All Advice Publications
Making Tracks Report
By Dr Cathy Street, Youth Access, September 2011
Description: This report brings together the results of an external independent evaluation which examined three key areas: 1. The difference made by the pilot sites’ interventions to the social, mental and physical health of young adult service users 2. The impact of the pilot project on raising awareness of young adults’ needs in local PCT and GP commissioning practices 3. The factors which might enable better partnership working between GPs and the VCS
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Civil Legal Problems: Young People, Social Exclusion and Crime
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, November 2011
Description: This briefing sets out summary findings from the 2010 wave of the Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey (CSJPS), alongside supplementary findings from the earlier (but larger) 2006-9 Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS). The summary findings reveal the experience of civil legal problems by young people in England and Wales, and place this experience in a broader context. The findings illustrate clear links between civil legal problems, social exclusion and crime.
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Heading for Trouble?
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, November 2011
Description: A summary of new evidence on the role of advice services in preventing youth offending and the potential impact on crime of cuts to advice services This briefing is for providers, planners, researchers and policy makers with an interest in: services for young people; legal advice services; the youth justice system. It follows a recent JustRights report, Not Seen and Not Heard, revealing the impact of proposed legal aid cuts on children and young people.
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A proven early intervention model – the evidence for Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support services (YIACS)
By Youth Access, December 2010
Description: A detailed evidence report giving a comprehensive survey of the proof of the effectiveness, value for money and outcomes of YIACS services. Compellingly demonstrates the major contribution YIACS can make across a range of health and social policy imperatives. Useful to support funding bids and tenders. Essential reading for planners and commissioners of youth services.
Easing the Strain
By Youth Access, December 2010
Description: A summary of an evidence report showing how young people’s information, advice, counselling and support services (YIACS) ease the strain on young people and on commissioners of services. It shows that YIACS are effective, good value and provide outstanding outcomes for young people across a whole range of social policy and health agendas. Useful as a punchy précis of the detailed evidence of the case for YIACS and as a campaigning tool containing the key messages.
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Opening Your Doors to Young People: practical guidelines for making advice services young person-friendly
By Youth Access, July 2010
Description: Guidelines aimed at ‘mainstream’ adult advice agencies. Suggests a range of practical steps for improving accessibility and service offer to young clients. Endorsed by Citizens Advice, Law Centres Federation and Advice UK.
Under Strain
By Youth Access, April 2010
Description: Policy Briefing showing how the recession and public spending squeeze:
• have increased young people’s mental health and advice needs;
• have overstretched the capacity of the YIACS services who strive to meet those needs; and
• have left services Under Strain and at real risk for the future.
Youth Access sets out a policy to support YIACS to continue to provide their proven effective services which young people so desperately need.
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With Rights in Mind (research briefing - 4 pages)
By Youth Access, January 2010
Description: Summary of report exploring the relationship between social welfare problems, mental health and youth.
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With Rights in Mind
By Mark Sefton, Youth Access, January 2010
Description: A research report exploring the relationship between social welfare problems, mental health and youth. Its findings point to a need for advice services to be integrated with counselling services for young people.
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Young People's Access to Advice (research briefing - 8 pages)
By Youth Access, October 2009
Description: Summary of a report setting out research evidence on young people's access to advice on social welfare issues.
Download: Young People's Access to Advice (research briefing - 8 pages)
Young People's Access to Advice - The Evidence
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, October 2009
Description: Key research evidence on young people's access to advice on social welfare issues.
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The Youth Advice Workforce: Now and in the Future (8 pages)
By Youth Access, September 2009
Description: Read why the time is right for a qualification giving youth advisers recognition and status.
Download: The Youth Advice Workforce: Now and in the Future (8 pages)
The Youth Advice Workforce Appendix: Key Data
By Youth Access, September 2009
Description: Appendix
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The Advice Needs of Young People (research briefing - 4 pages)
By Youth Access, July 2009
Description: A summary for researchers, policy makers and providers
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The Advice Needs of Young People - The Evidence
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, July 2009
Description: A research report setting out key evidence on young people's needs for advice on social welfare issues.
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The Facts About Young People and Recession
By Steve Lee, Youth Access, June 2009
Description: A policy briefing paper for YIACS providing detailed evidence on how the economic downturn has and is likely to continue to impact on young people and demand for advice, counselling and other support services. Useful for funding applications and local campaigning.
Download: The Facts About Young People and Recession
The impact of the recession on young people and on their needs for advice and counselling services
By Youth Access, June 2009
Description: Youth Access Policy Briefing setting out how the recession will affect young people's needs for advice and counselling and why meeting those needs is a crucial part of any recession response.
Download: The impact of the recession on young people and on their needs for advice and counselling services
Rights Within Reach - summary
By Youth Access, May 2009
Description: Summary of above report
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Rights Within Reach - full report
By Pamela Verma and Mandy Wilkins, Youth Access, May 2009
Description: A joint Youth Access/Law Centres Federation publication putting forward a blueprint for delivery of high quality outreach legal advice services to young people in youth settings.
Download: Rights Within Reach - full report
Getting Your Advice Service Ready for Commissioning
By Helen Stollar and Pam Verma, Youth Access, 2008
Description: Good practice resources on getting your advice service commissioned
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Young People's Social Welfare Needs and the Impact of Good Advice: Issues Paper
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2007
Description: This paper summarises a variety of research evidence on young people’s needs for advice, the impact of problems, the difference made by advice, access, funding and workforce issues. ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANYONE PLANNING, FUNDING OR PROVIDING YOUTH ADVICE SERVICES
Download: Young People's Social Welfare Needs and the Impact of Good Advice: Issues Paper
Locked Out: Young people's housing and homelessness needs and the impact of good advice
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2007
Description: A Youth Access report detailing evidence of young people’s substantial needs for housing and homelessness advice and the cost of their marginalisation from services.
Download: Locked Out: Young people's housing and homelessness needs and the impact of good advice
Rights to Access Project Interim Evaluation Report
By Michael Bell Associates, 2007
Description: This report provides a summary of the interim findings of Youth Access’ Rights to Access Project, and contains valuable evidence on how young people want legal advice delivered to them, key success criteria for developing a Youth access Law Centre-style service and evidence on the impact of targeted legal advice from outcomes monitoring and a longitudinal study. ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANYONE PLANNING, FUNDING OR PROVIDING YOUTH ADVICE SERVICES
Download: Rights to Access Project Interim Evaluation Report
Young People and Civil Justice: Findings from the 2004 English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey
By Legal Services Research Centre, 2007
Description: Published by Youth Access. Key research report covering young people’s social welfare advice needs, impact of problems and advice seeking behaviour. ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANYONE PLANNING, FUNDING OR PROVIDING YOUTH ADVICE SERVICES
Rights to Access: meeting young people's needs for advice
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2002
Description: Sets out all the available evidence on needs, advice-seeking behaviour and barriers to access, as well as making recommendations for improving provision.
Download: Rights to Access: meeting young people's needs for advice
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