Thursday, 29 September 2016

HAs ‘Better Than Job Centres’ For Jobs

New research reveals training for work programmes run by housing associations are regarded as better than job centres for finding employment. Researchers from Brunel University London studied HA programmes. Unlike Job Centre Plus, they found housing associations have good staff availability, give friendly, personalised, constructive advice and ‘offer hope’. Housing associations are taking on welfare service provision as new state regulation demands they spur tenants towards independent living and away from welfare dependence. Aimed at hard-to-reach groups such as long-term unemployed and young people not in education, employment of training (NEETs), Housing association employment services have a variety of funders including government. Read more on 24housing.

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