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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 517-587 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Policy and Politics |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 4 Dec 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2018 |
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Keywords
- active labour market policy
- activation
- unemployment
- employability
- co-creation
- public services
- single parents
- poverty
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Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services. / Lindsay, Colin; Pearson, Sarah; Batty, Elaine; Cullen, Anne Marie; Easdon, Will .
In: Policy and Politics, Vol. 46, No. 4, 01.10.2018, p. 517-587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services
AU - Lindsay, Colin
AU - Pearson, Sarah
AU - Batty, Elaine
AU - Cullen, Anne Marie
AU - Easdon, Will
N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Policy and Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Lindsay, C, Pearson, S, Batty, E, Cullen, AM & Easdon, W 2017, 'Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services' Policy and Politics, pp. 1-17 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557317X15120417452025
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - active labour market policy
KW - activation
KW - unemployment
KW - employability
KW - co-creation
KW - public services
KW - single parents
KW - poverty
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DO - 10.1332/030557317X15120417452025
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 517
EP - 587
JO - Policy and Politics
T2 - Policy and Politics
JF - Policy and Politics
SN - 0305-5736
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