[PDF] Top 20 Work Programme Evaluation : the participant experience report

... find work due to a lack of a recent history of working or limited literacy or numeracy, related experiences suggesting that considerable support had been delivered over time, which had enabled ‘small steps’ to be ... See full document

... The quantitative data show that some of the variation in support apparent in the early stages of the programme had diminished 18 months on. This might reflect changes in provider behaviour overall, or might ... See full document

... 31 behaviour. This impacts on the willingness of employers to engage with the programme. One provider specifically stated that they have found a downward trend in motivation among Trainees, although the reason for ... See full document

... Although all the follow-up meetings for the Process Improvement Program have not yet been completed, feedback from the participant organisations has been positive. Thompson (1994) is concerned that technology ... See full document

... different experience, and obviously, when you are older you’re not going to be working with people exactly like you, and it just helps you to learn different ways of working with ... See full document

... this experience has enhanced the maturity that they already seem to possess, but I think it’s a little bit hidden, and I think the opportunities that were afforded for them with this whole process [Shooting the ... See full document

... impacts to persist for a much longer time. In particular, impacts from a smaller earlier cohort showed that the impacts persisted at similar levels until 30 weeks. However, it is really too early to speculate on how long ... See full document

... the programme in ...the evaluation highlighted a number of issues. More social work students were considered to be in scope of the survey than anticipated in the original bid documentation in the ... See full document

... In this section we will summarise the headline measures for the pupil satisfaction questionnaire. For most questions this will simply be a table of how pupils responded, but for some questions we will also provide cross ... See full document

... of participant age, gender, religious affiliation, years of education, and years of work experience in block one, ethnicity in block two, and years as a manager, tenure in the current job, and number ... See full document

... centres programme may be a useful way to achieve this, remembering that this is an instrument that can be adapted to work both at very high levels of technological ambition (Sweden, USA) and at lower ones ... See full document

... potential participant from each key organisation/membership group of the strategic ...initial programme theories for each of the eight I-statements. These programme theories consisted of contexts, ... See full document

... Over a period of just over a year 24 respondents from diverse social, occupational, and cultural backgrounds were recruited and interviewed. All of the interviews were arranged, conducted, and digitally recorded by Dr ... See full document

... this work forward and as the work of the theme groups develops, it will be important to ensure that the learning that is emerging is used to inform change across the ... See full document

... This report presents evaluation findings from qualitative and quantitative research into trials that were designed to promote take up and test the demand for labour market interventions for older ...for ... See full document

... The programme was also able to inspire longer term collaborations between organisations, that are likely to continue after it has ...would work together in the ...The programme did not just build ... See full document

... of work has been taking place to upskill providers in the VCSE Sites were looking to this sector to provide different and innovative services and in particular a more flexible and bespoke package of care ... See full document

... Sharing outcomes – the decision by WEFO not to allow projects to share outcomes had a particularly negative impact on some of the projects in this category, particularly those working with the most hard-to-reach client ... See full document

... The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) was a key partner in relation to the scaling up of the project. From the outset, it was intended that the Offsite Hub (Scotland) would be an integral part of the CSIC. ... See full document

... The Productivity Challenge has been successful to some extent in promoting collaborative work between projects, and therefore between competing businesses. In one case, two employers worked together through the ... See full document