Andy Alaszewski, A.M.Alaszewski@kent.ac.uk
Start date: 01/04/2007 End date: 31/07/2008
Evaluation of Kent NOW Programme – supporting incapacity benefit claimants back to work
‘Kent NOW’ (New Opportunities for Work) has been developed by Kent County Council’s ‘Supporting Indepenedence Programme’, in consultation with central government. The project aims to enable 250 long term (2 years or more) Incapacity benefit (IB) claimants to return to sustained employemnt of 13 weeks or more.
Launched in 2006, Kent NOW comprises four different interventions, working with long term IB claimants in Folkestone, Maidstone, Dartford, Gravesend, Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.
Funder/funding stream
Funder: Kent County Council
Funding: £30,000
What are the main aims?
To measure whether or not the KCC programme has achieved its target of returning 250 long term Incapacity Benefit claimants to sustained employment.
To identify which aspects of the programme are perfoming most effectively and why.
To provide a rich decsription of the interventions, and of the experience of the clients and staff who use or provide them.
What research outputs planned/published?
Publication:
Who is involved
- Susan Kenyon
- Jorge Rodriguez
- David Wainwright