As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment.
The service was rolled out on a phased basis over the period mid-2015 to July 2016. The numbers referred initially were low but this has increased with almost 141,000 Jobseekers having commenced with the service by the end of December 2017.
For the purposes of the JobPath service all long-term unemployed jobseekers on the Live Register are categorised into groups based on their duration of unemployment (e.g. 1- 2 years, 2 – 3 years, 3 years plus etc.).
The duration of a person's Jobseeker's Allowance claim is recorded in terms of days of unemployment. Jobseeker Allowance claims are made up of continuous periods of unemployment. Any two such periods not separated by more than 52 weeks is considered to be the same continuous period of unemployment - this is known as linking the claims. Long-term jobseekers that may have left the live register to go into employment for less than a year are still considered to be long-term if they reopen their claim within that period: as a result, Jobseekers retain certain entitlements (for example, no waiting days and other supplemental benefits) and are available for selection for support through the departments activation services.
The table shows the age and length of unemployment of the circa 141,000 jobseekers who have engaged with the service as of the end of December 2017, of these in excess of 52% were over 3 years unemployed.
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|
Client age at Referral
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|
Year
|
Duration on LR
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18-25
|
26-35
|
36-45
|
46-55
|
55+
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Total
|
|
1-2 Years on LR
|
298
|
531
|
436
|
312
|
134
|
1711
|
|
2-3 Years on LR
|
130
|
365
|
336
|
294
|
129
|
1254
|
2015
|
> 3 Years on LR
|
200
|
1006
|
958
|
969
|
490
|
3623
|
2015 Total
|
|
628
|
1902
|
1730
|
1575
|
753
|
6588
|
|
Passing 12 Months on LR
|
466
|
562
|
445
|
306
|
124
|
1903
|
|
1-2 Years on LR
|
3112
|
4290
|
3515
|
2841
|
1201
|
14959
|
|
2-3 Years on LR
|
1529
|
2497
|
2160
|
1978
|
889
|
9053
|
|
> 3 Years on LR
|
2774
|
10395
|
10139
|
9734
|
5249
|
38291
|
2016
|
Working Part Time on LR (>1 year)
|
21
|
235
|
295
|
271
|
162
|
984
|
2016 Total
|
|
7902
|
17979
|
16554
|
15130
|
7625
|
65190
|
|
Passing 12 Months on LR
|
412
|
397
|
290
|
228
|
96
|
1423
|
|
1-2 Years on LR
|
4315
|
4434
|
3499
|
2576
|
961
|
15785
|
|
2-3 Years on LR
|
1683
|
1986
|
1613
|
1234
|
469
|
6985
|
|
> 3 Years on LR
|
3254
|
9711
|
8187
|
7554
|
3321
|
32027
|
2017
|
Working Part Time on LR (>1 year)
|
628
|
3467
|
3691
|
3475
|
1612
|
12873
|
2017 Total
|
|
10292
|
19995
|
17280
|
15067
|
6459
|
69093
|
Grand Total
|
|
18822
|
39876
|
35564
|
31772
|
14837
|
140871
|