ReAct and Restart publications
The ReAct Partnership is an industry-led, active collaboration to support a continuous improvement community in the Restart programme. It is funded by the prime providers for the Restart programme and is managed by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), working alongside the Institute for Employability Professionals (IEP) and the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA). The partnership conducts research projects several times a year that feed knowledge and insight back into the operational teams behind the Restart programme.
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How should employability providers build partnerships with local stakeholders?
Harry Fox reflects on recent research into the partnerships between employability services and local stakeholders, the factors that lead to strong relationships, and how the findings can be applied in other contexts.
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Supporting Highly Qualified Participants: Exploring Routes to Success
This research explores how highly qualified and experienced participants are supported by Restart, what is working across a range of approaches, and identifies recommendations for improving the quality of service to individuals in this cohort.
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The power of the peer group in employment services
Emily Kramers reflects on the importance of in-person connections, specifically in the context of supporting people back into employment.
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Maximising the impact of employment advisers through workforce development: research from the ReAct partnership
This research looks at how employment advisors at Restart, who work with the long-term unemployed to help them return to work, can best be supported in terms recruitment, retention and professional development.
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Maximising Adviser Impact: Supporting workforce development
This report explores the current challenges and opportunities for developing and supporting employment advisers on Restart.
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Neurodiversity, jobsearch and work - a review of the evidence
This report covers ReAct's research into the participation of people with neurodiversity in the Restart programme and highlights how support for neurodiverse people looking for employment can be improved.
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Supporting Restart participants into self-employment: Research report
This report covers the ReAct research into support for Restart participants into self-employment and identifies the gaps and improvements that could be made.
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The ReAct and Timewise Change Agent Programme: Evaluation Report
The Timewise Change Agent programme was developed to help Restart providers increase participants’ access to fair flexible working from day one. An evaluation of the programme involved an online survey and virtual interviews with a sample of delegates.
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Behaviours that work in helping people find work: how we can use Behavioural Insights to improve employment outcomes
Behavioural Insights, an approach that aims to determine what drives behaviour in order to change behaviour, have seen increasing use in employment programmes. Miguel Subosa highlights findings from recent ReAct research regarding behaviourally informed employment programmes and lays out recommendations to help improve employment support services.
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Behavioural insights in employment services: Evidence review
The ReAct Partnership has reviewed a range of evidence on how behaviour change techniques have been used in different contexts in order to improve outcomes and make services work better.
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Shared employer engagement models: What works
The ReAct Partnership is a new, industry-led, active collaboration to support a continuous improvement community in the Restart programme through action research, shared and iterative learning, and the development of applied, evidence-based resources.