Resources

This resource is for employment support workers who have an employer-facing role.  It highlights some of the barriers that have prevented older jobseekers from securing good opportunities in the past, and which persist today.

This guide is aimed at frontline employability workers, managers and their teams. It is designed to help you better understand and support jobseekers in their 50s and 60s - whether you work at Jobcentre Plus, for a contracted provider, or in a voluntary community organisation.

Partnering with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and DWP, this project looks at developing effective approaches to providing employment support for over 50s.

This slide deck summarises the findings of new training for employability support advisors in Greater Manchester on how to better support older jobseekers.

This report, funded by Ageing Better, examines recent trends in, and prospects for, the labour market for people in their 50s and 60s.

This report, funded by Ageing Better, examines the impact of increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 on household incomes, poverty and public finances.

This set of downloadable evidence cards summarises employers’ attitudes towards older workers, including their thoughts on being an age-friendly employer.

This research, funded by Ageing Better, analyses how employment decisions have been affected by the increase in the state pension age to 66.