Empowering Lone Parents to Progress towards Employability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2116251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Lindsay (0000-0002-5087-3358, University of Strathclyde), Sarah Pearson (0000-0001-5049-5396, Sheffield Hallam University), Elaine Batty (0000-0001-7524-3515, Sheffield Hallam University), Anne Marie Cullen (University of Strathclyde), Will Eadson (0000-0002-2158-7205, Sheffield Hallam University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 856-875 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279421000283 |
| OpenAlex | W3138713965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
Policymakers in liberal welfare states like the UK have prioritised extending the reach of compulsory activation to target vulnerable jobseeker groups, such as lone parents. However, such interventions - especially when combined with intensified welfare conditionality - appear to have had limited positive effects on lone parents' employability, while often negatively impacting wellbeing. This article argues that the problem is a disconnect between the complex barriers to employability faced by lone parents (including their need to balance work and caring) and the content of 'work-first' activation favoured by successive UK Governments. We report positive findings from in-depth interviews with lone parents and key stakeholders involved in more person-centred, non-compulsory local employability services. Multi-agency service delivery, collaborative governance and a clear role for user voice in programme design were important facilitators of positive experiences. Our analysis points to the need for services that empower lone parents to make choices to progress towards employment while supporting family life
Agency (philosophy) · Business · Conditionality · Corporate governance · Employability · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Higher Education and Employability · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Employer Engagement with Third-Sector Activation Programmes for Vulnerable Groups
Relational approaches to employability
Working With the Whole Person’
Only ever mothers? Or other than mothers? Ambivalence and ‘good’ mothering on welfare in Ontario, Canada
Carefully capacitating? Agentic capacity and coercion in the activation of lone mothers in Ireland
The Limits of the Possible
Client Participation and Conditionality
Of charities and choice
A longitudinal qualitative study of the journeys of single parents on Jobseeker’s Allowance
Lone Parents and Welfare‐to‐Work in E ngland
The Time‐related Underemployment of Lone Parents during Welfare Reform, Recession and Austerity
The Concept of Employability
Young people and UK labour market policy
Entrepreneurs of Themselves
No Margin for Error
Employer Participation in Active Labour Market Policy
Relationships of Care
The Effect of Employment on the Mental Health of Lone Mothers in the UK Before and After New Labour's Welfare Reforms
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |