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96 lines
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abstract: 'The rates of disengagement from school and youth unemployment rates
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continue to rise in Australia and internationally. Social enterprises,
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that is, intermediate labour market programs guided by a social mission,
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are one method that is successfully addressing these issues and
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assisting young people to obtain employment in the open labour market or
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to re-engage with education. BoysTown is a not-for-profit organisation
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that operates social enterprises for marginalised young people in lower
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socioeconomic areas which contain high concentration of social housing
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estates. The social housing in Australia is managed by State Government
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who view the type of housing as welfare accommodation for low income
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earners or people with support need. Griffith University collaborated
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with BoysTown on an Australian Research Council linkage project to
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assess the personal development outcomes as well as the employment and
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education outcomes achieved by young people in the social enterprises.
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Of the 542 participants in the study, 23\% (n = 126) were living in
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social housing. The focus of this paper will be on this cohort and the
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social enterprise work that they do in social housing areas. These
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participants were dealing with barriers such as intergenerational
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unemployment, limited work history, early school leaving, and low
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qualifications. Surveys implemented with young people at their entry and
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exit points of the social enterprises indicated statistically
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significant improvements in a range of psycho-social and cultural as
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well as cognitive-motivational outcomes for participant. Furthermore, a
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high number of these young people achieved employment and education
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outcomes. The findings of this study support the use of social
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enterprises in engaging young people from social housing and assisting
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them to obtain employment and education outcomes.'
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affiliation: 'Scharr, S (Corresponding Author), Griffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia.
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Scharr, Salote, Griffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia.
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Scharr, Salote, BoysTown, Milton, Qld, Australia.
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Bartlett, Brendan, Australian Catholic Univ, Sydney, NSW 2059, Australia.'
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author: Scharr, Salote and Bartlett, Brendan
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author_list:
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- family: Scharr
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given: Salote
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- family: Bartlett
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given: Brendan
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booktitle: 'ICERI2014: 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND
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INNOVATION'
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da: '2023-09-28'
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editor: Chova, LG and Martinez, AL and Torres, IC
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files: []
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isbn: 978-84-617-2484-0
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issn: 2340-1095
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keywords: 'Social enterprises; employment; education; personal development; youth;
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social housing'
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language: English
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note: '7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
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(ICERI), Seville, SPAIN, NOV 17-19, 2014'
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number-of-cited-references: '12'
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pages: 3728-3735
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papis_id: 5d36a95511db31e78274683b8b5ad510
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ref: Scharr2014youthliving
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series: ICERI Proceedings
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times-cited: '0'
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title: YOUTH LIVING IN SOCIAL HOUSING AREAS ACHIEVING EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES THROUGH
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PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
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type: proceedings
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unique-id: WOS:000367082903114
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
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web-of-science-categories: Education \& Educational Research
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year: '2014'
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