www.bsl.org.auBrotherhoodCommentISSN 1320 8632November 2002A regular update from Social Action and ResearchOutcomes and obstacles: the Job Network and disadvantaged job seekersThe recent release of a report showing negligible Announcing the Job Network reforms in 1996, the of both the quality of assistancebenefits for job seekers taking part in Intensive government outlined four key objectives: delivered and employmentAssistance (the highest assistance category) in outcomes achieved. the Job Network has reignited controversy • deliver a better quality of assistance, with moresurrounding the government’s claims of its sustainable outcomes Outcome focussuccess. The Department of Employment andA number of factors have beenWorkplace Relations (DEWR) report concluded • target assistance on the basis of need andidentified as contributing towardthat the likelihood of being in employment capacity to benefitthis situation, in particular thethree months after the completion of Intensivestrong outcome focus andAssistance (IA) is improved by only 0.6 percentage • address structural weaknesses and inefficienciescommercial operating environment. points. Some 25.6 per cent of 2402 IA participants inherent in previous arrangementswere found to be in employment 12 months It appears that the structure of theafter completing the program, compared with • achieve better value for money (ProductivityJob Network itself actually25 per cent in a control group receiving ...
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