Steps To Work
Steps to Work is the brand name for the New Deal in Northern Ireland and is administered by the Department for Employment and Learning through its Jobs and Benefits Office network. Steps to Work came into effect in 2008 and consists of many of the same provisions of the New Deal with the exception that payment by the Department is now more focused towards employment outcomes for participants than previously.
Northern Ireland does not have control of its own social security legislation, these functions having been retained by DWP and Westminster, however the Social Security Agency works in tandem with DEL to ensure welfare-to-work participants still receive state-funded benefits.
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