Publications

This summary presents headline findings from an early process evaluation of the Help to Grow: Management programme carried out between October 2021 and March 2022

This summary provides insights into the outcomes from the Health-led Employment Trials 12 months after recruitment.

This report presents findings from the evaluation of the Health-led Employment Trials. These tested the provision of Individual Placement and Support – a well-evidenced voluntary employment support programme for people living with severe and enduring mental illness in secondary care.

This report focuses on the impact of Thrive at Work on the management of mental health and wellbeing at three case study organisations in the South-West of England.

This report presents findings from the IES evaluation of the SomersetWorks Partnership College Pilot, an eight-month pilot of an innovative pre-employability programme targeted to the most vulnerable young people not in education, employment or training (NEET).

The Careers & Enterprise Fund 2018 – Part B aimed to test innovative approaches to career guidance and preparing for the world of work with young people from disadvantaged groups. Evaluated by IES and NIESR, our work aimed to generate learning about how the projects met the goals of the fund and to identify the main facilitators and challenges to effective delivery.

These reports cover the evaluation of the Central London Works (CLW) which aimed to help individuals who faced barriers to work to find and sustain good quality employment.

Tips by Text is a behavioural nudge intervention, which uses texts sent to parents to try to improve child outcomes in literacy, numeracy and social development. The research includes an evaluation of outcomes and a process and implementation evaluation.

The evaluation included interviews with stakeholders; surveys of participants of the three training courses; a survey of mentees who experienced mentoring from participants on the two blended learning courses; alongside interviews with mentors and senior leaders from their organisations.

This report supplements findings from the main evaluation of the Construction Skills Fund. This research focuses on the medium-term learner perspectives and experiences of looking for work after completing the course and career and learning progression.