Browsing by Author "Payne, Malcolm"
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Item Metadata only Children and young people in hospitals.(Open University Press, 2010) Yates, Scott; Payne, Malcolm; Dyson, SimonItem Metadata only Children and young people in hospitals: Doing youth work in medical settings.(Routledge, 2009-02) Yates, Scott; Payne, Malcolm; Dyson, SimonItem Metadata only An evaluation of the impact of youth work in England(2006-07-01) Payne, Malcolm; Merton, Bryan; Smith, D.Item Metadata only Item Open Access “Minding the gap” between policy visions and service implementation: lessons from Connexions(2007) Yates, Scott; Payne, MalcolmFrom 2001, Connexions was phased in across England to meet policy visions centred on uniting youth-oriented services into a coherent whole, and providing universal advice and guidance alongside targeted support. Recent evaluations suggest that the service was not fulfilling these visions successfully, and current policy remains focused on implementing a new co-ordination of services to meet broadly similar visions. This paper draws on research evidence to explore the reasons for this failure in Connexions. It highlights a range of problems in service implementation from initial contact and assessment through to final interventions. It locates these problems in the political, bureaucratic, financial and social contexts in which the service existed. Notably the requirements to pursue a broad remit and meet hard targets with limited resources, instigate joint-working across existing professional boundaries, and unite and adapt disparate working paradigms presented significant challenges that are likely to remain relevant for future services.Item Open Access Not so NEET? A critique of the use of “NEET” in targeting interventions with young people(Taylor and Francis, 2006) Yates, Scott; Payne, MalcolmThere is a widespread current perception that being ‘NEET’ (not in employment, education or training) presents a major risk for young people of becoming socially excluded. One of the key foci for combating social exclusion thus aims at reducing the numbers of young people who are NEET. This is reflected in the ‘programme theories’ of the Connexions service, whose effectiveness is measured in relation to targets for reducing the numbers of NEET young people. This paper argues, however, that ‘NEET’ is a problematic concept that defines young people by what they are not, and subsumes under a negatively-perceived label a heterogeneous mix of young people whose varied situations and difficulties are not conceptualised. Additionally, research evidence suggests that adherence to NEET-reduction targets encourages a ‘fire-fighting’ approach to working with young people rather than focusing support and intervention on areas where they may be most productive.Item Open Access Skills development and occupational aspirations within A8 migrant groups in Leicester and Leicestershire, Coventry.(Learning and Skills Council, 2009) Payne, Malcolm; Yates, Scott; Sallah, A.Item Metadata only Working with formal groups(London, Routledge, 2001) Payne, Malcolm