We commissioned Ipsos and Liverpool John Moores University to evaluate Choices as part of our What Works programme.
This document reports the findings from the depth qualitative study, which explored:
Insights are based on in-depth interviews with:
The report seeks to illustrate a range of experiences and viewpoints, and reflects only the perspectives of those interviewed and cannot be generalised to the whole population.
Choices was delivered by St Giles. It was designed to support young people aged 16-24 in London with experience of or who were at risk of engagement with the criminal justice system to progress towards and into employment, education, or training.
268 young people were referred into the programme by a variety of partner organisations, such as Youth Offending Services, during the pilot period.
It offered bespoke, asset-based, time-unlimited support, delivered by case-workers and volunteers with relevant lived experience. Young people could engage at times and in a way that suited their needs and motivation.
A Theory of Change (ToC) was articulated at the outset based on the programme intention and refined to reflect actual delivery.
The data included in this report represent the data set for programme participants enrolled between August 2021 and March 2023, with outcomes collected up to mid September 2023.
The evaluation consisted of qualitative depth interviews with 11 staff in managerial or case worker roles, and a total of 44 interviews with 36 programme participants.
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