Ingeus Limited is a British-based, Australian
provider of employment and health programmes, services for young people, training and skills support,
Labour hire and probation services.
It is notable in part, for being founded by
Thérèse Rein, the wife of the 26th
Prime Minister of Australia,
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the ...
.
History
Ingeus originated as a rehabilitation company based in Australia in 1989, named Work Directions. It then grew to become an international provider of employment services. In 2002 the company was rebranded as Ingeus.
The company has 150 offices and more than 1,700 employees. It operates in the UK, France, Sweden, Korea, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand.
In 2011 Ingeus and
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (), commonly referred to as Deloitte, is an international professional services network headquartered in London, England. Deloitte is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of professio ...
created a joint venture to operate contracts in the government welfare-to-work
Work Programme
The Work Programme (WP) was a UK government welfare-to-work programme introduced in Great Britain in June 2011. It was the flagship welfare-to-work scheme of the 2010–2015 UK coalition government. Under the Work Programme the task of getting th ...
. In 2013 Deloitte withdrew from the joint venture as Work Programme fees were reduced.
in 2014 Ingeus was sold to Arizona-based human services provider
Providence Service Corporation.
Thérèse Rein and Kevin Rudd received approximately $160M from the sale.
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Employment agencies of Australia
Companies based in Brisbane
Companies established in 1989
Workfare in the United Kingdom
Unemployment in the United Kingdom