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Experiences of the job retention and rehabilitation pilot
- Authors:
- FARRELL Christopher, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 208p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Job Retention and Rehabilitation pilot is testing ways of supporting the employment of people on sick leave at risk of leaving employment. It is a joint DWP and Department of Health initiative. The pilot is being carried out in six geographical areas and commenced in April 2003. The evaluation is being carried out in collaboration with the National Centre for Social Research and consists of a large programme of quantitative and qualitative research including the first major use of random assignment techniques in the UK. SPRU's input will be mainly in the qualitative elements of the research design. The aim of the pilots is to test methods to help people who have been out of work because of sickness or disability for between six and 26 weeks to return to employment as soon as possible.
Impacts of the job retention and rehabilitation pilot
- Authors:
- PURDON Susan, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot (JRRP) was undertaken to test out boosting the usual help for those off work due to sickness and ill health, to return to and retain their job. The report presents information about the experience of participating in the trial, and the second report provides a quantitative assessment of the impacts of the trial on return-to-work rates, health, and other measures. Key findings of the impact assessment were that this particular method of recruiting and assisting people to retain employment was not effective, the interventions had no significant impact on the group of people recruited into the trial across key return-to-work measures. Similar rates of return to work were observed in the intervention groups as in the control group. There were however some minor impacts, both positive and negative, on certain subgroups: specifically, improved return-to-work rates for those off work because of an injury; and lower return-to-work rates for those with mental health issues.
Business support strategies for improving retention and reintegration of disabled employees in SMEs: a review of evidence and recommendations for pilot delivery within action two of the London Workforce Futures Equal Programme
- Author:
- TRINOVA
- Publisher:
- London Workforce Futures Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The London Workforce Futures Equal Development Partnership aims to develop a new coherent strategic policy framework and a co-ordinated best practice service model to address the identified needs of both SME employers and disabled employees for more responsive and flexible support, to reduce the current perceived fragmentation of service delivery. The programme of work specifically focuses on: the needs of SMEs; to enable them to adapt to the needs of workforce members. This will include an emphasis on implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act; the needs of disabled people (particularly those with mental ill-health) from black and minority ethnic communities, older people and lone parents; piloting innovative models of support using an employer-focused approach, new strategies, solutions and competency models (to enable effective reintegration and retention of employees who are suffering from physical or mental health problems as well as those who are at risk of drop-out from the workforce due to physical or mental stress)