LINDSAY, Colin, PEARSON, Sarah, BATTY, Elaine, CULLEN, Anne-Marie and EADSON, William (2018). Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services. Policy & Politics, 46 (4), 571-587.
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Abstract
Policymakers have promised a personalised approach to improving the employability of disadvantaged groups. The evidence suggests that contracted-out activation programmes in the UK and some other welfare states have instead sometimes delivered a standardised ‘work-first’ model. An alternative approach is exemplified in local employability services targeting lone parents in Scotland, led by third sector–public sector partnerships. Our research on these services suggests a link between programme governance (defined by flexible funding and collaborative partnership working) and effective street-level practice (where caseworkers and users co-produce services to empower parents). The article concludes by identifying lessons for the coproduction of future employability services.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1332/030557317X15120417452025 |
Page Range: | 571-587 |
Depositing User: | Sarah Ward |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2017 12:53 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 06:20 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17517 |
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