Rewards for Learning nurturing success in young people with housing issues

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Rewards for Learningnurturing success in young
people with housing issues

• Wendy Devall
• wendy_at_scsh.org.uk
• Scottish Council for Single Homeless
• Wellgate House
• 200 Cowgate
• Edinburgh EH1 1NQ

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Purpose

• ?Methods available
• ?Pros and cons of different methods
• ?Other projects experiences
• ?Practical tools

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Why reward learning in young people?
It helped me get my confidence back

• ?Increase confidence self esteem
• ?Improve education/employment prospects
• ?Basic skills can also be addressed
• (social, literacy numeracy)
• ?Further benefits to organisations

The certificate gave me something to show
employers
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The survey

• ?39 projects surveyed
• ?8 projects interviewed
• ?74 used accreditation or awards
• ?44 used informal methods

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Awards and accreditation

• ?FE Colleges (SVQ, SQA accredited, City and
  Guilds)
• ?Princes Trust
• ?Millennium Volunteer Awards
• ?Duke of Edinburghs Award
• ?ASDAN (Award Scheme Development and
  Accreditation Network)
• ?Youth Achievement Awards
• ?Fairbridge
• ?John Muir Award
• ?Dynamic Youth Awards

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Awards and accreditation
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Awards and accreditation
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Informal methods

• ?In-house certificates and trophies for
  completion of activities
• ?Certificates of attendance
• ?Personal development programmes
• ?Personal praise
• ?Celebration lunch or gift
• ?Feedback to young people
• ?Poster of achievements
• ?Consulting young people
• ?Self reflection
• ?Signposting
• ?Local achievement awards
• ?Sports coaching programmes

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Practical tools

• ?Flow chart
• Methods of rewarding learning
• ?Toolbag of ways to recognise young peoples work
• ?Checklist for getting ready for accreditation

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Conclusions

• ?Enthusiasm to rewarding learning and skills
• ?Benefits outweigh negatives of rewarding
  learning
• ?Balance needed between formal and informal
  methods

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Discuss

• ?What methods for rewarding learning does your
  organisation use?
• ?Why these methods are suitable for your service
  users.
• ?What other methods may be suited to your service
  users? Why?

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Case studies

• Use the flow chart and directory to decide which
  methods may be suitable for your case study
  project.
• Discuss
• ?Why your chosen methods are suited to the young
  people
• ?How the methods would fit into the work already
  being done
• ?What (if any) the barriers might be to
  introducing these methods

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Rewards for Learningnurturing success in young
people with housing issues

• Wendy Devall
• wendy_at_scsh.org.uk
• Scottish Council for Single Homeless
• Wellgate House
• 200 Cowgate
• Edinburgh EH1 1NQ