Projects and case studies
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Review of the Human Resources Function within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
A review of the HR function of the organisation in the context of the retirement of the HR director, the possible establishment of a cross NHS Scotland HR shared services model and the introduction of a new HRIS.
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Examination of the Evidence for Preparing, Sustaining and Enhancing Psychological and Physical Well-Being – Psychological Resilience
The purpose of this study was to enhance the MOD's understanding of the perspective of healthy and motivated personnel with respect to positive adaptation: what are the self-protecting factors that lead to effective coping mechanisms, when faced...
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HR review at a Further Education college
In 2013 a London FE college expressed the desire to ensure that it had an ‘optimum central support infrastructure in place’. This was seen to be especially necessary against a background of its expansion and during a period of fast changing...
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Organisational Development support for NHS Employers
NHS Employers asked IES to provide Organisational Development support as they went through a process of organisational change from a service to a leading organisation. This first phase focused on the identification of what was needed and planning...
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Guide to activities using IT for social care providers who work with people with dementia
IES conducted research to identify the ways in which organisations in the care sector are using new technology to support and improve quality of life for people with dementia. The work involved interviews with experts and practitioners, a search...
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Developing effective business operations for LSIS
IES supported LSIS to establish a common understanding of what it means for a provider to be effective across all aspects of its business and operations, ie both in terms of it's own management and business processes and its delivery. The project...
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Family Nurse workforce survey
The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme is well established in the USA, where there is a body of evidence to demonstrate its success. Family Nurses work with disadvantaged families, specifically during pregnancy and the child's first two...
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An Assessment of the impact of the introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the National Minimum Wage
A National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate (NMWAR) at £2.50 an hour was introduced in October 2010 and increased to £2.60 shortly after.IES was asked by the Low Pay Commission to deliver a research project on how the introduction of the NMWAR had...
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Review of the Jobcentre Plus Integrated Children's Centre Adviser project
This pilot has operated over two years in four sites across Wales. Jobcentre Plus advisers working within children’s centres and in partnership with Communities First networks have aimed to reach out and support those furthest away from the labour...
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Qualitative post-test on the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER)
The European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER) is a pan-European survey of management and worker representatives in enterprises with more than ten employees on how health, safety and well-being are managed at work. This...