an article by Colin Lindsay (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK) and Sarah Pearson, Elaine Batty and Will Eadson (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) and Anne Marie Cullen (affiliation unknown) published in Policy & Politics Volume 46 Number 4 (October 2018)
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.
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