Ingeus Limited is a British-based, Australian provider of employment and health programmes, services for young people, training and skills support,

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and probation services. It is notable in part, for being founded by

Thérèse Rein Thérèse Virginia Rein (born 17 July 1958) is an Australian entrepreneur who is the founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company. Rein is the wife of Kevin Rudd, who was the Prime Minister of Aust ...

, the wife of the 26th Prime Minister of Australia,

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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

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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 t ...

. 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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