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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.
Stephen Bevan's slides from the HR Network Mini Conference: 'Realistic expectations? The role of the line in people management' on 21 May 2015
This report forms part of the STYLE Working Papers 3 series and looks at how labour market performance affects young people in Europe. The report aims to create an index measure of labour market performance which will in turn provide a way of comparing relative performance of European countries.
This report examines the use of Assistant Practitioners in the NHS in England, explores the benefits of their use and the barriers to their further implementation, and also identifies ways in which Skills for Health can support their further introduction.
Dr Jenny Knight's poem from the IES HR Network Retreat: Behavioural change at work' on 28 & 29 April 2015
Programme IES HR Network Retreat , 28 & 29 April 2012
IES HR Network Retreat speaker profiles, 28 & 29 April 2015
Hendrika Santer Bream's slides from the IES HR Network Retreat on 28 & 29 April 2015
Jo Clarke's slides from the IES HR Network Retreat: 'Behavioural change at work' on 28 & 29 April 2015
This paper gives an overview of the key policy initiatives in the UK designed - fully or in part – to propel young people into self-employment, based on a literature review of academic and grey sources. In particular, it outlines the rationale and approaches of various initiatives originating in the public and voluntary sectors, and makes an assessment of their impact where possible. It also summarises the key features of self-employment in the UK, focusing on issues of job quality.
Alison Carter and Mary Wayne Bush's slides from the IES HR Network event 'Reflective Practice' skills workshop, on 16 April 2015
