Provide Community

Provide Community: an employee-owned health and social care group

Provide Community is a Community Interest Company (CIC) that describes itself as employee owned and ambitious, growing both in size and in its capacity to make an impact. Its stated mission is to treat, care for and educate people while developing technological solutions, and its website acts as a gateway to the health and social care services run by its lead brands and businesses.

The organisation reports 15 years of experience, a population served of over 11 million people, services delivered across the whole of the UK and more than £5 million in charitable donations. It also states that its culture has received awards, which it presents as recognition of the work of its teams.

Community health services through Provide Health

Provide Health covers a broad range of community health services. Its nurses and therapists work alongside NHS colleagues, and care is delivered mainly in people's homes, complemented by clinic-based services and in-patient community wards.

Self-pay care and digital tools

Provide Wellbeing offers self-pay health services tailored to individual needs, presented as flexible and affordable options. Provide Digital develops specialist software and applications aimed at the healthcare sector, with a focus on reducing inefficiencies in service provision, staff improvement and patient care.

Sexual health and wellbeing programmes

• Essex Sexual Health Service: testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, contraception advice and provision, pregnancy testing and advice, HIV testing and support, and advice on sexual problems and concerns.
• Suffolk Sexual Health Service: delivery of NHS-funded sexual health services across the county of Suffolk.
• Essex Wellbeing Service: health assessments, smoking cessation support and weight management assistance aimed at personal health goals.
• Essex Working Well: free health programmes for businesses, including accreditation for employee wellbeing initiatives, mental health training, bespoke resources and wellbeing programmes.
• Child Health Information Service: unified health records for children aged 0 to 19, tracking public health interventions, immunisations and screenings and supporting professionals in child health programmes.

Care, alarms and support at home

Carecall247 provides personal alarm technology intended to help people live safely and independently at home and in the community, backed by a control team offering 24/7 support, emergency monitoring and response. Provide Enablement and Care delivers specialised residential care with a holistic approach centred on each person's needs and aspirations. Provide React offers personalised at-home care, including personal care, companionship and help with daily tasks, with an emphasis on dignity and respect. Children and Family Services completes the group's offer with specialised care for children and their families.

Workforce and community involvement

The organisation states that it recruits a diverse, multi-cultural workforce and links this to the value it brings to service users and colleagues. Its recruitment and participation channels include vacancies, healthcare assistant roles, apprenticeships, work experience and volunteering, alongside a Workforce Solutions strand.