Employment
10 July 2023
Evaluation of Supported Employment Coach pilot
The overall aim of the pilot is to improve outcomes for young people with a moderate to severe learning disability/difficulty (LDD) and/or autism, by increasing the number who progress in to paid employment or apprenticeships.
14 April 2023
Three key lessons in delivering an in-work support service for Wales
Learning and Work Institute recently evaluated Welsh Government’s Healthy Working Wales: In-Work Support Service (IWS). The evaluation sought to glean key lessons from the project that focussed on South West and North West Wales ahead of a nation-wide rollout.
14 April 2023
Evaluation of the In-Work Support Service
In June 2022, the Welsh Government appointed Learning and Work Institute to evaluate the latest phase of their In-Work Support Service (IWS). The evaluation started in July 2022 and was completed in October 2022. It follows an initial evaluation of IWS published in April 2019. The objectives were to tackle poverty and social exclusion through sustainable employment in parts of North and South Wales.
25 October 2021
Reframing Youth Engagement and Progression in Wales
Even before the pandemic tens of thousands of young people across Wales were facing difficulties in the labour market and in accessing education and training. Covid has deepened these inequalities and made new action from government even more urgent.
25 October 2021
Refresh of the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework
This report summarises feedback on the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework (YEPF) obtained during stakeholder and youth engagement activities delivered by Learning and Work Institute (L&W) on behalf of the Welsh Government.
16 September 2020
Wales faces unemployment crisis with one in five jobs in ‘shutdown sectors’
As we move towards the next stage of the crisis, the government should rightly focus on tackling unemployment. However, the issue of good work – that was not long ago at the top of policy makers agenda – must not lose prominence.
9 July 2020
Young people in poorest areas of Wales still left behind after two decades of devolution
The education and employment opportunities young people in Wales can expect are still being dictated by where they live – rather than by their ability – according to new data released by Learning and Work Institute Cymru today. The Youth Opportunity Index, the first of its kind in the country, showed that young people growing up in the most deprived areas like Torfaen, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent, have the least access to opportunities, leaving them facing a double-disadvantage.
1 April 2020
Understanding the potential impact of coronavirus in Wales
New analysis by Learning and Work Institute shows Wales faces a post-pandemic jobs crisis with unemployment set to exceed the level seen during the last recession, and a particularly severe impact on young people.
