT industry: Access (now Mastercard), British Telecom (BT), International Computers Ltd (ICL is now Fujitsu) and Sony.

In 1989 Seetec Business Technology Centre Ltd. was formed, taking over the operational contracts and services of the original company. It is owned by six employees, three of whom are directors, and now operates across the UK and in Ireland. Corporate Services are based at Seetec’s head office in Essex.

Seetec has delivered a portfolio of skills and employment related programmes and services, including apprenticeships, Train to Gain, New Deal for disabled people, Work Choice, Pathways to Work and Work Programme. On 1 February 2015 the Ministry of Justice transferred ownership of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC) to Seetec. KSS CRC delivers a combination of rehabilitation methods, skills training and employability services to offenders classed as low to medium risk.

In May 2016 Seetec acquired Outsource Training and Development, a London-based training provider with experience of delivering training in key industries, including media and marketing, aviation and logistics.

Services

Seetec delivers apprenticeships and skills development programmes across a range of UK industries. Employer services include workforce and apprenticeship recruitment and training and apprenticeship levy management. Seetec also delivers employability support, advice and guidance to individuals who are out of work, helping them to find sustainable employment.

Seetec’s justice division works with prisons, government and criminal justice agencies to support offenders in their rehabilitation and to protect communities from harm.

Criticisms

Critics of the company have accused it of being insensitive to the needs of disabled individuals who are referred to its programmes.[1] Along with other job-creation companies, Seetec has been criticized for operating on a per head business model, where the company receives a fixed payment for each person it routes off of the welfare rolls and back to work.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Five benefit changes the government doesn't want you to know about".
  2. ↑ "Private JobPath operators to get 'job sustainment' fees".
  3. ↑ Ramesh, Randeep; editor, Social affairs (26 September 2013). "Welfare-to-work firms to see cut in referrals for poor performance" – via The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Unemployment scheme is outsourced to private firms".
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