Projects and case studies

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  • Sharing Professionals Across Organisational Boundaries

    With pressure on public finances, organisations look to find innovative working practices to save money. Capital Ambition asked IES to explore how some London Boroughs (sometimes with local NHS organisations) are sharing professionals or teams...

  • Long-term Unemployment and Worklessness in Newham

    The London Borough of Newham commissioned IES to provide an analysis of long-term unemployment and worklessness, and to identify ways in which this might be addressed. The research included: a targeted literature review of long-term worklessness...

  • Young People in Jobs Without Nationally Recognised Accredited Training

    Greater Manchester Challenge (a consortium of local authorities formed of Salford, Bury and Wigan) commissioned IES to research the barriers to learning, and the learning and training needs, of young people in jobs without nationally-recognised...

  • Employee Engagement Plan for the Health and Safety Executive

    IES carried out qualitative research for Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to explore the results of its first 'People Survey', in particular to gain a better understanding of staff engagement and its drivers, and to draw up an action plan to...

  • Health and Safety Impact of Work Organisation

    The Health and Safety Executive commissioned IES to explore the impact of task-focused working arrangements on health and safety. Specifically the research aimed to provide evidence on whether the way work is organised (eg on a task and finish, or...

  • Evaluating Executive Coaching Skills

    The Board Development Team at the NHS Institute commissioned IES to evaluate their Executive Coaching Skills programme. Adopted by all ten Strategic Health Authorities, this programme aimed to develop a community of senior leaders into executive...

  • Restructuring in 27 EU Member States

    IES was commissioned by the ILO to contribute to a final report on an international project involving the holding of seminars on social responsibility in restructuring in 27 EU Member States. The final report drew out the key lessons learned from...

  • Get Connected Impact Evaluation

    IES worked in partnership with NIACE to evaluate the SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Get Connected funding programme. The funding was offered to organisations in the social care sector to improve access to ICT for service users, family...

  • Mobilising People by Understanding Values

    IES was asked by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement to identify the messages that resonate with the deeply-held values of different segments of the NHS workforce. This was to help them understand how to frame the quality and cost...

  • Back Office Efficiency in the NHS

    The financial crisis facing the NHS (and the public sector generally) encouraged leaders to think more creatively about all aspects of their organisations. One area that came under increasing scrutiny was back office functions and systems (eg HR,...