---
title: "Pathways to Work Employment Support Service: Employment Support Adviser Academy Host"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077ef1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Sheffield City Council"
published: "2026-10-01"
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# Pathways to Work Employment Support Service: Employment Support Adviser Academy Host

Buyer: Sheffield City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077ef1

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council commissioned a community employment support service under its Pathways to Work programme. The work is job-search and employment support delivered by a trainee employment support adviser, with the stated outcome of helping participants into jobs. Delivery is in Sheffield. The project is part-funded by the UK Government. The requirement is a focused local service combining employment advice with community-based delivery, rather than a general recruitment or staffing contract.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Sheffield City Council awarded the single lot to Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance. The award was for job-search services. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 March 2027 and was signed on 1 September 2026; the award date is not stated. Its value is £30,334 excluding VAT (£36,412 including VAT). The process was described as below threshold, with the specific method recorded as unknown. The published outcome identifies one lot and an active contract. The agreed performance measure includes the number of participants moving into jobs.

For suppliers considering comparable future work from Sheffield City Council, this award demonstrates demand for a short-term, community-delivered employment support service focused on moving participants into jobs. A credible provider would need to deliver practical job-search support through trainee employment support advisers and operate effectively in the local community. The selected organisation is a Sheffield community alliance, indicating that local community-service capability is relevant to this requirement. Providers should be able to demonstrate a clear route from adviser support to employment outcomes and the ability to track participants entering work. The requirement is modest in scale and was procured below threshold; the result shows that the council selected a community-based provider for this delivery model.

## Notice

Provision of a community employment support service delivered by a trainee employment support adviser. This project is part-funded by the UK Government. Signatures on this contract were completed on 14th September 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092982-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £30,334 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sheffield City Council |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79611000 - Job search services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 15:48 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092982-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092982-2026
  1st October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.zestcommunity.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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