An Upward Spiral? The Gate Project: A Case Study of the Role of Training in Addressing Homelessness in Central London. Monographs in Continuing Education.

Autor/in	Carter, Julia
Institution	City Univ., London (England).
Titel	An Upward Spiral? The Gate Project: A Case Study of the Role of Training in Addressing Homelessness in Central London. Monographs in Continuing Education.
Quelle	(1992), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-948120-04-5
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Cooperation; Cooperative Programs; Coordination; Corporate Support; Economically Disadvantaged; Employment Potential; Foreign Countries; Homeless People; Housing Needs; Job Skills; Job Training; Prevocational Education; Private Sector; Role of Education; Young Adults; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Koordination; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Ausland; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Enterprise education; Vorberufliche Bildung; Privater Sektor; Bildungsauftrag; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	In 1990, the London Enterprise Agency, a private sector consortium dedicated to inner-city regeneration in London, established a project to address homelessness. Later called GATE (Guaranteed Accommodation and Training for Employment), the project had three central features: a focus on employment as a means of tackling homelessness; the use of a guarantee to motivate and support a vulnerable client group; and the explicit linking of employment with housing. The program was built around a training program that guaranteed homeless participants employment if they achieved certain job-relevant goals. The training aimed to develop the personal skills necessary to get a job. Initially, the program attempted to guarantee both jobs and housing through a partnership with housing organizations, but scarcity of accommodation made this impossible. From autumn 1990 to December 1991, 70 trainees participated in the program. The success rates of participants were outstanding: 69 achieved the GATE goals and qualified for a guaranteed job, and 58 entered employment with the linked employer. Monitoring and follow-up for 12 months after the program showed retention and promotion rates higher than average, in the employers' opinion. All 24 participants in the pilot gained "move-on" housing negotiated by GATE. The project also explored these issues: efficacy of "adult compacts," ethos and appropriateness of a private sector approach to a social problem, and potential and limitations of partnership, particularly those between public and private sectors. (YLB)
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