Evaluation of the Payment by Outcomes Trial 3: Year 2 Report

This is the second report (of three) that documents an independent evaluation of the PBO3 through its design and implementation. It records the outcomes that stakeholders of PBO3 are experiencing in Year 2 of the trial (i.e. 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024). In Part A, the report illustrates the outcomes of employment in jobs-focused social enterprise that PBO3 participants experienced in Year 2. Part B then outlines the service innovations among social enterprise that PBO3 funding contributed to in Year 2. To conclude, the report highlights what this evaluation tells us about positioning jobs-focused social enterprises in a reformed employment services system. Research methods are reported in Appendix B.