Employment
29 November 2024
Can the Get Britain Working White Paper get Wales working?
The UK Government has released its long trailed Get Britain Working White Paper. The White Paper sets out significant reforms to the way employment support will operate across the UK, and in particular in England, with the aim of bringing health, work and skills together in a more locally responsive delivery model.
14 November 2024
How Serco’s Restart Scheme is adapting to AI and the Digital Landscape to future-proof the workforce in Wales.
In an era where technology and job markets are rapidly evolving, equipping individuals with the necessary skills to develop becomes crucial. As a significant 26.5% of the working-age population in Wales remains disengaged from the labour market, it is evident that new approaches are needed.
14 May 2024
146,000 reasons to get employment support right in Wales
New research on the UK’s near one million young people aged 16 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) reveals that in Wales nearly seven in ten (69%) are economically inactive – meaning they are not currently looking or available for work.
21 February 2024
Which way now for employment support in Wales?
New research from Learning and Work Institute examines the future of employment support policy in Wales and identifies areas where the existing system can be improved to better assist people to find good quality work.
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.
