National data – local knowledge
NDC National Evaluation
Workshop D:
Understanding Worklessness data
Case study: Clapham Park NDC
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Workshop D. Understanding
worklessness data
Case study:
Clapham Park Project NDC
5th December 2006
National Data – Local Knowledge
Simon Griffiths, Evaluation & Strategy Manager
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities
Drilling down worklessness data
Key issues - opportunities & constraints:
• Neighbourhood-wide data
• Cross-theme data
• Project data
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities
Neighbourhood-wide data
SDRC worklessness data:
• Clearly defined, regular, consistent, geo-coded time-
series data
• Distinguishing counts, rates & benefits
• Time constraints - responsiveness to interventions
• Formatting - ease of use, interpretation
• Unlocking worklessness – ethnicity trends
• Influences of the informal / criminal economy?
Job Centre Plus data:
• Central JCP provision – NDC snapshots
• Claimants by benefit, age, gender, duration, disability,
lone parents
Clapham Park Project
• Local JCP provision? A New Deal for our Communities
Neighbourhood-wide data
MORI Household Survey data:
• Drilling down – age, gender, ethnicity, generational
worklessness, job type, hours worked, self-employment
• Strategic opportunities – getting a job, computer
access & internet use
• Barriers to employment – numeracy & literacy, skills,
qualifications, ESOL
• Cross-cutting barriers – mobility, childcare provision,
refugee status, mental well-being, health, housing
• Data health warning – sample sizes, market research
limitations, externalities
• Tracking change – tracking movers & long-term
sustainability of outcomes?
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities
Cross-theme data
Cross-theme project data:
• Mental well-being (Timebank) Project
• Volunteering Scheme
• Sustaining Communities Independence Programme,
Community Support Project (St. Giles Housing Trust)
• Clapham Park Homes
• Youth Programme / Forum
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Project data
Employment-focused projects:
• Defining target groups – distance from the labour market
• Defining outputs – consistency/common understanding
• Individual baselines – where come from?
• Key drivers & barriers
• Monitoring progress – milestones
• Assessing value added of interventions
• Shared intelligence – complementary learning / outputs
• Tracking the sustainability of outcomes
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities
Top 3?
1. Wider view of ‘worklessness’
2. Multi-sourced & multi-faceted evidence base
3. Impact of externalities
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities
Clapham Park Project
A New Deal for our Communities