Yesterday (28 June 2022) at the AELP National Conference, the ‘Hiding the Join’ report into joining up employability and skills services was launched co-authored by Employment-Related Services Association (ERSA) and Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)
The report written by Paul Warner from AELP and by ERSA’s Andrew Morton, ‘Hiding the Join’ comes at a pertinent time. The research also comes on the back of the government’s long awaited white paper into ‘levelling up’ being published earlier this year and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Investment Plans being written. We are also experiencing a cost of living crisis with individuals needing to move into quality work with good pay, and opportunities for in work progression. ERSA and AELP are clear that if levelling up is to be a success for our most disadvantaged communities, then the organisations that ERSA and AELP represent will need to play a vital role. Yet to do that our research shows there needs to be a much more joined-up approach by government on policy making, procurement and delivery processes.
