Projects and case studies

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  • An evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM)

    The policy intent of POEM was to improve the economic activity of its target groups: Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Somali women, by addressing their barriers to work, including cultural barriers, confidence, knowledge of labour market options and...

  • Impact of Agenda for Change on Career Progression Amongst Radiographers

    IES worked with researchers at the University of Hertfordshire on a new project funded by the Society and College of Radiographers to investigate the impact of Agenda for Change on career progression amongst radiographers. The work explored NHS...

  • Can Children's Centres Engage Parents in Labour Market-related Activity?

    DWP undertook a Pilot to ascertain whether Children's Centres might offer a more effective vehicle to engage parents in labour market related activity, and so move them closer to employment (and ultimately into work). The pilot operated from late...

  • Evaluating Integrated Employment and Skills (IES) Trials

    The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Jobcentre Plus, the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) were working together to develop a new integrated employment and skills system to...

  • Total Reward in Local Government

    We helped London Councils with a project investigating how total reward can be implemented in local government. London Borough of Camden is acting as the pilot organisation. It was apparent that pay plays less of a part in why people join, stay...

  • Bespoke Development Programme Evaluation

    IES carried out an independent external evaluation for West Midlands Strategic Health Authority, of a bespoke Nurse Director and Board development programme designed by the Burdett Trust and the King's Fund. IES sought to identify any changes in...

  • Socially-Sensitive Enterprise Restructuring Guidelines for the ILO

    IES was commissioned by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to devise a set of practical guidelines and recommendations on how to manage enterprise restructuring in a socially sensitive way, based on case studies from Serbia, Croatia,...

  • Evaluation of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

    ESA replaced Incapacity Benefit for new claimants in October 2007. It introduced a new Work Capability Assessment (WCA), which emphasises what work a customer can, rather than cannot, do, and a ‘work-focused health-related assessment’ (WFHRA)...

  • Engaging for Quality with NHS London

    IES worked with NHS London (the Strategic Health Authority for inner and outer London) to scope its future activity in the area of employee engagement. NHS London wanted to maintain the engagement momentum, following the Work Foundation's study to...

  • Local Health and Social Care Labour Market

    For Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust we conducted an analysis of the health and social care labour market in the Nottingham catchment area. The report was commissioned to inform their medium- to long-term workforce planning process. It...