PEOPLEPLUS GROUP LIMITED

Social Recruitment Advocacy Group and Portal

Our Portal gives direct digital access to Social Recruitment Advocacy Group services/resources:
1. Bespoke funded support to recruit, train and retain employees from marginalised backgrounds
2. Social value consultancy from Investors in People’s Social Responsibility Organisation 2024
3. Social value calculator/tools/resources
4. Face-to-face and virtual networking
5. Charter Mark assessment―bronze/silver/gold/ambassador.

Features

• Social Recruitment Advocacy Group Portal
• Social value consultancy
• Social recruitment framework
• Charter Mark and assessment
• Lunch and learn groups
• Social value impact calculator
• Co-created toolkits to support specific disadvantaged groups
• Bid solution design
• Bid Writing
• Partner Network

Benefits

• Organisations can overachieve on their social value ambitions
• Identify the social value activities that are most/least impactful
• Create a short-, medium- and long-term impact plan
• Bespoke consultancy on social value topics of your choice
• Charter Mark assessment identifies current social impact of ESG
• Support to progress through the Charter Mark levels
• Socially-responsible recruitment/retention that benefits marginalised people and your company
• Access learning from partners and toolkits co-created by experts
• Increase your organisation’s direct impact (i.e. of your services)
• Increase indirect impact (e.g. through your supply chain partners

£8,000 a licence a year

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bmb@peopleplus.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

115727904042365

Contact

Michael Clark
07515191004
bmb@peopleplus.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Onboarding call to identify how it works for the organisation and agree approach
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with: Social Recruitment Advocacy Group Portal

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We will conduct initial training sessions with system users to help them get set up and comfortable with the Portal, sharing guides to help users better understand the service. Documents are available in PDF and meet AA accessibility standards with adjustable font size, read out loud function and adjustable background colour. Users can also access video versions of our user guides, which include subtitles.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with: Social Recruitment Advocacy Group and Portal

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Quality assurance and performance testing follow our proven process that includes deploying automated and manual tests. Automated tests include: (1) End-to-end tests (software testing) (2) Unit tests (of software) (3) Coding standards (linter and Svelte-Check for code quality) (4) Security tests (using ZAP to identify/address vulnerabilities in web applications by actively scanning/testing for potential security threats) (5) Accessibility tests (using Kayle to ensure AA standard). The cycle of testing and reworking elements continues until all tests are passed. Once passed, code is reviewed and manually tested until passed using websites such as https://pagespeed.web.dev/ to determine the quality of our SEO, accessibility, speed and best practice, and ways to fix problems.

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Hosting or software provided by your organisation
• How the support service works: Email and phone support, and account manager

Service scope

• Service constraints: No

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Responses are answered within a 2-hour SLA between the hours of 08.30 – 17.00 Monday to Friday
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: All clients get a dedicated Account Manager to support them with the Social Recruitment Advocacy Group Portal. This is included in the annual cost. If further Social Value services are required, such as site visits, they can be purchased using the attached rate card.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Socotec
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 19/05/2022 – 13/06/2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: No part of the business
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group promotes environmentally sustainable practices in the workplace and has a working group focused on the Environmental element of ESG. Best practice identified in this working group is shared with all members with the Portal giving you access to all resources and actionable tips for your organisation and for individual colleagues increasing sustainability, minimising waste and reducing consumption.

  Covid-19 recovery

  The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group promotes social recruitment with support offered to the members to recruit effectively from marginalised communities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, PeoplePlus has supported 41,500 people per year to engage in and sustain employment through our Social Recruitment Framework. SRAG members form part of our Social Recruitment Framework and together, we have helped the people left unemployed by COVID-19 retrain/re-enter work while bringing new talent and benefits to the businesses employing these individuals. Lunch & Learn sessions and toolkits help members improve working conditions for employees and support the physical health and mental wellbeing of all colleagues.

  Tackling economic inequality

  The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group promotes social recruitment with support offered to the members to recruit effectively from marginalised communities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, PeoplePlus has supported 41,500 people per year to engage in and sustain employment through our Social Recruitment Framework. SRAG members form part of our Social Recruitment Framework and together, we have committed to pay and reward policies that pay employees a fair equal wage, with the Living Wage as a minimum. Our consultancy empowers members to offer employees flexible working to respond to diverse needs and support their inclusion, including flexi-time policies, career breaks and early retirement options. We work together to identify ways to increase access to training.

  Equal opportunity

  As Investors in People’s Social Responsibility Organisation 2024 and a Disability Confident Leader, PeoplePlus’s consultancy work empowers Social Recruitment Advocacy Group members to improve their recruitment and career progression practices. SRAG members form part of our Social Recruitment Framework and together, we have supported 41,500 people per year from marginalised groups, including disabled people, to engage in and sustain employment. Lunch & Learn sessions and toolkits help members improve working conditions for employees and proactively encourage employment applications from under-represented groups, ensure all requested adaptions are considered positively, and workplaces are inclusive.

  Wellbeing

  The Social Recruitment Advocacy Group helps members improve working conditions for employees and support the physical health and mental wellbeing of all colleagues through online toolkits accessible via the Portal, Lunch & Learn sessions and bespoke consultancy. Together, we help you impact the health and wellbeing of your staff and customers.

Pricing

• Price: £8,000 a licence a year
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bmb@peopleplus.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.