Innovation Unit

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Innovation Unit is a social enterprise with a bold vision: we want a world where more people belong and contribute to thriving societies.

We have a strong track record of supporting leaders and organisations delivering public services to see and do things differently. They come to us with a problem. We empower them to achieve radically different solutions that offer better outcomes for lower costs. There are a range of answers to the question, how do we do it? Every project we work with is unique and requires a bespoke approach. As

Dear mental health system: can we help? - Innovation Unit | creating impact - reducing inequalities - transforming systems 02/11/2022

At Innovation Unit, we’ve been working on mental health system transformation for over a decade. So when the teenage daughter of our Director of Mental Health Innovation, Nick Webb, experienced anxiety and stress, he was dismayed to find how much further CAMHS has to go to truly meet children and young people’s needs.

Read Nick's open letter to CAMHS system where he outlines the support he’s been offered and how his experience has reinforced his ambition to transform the system: https://bit.ly/3DwFAr8

Dear mental health system: can we help? - Innovation Unit | creating impact - reducing inequalities - transforming systems Read Nick’s open letter to the UK’s mental health system where he outlines the support he’s been offered and how his experience has reinforced his ambition to transform the system. Dear Mental Health System I hope you are well? Thanks for getting in touch. I just opened your letter, inviting m...

Service Designer - Innovation Unit | creating impact - reducing inequalities - transforming systems 01/02/2022

Want to make a difference to people's lives? Tackle inequalities? Transform systems? Come and work with us as a service designer!

We have a clear team structure and leadership but we’re not keen on hierarchy.

We encourage everyone to use their initiative, take responsibility and manage risk.

We help everyone to learn and grow through informal and structured development.

And we're keen to hear from people who have some not all of the skills we need - you don't have to tick every box to apply!

Service Designer - Innovation Unit | creating impact - reducing inequalities - transforming systems Responsibilities Leading elements of projects and supporting project delivery. Managing, coordinating and facilitating a number of project-related activities such as research, prototyping and co-design. Developing high quality project outputs ranging from workshop materials to reports. Developing In...

Create impact, reduce inequalities, transform systems 28/01/2022

🤔 Who works at IU?

🤩 We’ve researchers, service designers and programme managers alongside nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and central and local government leaders.

😄 Why not bring your skills and expertise to IU - and start your next big adventure with us!

👍Check out our jobs now!

Create impact, reduce inequalities, transform systems Are you energised by digging into problems and challenging assumptions? Are you inspired by designing new solutions to big social challenges? Are you motivated by helping people transform the systems around them? Working at Innovation Unit might be your next big adventure.

Create impact, reduce inequalities, transform systems 26/01/2022

🙂Are you energised by digging into problems and challenging assumptions?

😀Are you inspired by designing new solutions to big social challenges?

😁Are you motivated by helping people transform the systems around them?

👍Then working at Innovation Unit might be your next big adventure!

Create impact, reduce inequalities, transform systems Are you energised by digging into problems and challenging assumptions? Are you inspired by designing new solutions to big social challenges? Are you motivated by helping people transform the systems around them? Working at Innovation Unit might be your next big adventure.

Photos from Innovation Unit's post 15/03/2021

This week the Learning First team will be testing out new ideas for transforming Bermuda’s education system with parents, young people, business and community members and teachers from across the island Learning First Bermuda

Living Well UK 08/05/2019

Today we’re thrilled to launch our website! Find out why we need and the inspiring and innovations already making a real difference to people’s lives.

Living Well UK Living Well UK is a National Lottery funded programme led by Innovation Unit. It supports four pioneering places in the UK to build Living Well systems of support for good mental health and wellbeing.

Classrooms are not enough - new research report suggests | Innovation Unit | New solutions for thriving societies 30/04/2019

*NEW REPORT* Latest addition to the World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE report series we're delighted to share 'Local Learning Ecosystems: Emerging Models' which explores the promise of ecosystems and their potential to transform how learning happens for today's young people. https://www.innovationunit.org/thoughts/classrooms-are-not-enough-new-ecosystems-are-emerging-new-report/

Classrooms are not enough - new research report suggests | Innovation Unit | New solutions for thriving societies A radical new report from World Innovation Summit for Education-Innovation Unit calls for learners to get out of the classroom more and grasp the opportunities of flexible modern ‘learning ecosystems’.

18/03/2019

Only four days left to apply for one of our exciting roles and join our talented UK team! We're looking for:
- Senior Innovation Consultant
- Innovation Consultant
- Project Intern (paid)

Apply now: https://www.innovationunit.org/connect/

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