Abstract
The study involved a questionnaire survey of all Supported
Employment Agencies in Great Britain. The Agencies who responded (numbering 101
or 48%) supported in jobs, 90.3% those supported worked for under 16 hours per
week and 30% small amount up to limits allowing them to retain their welfare
benefit income. Of supported workers, 78% employment. Job Coach support was
found to fall over time to a mean of one hour per week by the eighth month of
work while mean hours worked remained stable in the first year at around 16
hours per week. A cost : benefit analysis showed workers
gained {\pounds}2.47 for every {\pounds}1 they lost in taking up employment,
and taxpayers received 43p back in savings for each {\pounds}1 invested.
Taxpayer cost
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