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Hospital youth work evaluation 2022
In partnership with Trust for Developing Communities by Abi Angus 17th September 2024 In 2022 CfEY had the pleasure of working with the Trust for Developing Communities to help them evaluate their pilot hospital youth work project. The project focused on providing youth work in a hospital accident and emergency department, as an innovative way to meet young people during difficult times and crisis points.
Youth work week: From lived experience to policy
It’s a Thursday, so after finishing work yesterday I headed over to a local community centre and spent the evening as part of a team running a weekly youth club. We ate sausage rolls, chatted about how everyone’s week has been and worked on a digital art project that the young people have been leading on for a few months. Research into youth work practice (including our own) tells us that trusted relationships are at the heart of good youth work.
We're looking for Young Experts!
A part-time, paid opportunity for people aged 16-25 who live, work or study in Buckinghamshire or Sussex. £10.59 p/h (paid monthly, around £1,300 total) Approx. 1.5 days a month January – November 2023 We are looking for young people who have had difficult times and want to use their experiences to make things better for other people in their community.
We're recruiting for Junior Associates!
Things continue to be busy with Team CfEY, and we are now recruiting some new Junior Associates! As an organisation that believes that society can do more to ensure all children and young people can make a fulfilling transition to adulthood, there’s still work to do providing the evidence, insight and expertise that policymakers and practitioners need to improve services, systems and resources for young people. We want you to come and join our team and help us support the sector better.
Making youth work work: reflecting on policy and practice
While studying for my degree in youth and community work, I worked part-time as a Teaching Assistant, spending my time going between university, schools and youth clubs. Years later, one of the attractions of working at The Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY) was the space it occupied – education and youth – understanding that young people access a multitude of services and support, with education forming just one part of a young person’s story.
The role of youth social action in creating independent learners
Through our work on Youth Social Action (YSA), we see a great deal of overlap in the skills and processes that support independent learning, and those that are developed within YSA projects. In this article, we look at how enabling young people to take part in YSA projects can support skills for independent learning and encourage participation in learning throughout their lives.
Brighton Streets Detached Youth Work Evaluation
In partnership with The Trust for Developing Communities by Abi Angus 8th July 2021 We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest innovative study, putting young people’s voices at the heart of our research.
School exclusions: what’s really happening?
Loic Menzies & Abi Angus 23rd April 2021 Anecdote and opinion dominate debates about children’s exclusion from school. But what does the evidence say about how we should approach this divisive issue?
How do essential skills impact on young people's life outcomes?
We’re excited to be publishing new research on essential skills today with the Skills Builder Partnership. The research set out to explore the relationship between young people’s skills development and life outcomes, in terms of their educational attainment, employment prospects, and social and emotional wellbeing, based on a rapid review of existing literature.
Join our virtual reading group
We’ve been holding a weekly CfEY reading time for a few months now. Each Thursday a few of the team get together virtually to read and discuss literature relevant to our work. It’s a great space to make sure that we keep reading (even when things are busy), and to discuss methods, findings and links to other work with our colleagues.
Working from Home: the ADHD Experience
By Phil Yeeles and Abi Angus This week marks Neurodiversity Celebration Week, as well as a big step up in COVID-19 prevention strategies across the UK. Many of you will be adjusting to working from home for the first time, or getting used to a big increase in working from home. It feels like a great time to share some of the strategies used by neurodiverse members of our team to effectively work from home. Although we’ve written this from this perspective, we hope it’s useful to everyone.
ADHD: Dreaming, distracted or wired differently? Part 2
By Abi Angus & Ellie Mulcahy Part one of this blog explored what ADHD looks like, debunking misconceptions around diagnosis and showing how research on brain structure helps us to understand differences. In part two, we explore some of the brain differences linked to ADHD and unpick further misconceptions around gender. We set out how this can impact on the identification, treatment and support.
ADHD: Dreaming, distracted or wired differently? Part 1 - causes and symptoms
By Abi Angus & Ellie Mulcahy Like many other women with ADHD, I received my diagnosis as an adult. The suggestion that it may be worth getting assessed for ADHD was something of a surprise to me; I had supported young people with ADHD diagnoses in previous roles and found it hard to match up my experiences with these hyperactive, quick thinking, impulsive teenage boys. However, as I went through the diagnosis process and read up on the topic, I began to recognise ADHD traits in myself.
ADHD: Dreaming, distracted or wired differently? Part 1 - causes and symptoms
By Abi Angus & Ellie Mulcahy Like many other women with ADHD, I received my diagnosis as an adult. The suggestion that it may be worth getting assessed for ADHD was something of a surprise to me; I had supported young people with ADHD diagnoses in previous roles and found it hard to match up my experiences with these hyperactive, quick thinking, impulsive teenage boys. However, as I went through the diagnosis process and read up on the topic, I began to recognise ADHD traits in myself.
Finding young people’s voices in EHCPs
In this week’s research round-up podcast Sam and Iesha discussed this article from the University of Roehampton exploring children’s voice within Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The findings were concerning, highlighting that in many cases young people’s voices were not found within their plan.
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