NO - Tim Caley, county youth and community officer, West Sussex Education Department
Of course performance-related pay should not be introduced for Connexions personal advisers, for exactly the same reasons it isn't in place for other professionals working with young people, such as teachers, education welfare officers, youth workers or careers advisers.
Who decides what good performance is? Is it just reducing youth crime statistics or the numbers not in education, employment or training? How are the successes of building relationships measured? How can performance be rewarded for individual staff in a service that values team work? And how motivating is it for those not rewarded?
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