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JobsPlus is a voluntary community-led, hyperlocal employment support programme designed to help people in social housing communities find work. This partnership paper presents the findings from the JobsPlus pilot evaluation which relate to working with local partners, summarising the wide-spread benefits of this approach.
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These top tips have been developed as part of the Labour Market Evidence programme, a partnership with Learning and Work institute. They share practical lessons on designing, delivering and evaluating local work and health programmes. They are designed for local and regional policy, delivery, data and evaluation teams, and senior decision makers.
Despite the relative lack of empirical work about survivor syndrome, there seems little doubt of its existence, and the challenges it poses not only to the HR function, but also the organisation as a whole. Strategies for tackling such an issue are highly organisation-specific, but there are several overriding themes and considerations that may help inform approaches to current, and future, organisational change.
The third in IES' 'Choices' series, this study followed a cohort of 1998 university/college of higher education applicants. In 1998, 'Making the Right Choice' explored information, advice and choices about HE. In 2000, 'Right Choice'? looked at the outcomes of individuals' choices in terms of the HE experience. This study continues to map choices and how they evolve over time.
This report presents the findings of research by the Institute for Employment Studies on behalf of the Disability Rights Commission in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Equality Commission, Northern Ireland. The research, conducted during the period October 2002 to May 2003, is the third phase of a series of studies monitoring the implementation of the DDA.
The first Human Resource Strategy for the NHS ('Working Together') was published in September 1998. This required all NHS employers to carry out annual surveys of the attitudes of their staff. Since then, IES conducted three annual London-wide surveys, on behalf of a total of 99 London employers. A total of 97,000 employees at all levels completed questionnaires. This report encapsulates their views.
This report sets out the results from a representative survey of 1,315 recipients of the Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC) conducted during the summer and autumn of 2001. It forms part of a comprehensive programme launched by the Revenue to monitor and evaluate Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) and DPTC. This report considers the socio-demographic characteristics of DPTC recipients. It then looks in turn at recipients' initial engagement with DPTC, at DPTC provisions and childcare, and at the re-application process.
The Employer Training Pilots (ETP) were established in six Learning and Skills Council areas in September 2002, aiming to provide training to a first level 2 qualification, or in basic skills for employees. They were successful in getting a substantial numbers of employers involved in training their low-skilled employees to achieve qualifications. Employers and learners expressed high levels of satisfaction with their experience of the pilots.
This publication was authored by Helen Gray before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Becci Newton before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Linda Miller before she joined IES.
This report detailed the findings of an extensive review of Community and Race Relations training in the Metropolitan Police Service. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), the research was designed to provide an independent evaluation of the training. This publication is no longer available.
