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| Addressing worklessness and job insecurity amongst people aged 50 and over in Greater Manchester | | Corporate Author | Centre for Ageing Better; Centre for Local Economic Strategies - CLES; Learning and Work Institute |
| Publisher | Centre for Ageing Better, London, November 2017 |
| Pages | 34 pp |
| Source | https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/1... |
| Keywords | Unemployment ; Middle aged ; Ageism ; Employment of older people ; Projects ; Case studies ; Greater Manchester. |
| Annotation | In 2016, the Centre for Ageing Better commissioned the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and the Learning and Work Institute to conduct qualitative research into the experience of people aged over 50 who are out of work or in insecure work across Greater Manchester. The focus was on five neighbourhoods across five local authorities: Eccles, Salford; Brinnington, Stockport; Bickershaw, Wigan; Werneth, Oldham; and Gorse Hill, Trafford. This report outlines insights gained from workshops attended by more than 60 residents and local service providers. Individual stories illustrate the barriers encountered by over 50s getting back into work: lack of personal identity documents; long-term health conditions; caring responsibilities; suitability of work offered; ageism; and employability. Further barriers were inflexibility in the design of local services, and in national policies as encountered in the benefits system and procedures at JobCentre Plus. Employability and employment should be better tailored to meet older jobseekers' needs, and to recognise their skills and experience. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171117002 B |
| Classmark | WH6: SE: B:TOB: GC: 3E: 69P: 83 |
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