Job Finding Support programme: A Quantitative Impact Assessment
This report presents an impact assessment and accompanying cost-benefit analysis of the Job Finding Support programme, which ran from January 2021 to January 2022.
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Research background
The Job Finding Support programme aimed at jobseekers who had been claiming benefits for 13 weeks or less. The programme was implemented in the wave of the COVID 19 pandemic as part of a wider ‘Plan for Jobs’ initiative. The Job Finding Support programme was designed to provide ‘quick-fire’ support to help newer jobseekers who might not need significant help with their job search, but would benefit from a short package of tailored support to help them move into work.
This report examines the proportion of the first cohort of participants classed as employed one year after being referred to the Job Finding Support programme.
The report also makes a value for money assessment of the scheme over a one year period.
Contribution to the evidence base
The Job Finding Support programme was part of the wider ‘Plan for Jobs’ initiative, which also included the Kickstart scheme, an expansion of the Work and Health Programme, the Job Retention Bonus scheme, among other support to protect and create jobs.
Research value
The research focuses on a challenging period of time when the number of Universal Credit claimants had risen quickly and a large new number of support offers had been introduced to help people gain employment. It helped the department to understand how well employment support was being delivered and provided assurance that policy design was effective at moving people into employment.