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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.
This resource guide was developed as part of the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) programme, which aims to increase the pace of take-up of innovations across the NHS. It explains how health coaching can encourage better conversations which lead to better health.
This report was authored by Helen Gray before she joined IES.
Jim Hillage offers his view on how Brexit will impact on employment, including higher education, skills supply and demand, and health and safety policy.
This report presents the findings from research conducted for the STYLE project on institutional school to work (STW) transitions, including their use of vocational education and training as a method to facilitate these transitions.
This report was authored by Erica Consterdine before she joined IES.
This publication was authored by Tony Wilson before he joined IES.
Much work on coaching to date has highlighted the importance of relationships between coachees and their coaches. Here we’ve looked at both coach factors and coaching relationship factors that affect the achievement of coaching outcomes. The paper also offers some practical advice for organisations and on improving coaching components of everyday work routines for internal coaches and managers.
This report presents a database of effective youth employment measures in specific European Union Member States. It is one of several outputs from the STYLE project, funded by the European Commission.
This report summarises the main findings from work package four (WP4) of the STYLE project and reflects on the contribution of the findings to understanding the major barriers to and triggers of innovative policies for better youth labour market outcomes
This report provides detailed findings of the qualitative research undertaken by IES' for the evaluation of the Intensive Activity Programme (IAP). The programme was a package of intensive support and structured activities that claimants were required to complete within 21 days of making a new Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claim, in addition to a full-time job search.
