Testing JobsPlus in the UK
JobsPlus is a community-led employment scheme that helps people into work through on-site employment services, community support, financial incentives and a hyper-local approach.
In July 2024, JobsPlus pilots began with housing associations and residents across ten sites in England, with L&W and IES, funded by HMT and the DWP.
Since July 2026, the DWP leads the pilots directly with each site, with members of Communities that Work.
The pilot sites are:
- East Finchley, London, led by Barnet Homes
- Penge, London, led by Clarion Housing Group
- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, led by Clarion Housing Group
- Wybourn, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, led by Great Places
- Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, led by L&Q
- Wirral, Birkenhead, Liverpool, led by Magenta Living
- Toxteth, Liverpool, led by Plus Dane
- Swale, Kent, led by Southern Housing
- Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, led by South Yorkshire Housing Association
- Stockton, Tees Valley, County Durham, led by Thirteen Group
In September 2026, the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods recommended a national rollout of JobsPlus in their latest report.
Background to JobsPlus:
The Work and Pensions Select Committee officially recommended that the UK Government trial the US-style JobsPlus programme in 2023. This followed L&W, MDRC and Communities that Work's proactive work with 19 social landlords between 2016 and 2018 to develop a proposal to test the JobsPlus model in the UK.
‘DWP has been working closely with Communities that Work and the Learning and Work Institute on the Jobs Plus concept. We are supportive of Jobs Plus and will be implementing a pilot scheme based on the Jobs Plus model.’
In June 2026, the Institute for Employment Studies published the next evaluation report from the pilots.
