ReAct and Restart publications

This report explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are being introduced and used within Restart delivery, examining both the operational processes behind implementation and the experiences of staff and customers engaging with these tools. The report also provides practical learning on how to effectively implement and use AI tools in this setting.

This briefing paper for ReAct, the 7th in the series, reflects on the role of the employment adviser in employment support programmes.

This briefing paper looks at the impact of collaborative working between senior leaders, employers, frontline staff and participants in the context of the ReAct partnership, and how this can inform future employment support.

This short paper is the first of a series giving examples of employer engagement collaboration across the organisations delivering Restart. It showcases instances where collaboration and shared learning has benefited providers, employers and participants on the Restart employment support programme.

This briefing paper presents findings from ReAct research on supporting working carers within the Restart employment support programme, highlighting barriers and recommendations.

This report covers innovative practices and case studies related to the use of supply chain partners in the Restart programme, focusing on their strengths, challenges, and best practices in delivering employment services.

This report presents case studies on innovative practices for supporting English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) participants within the Restart employment support programme.

This briefing paper looks at how the insights from ReAct research can inform the development of the employment support workforce of the future to enable the Get Britain Working ambition in practice.

In our second briefing paper, we turn our focus to another Restart collaboration, that of the Prime Provider Network which represents national employer engagement teams from across the Restart providers.

In the run-up to the ERSA conference in November 2025, the ReAct partnership will release a series of briefing papers highlighting key research from the collaboration and how the insights can inform solutions to Get Britain Working. This is the first in the series.

This research aims to better understand the experiences of carers, highlight good practice and improve support by taking a multi-stakeholder approach to examining current activity within the Restart programme and amongst employers.

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.

This briefing paper focuses on strategies to support neurodiverse participants into work.

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.

Emily Kramers reflects on the importance of in-person connections, specifically in the context of supporting people back into employment.

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.

Emily Kramers reflects on the importance of in-person connections, specifically in the context of supporting people back into employment.

This report covers the ReAct research into support for Restart participants into self-employment and identifies the gaps and improvements that could be made.

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.

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.

This briefing paper looks at how the insights from ReAct research can inform the development of the employment support workforce of the future to enable the Get Britain Working ambition in practice.

In the run-up to the ERSA conference in November 2025, the ReAct partnership will release a series of briefing papers highlighting key research from the collaboration and how the insights can inform solutions to Get Britain Working. This is the first in the series.

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.

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.

This report explores the current challenges and opportunities for developing and supporting employment advisers on Restart.

Following the party political conferences, Becci Newton looks at the current participation of 16 to 18 year olds in education and training, the worrying rise in levels of non-participation, and the main parties' policy intentions on this. She covers recent policy history, reasons for success, or lack of it, and recommendations to achieve improvements.

This report covers a study which followed a group of 40 teachers over the course of one academic year to gain an in-depth understanding of professional development, and of how the quality of teacher professional development and the perceived impact of professional development varies across different teachers and changes across the period of one year.

This report covers research into the value and impact of the Restart employment programme in terms of the prime Restart providers and the employers they support.