Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services

Lindsay, Colin and Pearson, Sarah and Batty, Elaine and Cullen, Anne Marie and Easdon, Will (2018) Street-level practice and the co-production of third sector-led employability services. Policy and Politics, 46 (4). pp. 517-587. ISSN 0305-5736 (https://doi.org/10.1332/030557317X15120417452025)

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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.

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Lindsay, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-6797, Pearson, Sarah, Batty, Elaine, Cullen, Anne Marie and Easdon, Will;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:62524
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 October 2018
    Published
    4 December 2017
    Published Online
    7 November 2017
    Accepted
    Notes: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
    Subjects:Social Sciences
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:05 Dec 2017 14:56
    Last modified:20 Nov 2024 01:15
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62524
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