The new agreement is specific to G4S’s work with Land Securities Trillium (Trillium), and will open up opportunities to people with disabilities and health conditions to work at more than 1,000 sites operated by Trillium and provided with security services by G4S.
At a celebratory event held at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxfordshire last week, senior recruiting managers from G4S met with Remploy and Jobcentre Plus colleagues to witness the formal signing of the agreement and discuss the requirements of the partnership. New ways of working detailed in the agreement include G4S providing details of all Trillium contract vacancies to Remploy, facilitating site visits and work trials for Remploy applicants and providing necessary training and adaptations for Remploy recruits joining the business. The new ways of working will be regularly monitored to ensure substantial results in terms of the number of successful candidates joining the business.
Service delivery to the customer
Commenting on the new agreement Paul Stanley – G4S’s national head of operations – said: “Having worked with Trillium for over ten years, we are used to working in partnership with other service providers to ensure excellent service delivery to the customer. I see this partnership agreement with Remploy as an extension to this ‘Working Together’ initiative, which can only prove beneficial to both companies.”
Stephen Dunn, corporate accounts manager from Remploy, added: “There are numerous misconceptions about disability. Many employers are not yet embracing the valuable skills and abilities that people with disabilities and health conditions can bring to a business. Think diversity and suddenly there’s a bigger workforce. There are not enough skilled workers in this country and yet there are more than a million disabled people able to work.”
Dunn added: “Some of the UK’s biggest companies which partner with Remploy report that employing people with disabilities or health conditions has reduced their staff turnover by as much as 50%. G4S realises that working with Remploy is not about being politically correct. Rather, it makes good business sense. We’re delighted to have signed this agreement and very much hope it will support many people with disabilities and health conditions into employment.”
