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Salote Christine Laumanukilupe Scharr - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Agency, Aspirations and Decision-Making of Marginalised Young People in Social Enterprises
2018Co-Authors: Salote Christine Laumanukilupe ScharrAbstract:This thesis examines the contribution that changes in young people’s agency, aspirations and decision-making during participation in social enterprises make in improving engagement and outcomes in employment, education and training. The focus is contextualised within the growing number of young people who are marginalised by not engaging in employment, education and training in Australia and the majority of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2012). Consequences of young people’s marginalisation are experienced at the personal, community and Government levels and include long-term marginalisation and heavy social and financial costs. The focus of this study is social enterprises that operate as Intermediate Labour Market interventions with a social purpose. These enterprises address the vocational and non-vocational barriers of marginalised groups in an effort to assist them to obtain employment, education and training outcomes. While the literature on social enterprises is increasing, a gap persists regarding the possible changes in cognitive-motivational variables such as agency, aspirations and decision-making processes and their roles in promoting positive outcomes. In particular, the lack of research and theorisation addressing the predictive potential of change in such cognitive-motivational variables as young people participate in social enterprises has restricted evidence-based service delivery to capitalise on any such relation.
Scharr, Salote Christine Laumanukilupe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Agency, Aspirations and Decision-Making of Marginalised Young People in Social Enterprises
Griffith University, 2015Co-Authors: Scharr, Salote Christine LaumanukilupeAbstract:This thesis examines the contribution that changes in young people’s agency, aspirations and decision-making during participation in social enterprises make in improving engagement and outcomes in employment, education and training. The focus is contextualised within the growing number of young people who are marginalised by not engaging in employment, education and training in Australia and the majority of countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2012). Consequences of young people’s marginalisation are experienced at the personal, community and Government levels and include long-term marginalisation and heavy social and financial costs. The focus of this study is social enterprises that operate as Intermediate Labour Market interventions with a social purpose. These enterprises address the vocational and non-vocational barriers of marginalised groups in an effort to assist them to obtain employment, education and training outcomes. While the literature on social enterprises is increasing, a gap persists regarding the possible changes in cognitive-motivational variables such as agency, aspirations and decision-making processes and their roles in promoting positive outcomes. In particular, the lack of research and theorisation addressing the predictive potential of change in such cognitive-motivational variables as young people participate in social enterprises has restricted evidence-based service delivery to capitalise on any such relation.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Education and Professional StudiesArts, Education and LawFull Tex
Louise Warwick-booth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The community health apprentices project-the outcomes of an Intermediate Labour Market project in the community health sector
Community Work & Family, 2011Co-Authors: Jane South, Katherine Jackson, Louise Warwick-boothAbstract:This paper reports on the outcomes of the Community Health Apprentices Project, an Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) project delivered in two neighbouring areas of Bradford, England. The project was illustrative of current UK policy in its attempt to both address unemployment and health inequalities. The aim of the paper is to improve understanding of the type and range of outcomes that can result from ILM projects based in the community health sector. A qualitative evaluation was undertaken and interviews were carried out with three groups of stakeholders: the community health apprentices, key informants in the placement organisations and the delivery partners. Findings show that both anticipated and unanticipated outcomes occurred in relation to increased skills for work, improved health and well-being and improved organisational capacity. While there are contextual factors which make this project unique, the findings illustrate the potential range of outcomes that can be achieved when social and emotion...
Jane South - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The community health apprentices project-the outcomes of an Intermediate Labour Market project in the community health sector
Community Work & Family, 2011Co-Authors: Jane South, Katherine Jackson, Louise Warwick-boothAbstract:This paper reports on the outcomes of the Community Health Apprentices Project, an Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) project delivered in two neighbouring areas of Bradford, England. The project was illustrative of current UK policy in its attempt to both address unemployment and health inequalities. The aim of the paper is to improve understanding of the type and range of outcomes that can result from ILM projects based in the community health sector. A qualitative evaluation was undertaken and interviews were carried out with three groups of stakeholders: the community health apprentices, key informants in the placement organisations and the delivery partners. Findings show that both anticipated and unanticipated outcomes occurred in relation to increased skills for work, improved health and well-being and improved organisational capacity. While there are contextual factors which make this project unique, the findings illustrate the potential range of outcomes that can be achieved when social and emotion...
Gordon Frank Parker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Learning to work : the Intermediate Labour Market response to social exclusion
2012Co-Authors: Gordon Frank ParkerAbstract:Since New Labour was elected to government in 1997, policy-makers' responses to the complex problems of social exclusion have been almost exclusively focused on promoting paid work as the best way to address the issue. Policy measures in areas such as employment, education, and lifelong learning have all tended to prioritise the improvement of Labour Market supply-side skills as a means of moving people from social exclusion, characterised as long term unemployment and inactivity, towards successful engagement in the Labour Market. One measure which has been put in place to address issues of social exclusion is the Intermediate Labour Market (ILM). ILMs are holistic work experience interventions which aim to improve the employability of people who are at some distance from the Labour Market in order to move them into sustainable employment. They offer a period of temporary, paid employment together with a range of personalised support measures which aim to counter an individual's barriers to work. While focused on improving Labour Market supply, ILMs also create a 'Market for Intermediate Labour' in which new, temporary jobs are developed, especially in the voluntary and community, or social enterprise,'third' sectors.During the years 2001 to 2004, Objective 1 in South Yorkshire financed a large ILM programme (SYCON ILM) which operated across the South Yorkshire sub-region and which was the case study example for this research project. The study developed a realistic evaluation approach, informed by critical realism, in order to assess the 'structures of employment' which SYCON created. It aimed to better understand the roles of individuals who participated in the programme, and to assess the enabling mechanisms which were triggered by their participation. This study has contributed to knowledge of realist methods and approaches, especially by developing an analytical framework, based on isolating contexts and mechanisms, with which to assess realist data collected from a variety of sources. It has also contributed to academic literature in the field of skills and learning, especially in relation to debates on the value of low level vocational qualifications, and those around aesthetic and emotional Labour. The study engaged with discourses of 'the underclass', 'Chavs' and 'NEETS' but found no evidence of a widespread 'benefits culture' among the previously disengaged ILM participants. The implications of the study for policy interventions have been outlined and further research suggested.