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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.
What’s driving the need for innovation? What’s changing in our understanding of innovation? How can HR innovate, and equip organisations to be innovative?
Presentation slides from Professor Steve Trenchard, speaking on 'Engaging with employees in an innovative way' at the IES HR Directors' Retreat, 19 June 2014
Responsible for developing and constructing the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on time, on budget and in a manner that leaves a legacy for the UK
Our human brain has the amazing capacity to comment on, judge, evaluate and question our own experiences and emotions. However, these very abilities can get us caught up in all sorts of problems!
This report is a comprehensive evaluation of Acas Internal Workplace Mediation Training (which leads to the Certificate in Internal Workplace Mediation accreditation). The research took the form of a telephone survey with mediators who had attended courses and case studies of three organisations, of which two had participated in Acas' in-house training. It sought to examine the longer-term effectiveness of the mediation course for the trainees and also to gain an insight into the effectiveness of the in-house training for organisations.
