IEP learning contributes to successful Restart Scheme performance
Official statistics, published in December, showed that the job outcome expectation for the Restart Scheme was exceeded, within the last 12 months to September, across…
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Collaborating to help young people into employment – a new paradigm?
I have worked within post 16 education for over 25 years and whilst there have been many crisis and recessions before I have never seen an…
Leading a quality culture – development of a Whole Organisation Approach
As organisations grow and structures become more defined, an effective quality management system becomes much more important in establishing a quality culture. Sir Bernard O’Connell, the…
Is there a recipe for delivering quality at scale within health and work settings? Four recommendations for employment services
Having worked with 25 government bodies to help 1,000 people with a range of health conditions into work, we’ve learnt that the service model is only…
Employability in the ‘new world’
Recap – Not many years ago, UK employability professionals led the world, along with colleagues in countries like Australia, America and Holland. Underpinning remarkable labour market…
“Kickstarting” single parent employment
We are all reeling from the impact of the pandemic, but single parents have been particularly hard hit, says @FrancesParry. If you are running an…
It’s Important to Remember “Employment Transforms Lives” as Unemployment Rates Continue to Rise
These really are unprecedented times, says @AndyLMilton. Nowhere will this be felt more acutely than in our sector as unemployment in 2021 is anticipated to…
The heart of employability services and why technology hasn’t transformed services…..yet!
The world is changing. I want to look beyond the immediate impact of Covid-19 and share some left-field thoughts on what future employability services might…
The Rise of Digital: The most significant change to the way we work in living memory
Reflections of Business Development Director @AydenSims… The last few months have had a profound impact on everything we do, so I wanted to share a few…
Partnership working in employment services and responding to the current crisis
Key findings from international research on partnership working between Public Employment Services and other labour market intermediaries and service providers, with a particular focus on…