Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

improved life skills

persönliche Entwicklung / Erwerb von sozialen und personalen Kompetenzen

Impacts stem from a range of additional skills which include social skills (e.g. communication, influencing and inter-personal skills) and self-regulation skills (e.g. self-efficacy, goal setting, motivation, time management and planning). Data reported in NCB’s final report show that many of the participants in the follow-up survey and focus groups reported high levels of confidence, with over 70 per cent of focus groups saying they had become more confident as a result of the programme. Senior managers and local support workers (LSWs) also gave qualitative feedback that the programme markedly increased the confidence of marginalised young people to work alongside peers from different backgrounds and to interact with senior staff, and also had positive impacts of levels of self-esteem.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Jugendsozialarbeit
Youth4U – Young Inspectors (YI) programme
The Youth4U – Young Inspectors programme was implemented and delivered by local authorities or voluntary sector agencies in 33 areas in England. Vulnerable and marginalized young people were recruited and trained as young inspectors whose central task was to undertake inspections of services within their local area and write reports of the inspections which included recommendations for service improvement. The programme included a wide range of services, such as policing, sexual health, transport, leisure, information, guidance and so on. The Inspection techniques used were observation, mystery shopping, interview with the service providers as well as surveys of service users.
Großbritannien
1.459 youth inspectors recruited, 402 left the programme before finishing
young people aged 13-19 (or up to 25 for disabled young people)
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

In 2011 NCB published an evaluation report of the Youth4U – Young Inspectors programme. Information for the evaluation was gathered from the following sources: (a) YI baseline survey – a self-completion survey completed by YIs at the end of their training session; (b) YI follow-up survey – completed by a sub-set of YIs at the end of the programme, including the same questions to the baseline survey as well as others on the outcomes of the programme; (c) YI focus groups – incorporated questions and practical activities to gather more in-depth information on issues such as the experience of the YIs in participating in the programme; (d) Local support worker (LSW) monitoring forms – completed on a monthly basis by the LSWs for each YI recruited to the programme.; (e) LSW and senior manager interviews ; (f) Service provider surveys and interviews. The data used in this report are drawn from the results of the NCB Evaluation Report.