A key recommendation from the Leitch review of skills is the establishment of a national network of one-stop shops for careers and employment advice, achieved through close collaborative working relationships between a new service and Jobcentre Plus. The new service is to offer a free ‘skills health check’ and is to become the source of skills expertise for Jobcentre Plus. In parallel with this development, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is developing the Flexible New Deal, which involves examining the need to achieve a better understanding of the circumstances of each customer. As part of these processes, the DWP commissioned the Warwick Institute for Employment Research to examine available evidence relating to the review, identification, assessment and diagnosis of skills, together with good practice, tools and methodologies identifying customers requiring more intensive support.

Access the literature review here Skills diagnostics and screening tools:A literature review, or download the pdf below.