Shared employer engagement – examples of success

The Prime Provider Network (PPN) consists of employer engagement representatives from all Prime Restart Providers. It meets monthly in a collaborative model designed to respond to the needs of the employers involved in Restart. The PPN aims to provide effective employer engagement at a national level through vacancy sharing and supporting ‘single point of contact’ account management for employers that operate across contract boundaries. The group is run and supported by the ReAct partnership at IES. The PPN is a valuable forum to build cross-organisation relationships which facilitate learning and support collaborative working. The collaboration enables the sharing of insights about the labour market and participant context and how to best meet employer needs.

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.