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Employment

30 October 2018

Developing a Jobs-Plus model for the UK

Learning and Work Institute worked with 19 social landlords across Britain to develop these proposals, based on the Jobs-Plus model used in the US in the late 1990s. 

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1 October 2018

Youth Opportunity Index 2018

Our Youth Opportunity Index 2018 gives a detailed portrait of the opportunities and challenges for every young person broken down by local education authority. This is the second of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission.'

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1 September 2018

MyGo Evaluation Final Report

MyGo is an integrated employment and skills programme designed to tackle youth unemployment in Suffolk, established as part of the Greater Ipswich City Deal.

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10 July 2018

Opportunity knocks?

This is the first of six reports published to inform the 'Youth Commission': the Commission on Education and Employment Opportunities for Young People.

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28 March 2018

Evaluation of Liverpool City Region Youth Employment Gateway

This report sets out the findings of the Youth Employment Gateway, an initiative aimed at young people aged between 18 and 24 who were out of work and claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit.

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4 January 2018

Working Well

This evaluation measured the success of the Working Well pilot programme on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. The pilot programme operated in Greater Manchester to help long-term benefit claimants with health conditions to move into and stay in work.

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15 June 2017

Work Local: Developing a modern, local, public employment and skills service

Learning and Work Institute was commissioned by the Local Government Association to explore the options for how modern, more integrated and localised public employment and skills services could be funded, designed and delivered. 

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4 May 2017

Top tips for foster carers

These top tips are designed to help foster carers provide good support to the young people they look in relation to employment and learning.

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28 July 2016

Evaluation of the Universal Support delivered locally trials

The trials were intended to test new ways of identifying, engaging and supporting claimants that may have transitional personal budgeting or digital support needs under Universal Credit.

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30 July 2015

Worklessness, welfare and social housing – A report for the National Housing Federation

This research explores the characteristics of those out of work and receiving benefits in social housing, and examines what works in supporting social housing residents into work.

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