Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Kulturell

increased awareness of one's ethnic identity

diversitätsorientiertes Lernen

Pinnacle was an unusual service in that it managed to completely match the ethnicity of the young people involved with the ethnicity of the workers. Chand and Thoburn (2005; Note: This is a secondary source. For more information, please check the bibliography of Blackburn et al 2009.) report that practitioners working with black children see the advantages of ethnic matching as ‘cultural sensitivity and the awareness of the impact of racism and racial abuse and how to challenge racism at both the institutional and individual level’ (p176). The same research comments on ‘high levels of satisfaction for minority ethnic families, through the specific use of ethnically matched social workers and family support workers’ (p 176). The practitioners and parents involved in the Pinnacle process commented positively on the impact of a black project group working with black boys.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

The Pinnacle Project (Youth in Action)
The project's main aim was to provide interventions to boys and young men from minority ethnic groups who were on the edge of criminal activity, were unterachieving in school and were at risk of social exclusion.
Großbritannien
age range 8 to 15 years
Familienangehörige bzw. andere Bezugspersonen

Evaluierung der Aktivität

This final report is based on a review of files which has included all the families assisted by the Pinnacle project up until April 2008. A total of 39 files for individual children were reviewed. In addition, the review team looked at files relating to both the parents and young people’s groups run by Pinnacle. It also includes a literature review and a series of interviews with parents, children and involved practitioners that were conducted between August 2008 and February 2009.
August 2008 to Feburary 2009