Position Statement
PART A - Background Information
A.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Youth Service is to support young people in making the transition from adolescence to adulthood, so that they can become happy, confident, and healthy adults who can articulate their views and opinions and make a positive contribution to the communities in which they live. The Youth Service supports young people’s personal and social development by providing informal education based on a
1. Youth Work Curriculum (PDF, 933kb).
A.2 How youth work is secured
Leicestershire Youth Service (YS) is part of the Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS) of Leicestershire County Council. The Head of Youth Service reports to the Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives who in turn reports to the Director of the CYPS (
2. CYPS Staff Structure PDF, 167kb,
2a. Strategic Initiatives Structure PDF, 72kb).
The Youth Service operates under the wider policy and performance framework of the County Council.
The service is accountable, through the Director and Lead Member for the CYPS, to the Cabinet and to the CYPS Scrutiny committee. The Head of Youth Service and the Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives, meet regularly with the Cabinet Support Member for the CYPS. All Members receive monthly reports from the Youth Service that give updates on activity/issues within their own electoral division as well as across the county. In addition Members, together with other stakeholders, receive regular copies of the service newsletter.
The medium term priorities for the Youth Service are derived from those highlighted in the Children and Young People’s Plan. These include the priorities identified in the County Council’s Medium Term Corporate Strategy (MTCS), the Local Area Agreement (LAA), the CYPS Plan and the latest Annual Performance Assessment.
The Youth Service Plan 2007 identifies overarching service priorities and actions. All youth service plans make explicit the service impact on young people’s achieving improved outcomes to the greatest extent (see
4. Youth Service Plan 2007-08 Word doc, 60kb). Local delivery plans reflect service priorities combined with responding to more locally identified need (see
5. Example of Locality Delivery Plan Word doc, 160kb).
A.3 How youth work is delivered
The Youth Service works with young people aged 11-25 but allocates most of its resources to work with the priority 13-19 age range. Whilst much of the work of the Youth Service is targeted at more vulnerable groups of young people, it also provides open access to a wide range of personal and social development opportunities. The Youth Service operates at the boundary between Level 1 and Level 2 services but with significant reach into Level 2.
The Service provides a diverse range of support to vulnerable or marginalised young people, such as individual Counselling support; specialist projects for asylum seekers and refugees; teenage parents; young people in care; young people with LDD; specific BME projects; young carers and young travellers.
The current Youth Service delivery structure was established following a Best Value Review of Youth & Community Education completed in 2003. All Youth Work staff are centrally managed with planning and delivery co-ordinated through 3 Area teams (
6. Youth Service Staffing Structure PDF, 189kb). Each Area comprises either 2 or 3 District council areas. Within each Area are 8 YS localities that together cover the whole county. Delivery in each locality is managed by a nominated professionally qualified youth worker.
Youth Work is delivered from 156 different venues including free-standing youth centres, schools, community centres, community buildings, village halls and voluntary organisations (
7. Youth Service Provisions Word doc, 4.8Mb). The Youth Service also delivers detached youth work projects across the county and works in partnership with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and District Councils to provide mobile youth work including in more rural areas.
The service secures a significant level of work in partnership with the VCS. Approximately 13% of the total youth work budget is made available to the VCS in the form of grants for strategic support, new developments, on-going project delivery, holiday youth activities, building repairs and maintenance and other running costs. Much of this funding is administered on behalf of the Youth Service by the Leicestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services (LCVYS).
The main formal mechanism for strategic discussions between the Youth Service and the VCS is the Youth Service Strategic Planning Group (YSSPG). It meets regularly to plan the delivery, monitoring and evaluation of youth work supported through grant aid (
8. Strategic Planning Group Terms of Reference Word doc, 37kb).
A.4 Workforce Profile as of August 2007
Total Number of Part Time staff = 281
- 4% from BME communities (where ethnicity has been declared)
- 2% with declared disability
- 70% female staff and 30% male staff
- 42% with local qualification and 7% with national qualification
- 6 p/t staff are being supported as ‘trainees’ to achieve professional qualification
- Part-time vacancy rate = 17%
Total Number of Full Time Professionally qualified staff = 38
- 11% from BME communities
- 3% with declared disability
Total current actual FTE figure for YS = 69 (excluding vacancies and excluding admin & clerical)
- Number of registered volunteers = 100
- No. of externally funded p/t posts = 14
A.5 Budget 2006-07
For financial year 06-07 the Youth Service was responsible for net local authority revenue funding for youth work of £4,326,116.
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Main Youth Work Delivery
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£3,832,800
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School Accommodation Remission
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£38,229
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Jitty Website
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£40,880
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Central Unit
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£414,207
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Total LA Budget
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£4,326,116
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External Income
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£333,795
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Total Gross Expenditure
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£4,504,607
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Underspend
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£159,307
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- Examples of external funding are £64,000 to fund an Entry to Employment (E2E) project and £131,000 derived at a local level (e.g. subscriptions, entrance fees, grants from Parish councils) to enhance local youth work provision.
- Included within the total revenue funding above, was provision of £561,786 to support the VCS. This equates to almost 13% of the available funding.
- Funding is also devoted to some partnership projects. Examples of this include approximately £25,000 on work with the Teenage Pregnancy Partnership Board to create specialist TP Youth Work posts and approximately £6,000 contributed to supplement an Adult Learning Service project to enable youth work provision with young Travellers.
- Capital funding of £100,000 was also made available during 2006/07 to support youth work. Of this £6,500 was made available to the VCS.
A.6 Commissioning Arrangements with VCS
Youth Work from 20 external VCS providers is secured and defined by 3 year Commissioning Agreements (
9. Commissioning Agreement Word doc, 67kb) that are subject to the Leicestershire County Compact. Effective monitoring and reporting is in place with identified link officers from the Youth Service. Full versions of agreements are established for grants exceeding £10,000 and for small providers a less detailed agreement is in place. The types of organisations supported include generic club based provision, umbrella organisations and specialist providers such as Leicester Lesbian Gay & Bisexual (LGB) Centre, Melton MENCAP, 637 mobile outreach project and Open Door (Counselling).
The future of commissioning arrangements as part of Children’s Trust Arrangements are currently being reviewed by CYPS and also as part of a corporate review of commissioning arrangements described in Appendix 4, page 110 of the
3. Children & Young People’s Plan - Review June 2007 PDF, 1.04Mb.
The service makes available to the VCS an Innovation & Development Fund that is promoted and administered by LCVYS on the Youth Service’s behalf (£21,640 for 2007-08). Each year new projects are developed that increases the capacity of new and existing providers. In 2005 it was agreed between LCVYS and YS that the criteria would be amended to ensure projects receiving funds were making a contribution to helping meet the LAA target on uptake of youth services by vulnerable young people. Apart from LCVYS the LA provides on-going revenue grants to two other large umbrella VCS organisations (Young People First and Leics Clubs for Young People). A 0.5 FTE member of staff is seconded to Young People First to provide support and guidance to potential, new and existing voluntary village clubs – this organisation currently supports 30 such clubs within the county.
A.7 Partnership Arrangements
The Youth Service is represented on the main partner forums that shape strategic thinking for teenagers. It has designated officers who sit on:
County wide:
- 13-19 group of Children’s Trust governance arrangements
- 13-19 Inter-Authority Partnership
- Connexions Partnership Board
- Local Area Agreement – Children & Young People’s Block Leads Group
- Youth Service Strategic Planning Group
- Corporate Parenting Group
- Reducing Offending by Looked after Children
- Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Board
- Active Involvement Group – a multi- agency forum
- Drug & Alcohol Action Team – Drug & Alcohol Response Team Steering Group and the Drug Reference Group 1
The service is also well represented within the county council on a range of shorter term groups at Corporate and Departmental level addressing specific strategic issues. Recent examples include Community Cohesion and the Anti Social Behaviour Strategy.
District/local
- 7 District Community Safety/Crime Reduction Partnerships and sub-groups
- Local Community Planning groups
- Neighbourhood Action Teams in priority neighbourhoods
- Police – Joint Action Groups
A.8 Joint Working Arrangements
The Youth Service also contributes towards joint working with:
- Schools and Colleges – transition projects; Citizenship projects; Partnership Agreements for YS use of premises; multi-agency forums providing targeted individual support (e.g. NW Leicestershire)
- Connexions- Voice of Young People; Teenage Pregnancy; grants for VCS
- Connexions and Leicester City Youth Service - Publicising Positive Activities; support for VCS
- Youth Offending Service – Anti Social Behaviour reduction and Crime prevention work; agreed referral protocol for young offenders to access youth work; Youth Inclusion & Support Panels (YISP)
- Social Care – increase engagement in Youth Work by young people in care; support for Time to Change (T2C) participation group
- District Councils – Voice of Young People/ Youth Forums; providing positive activities, ASB reduction
- Primary Care Trust – Teenage Pregnancy; Sexual Health services; smoking cessation
A.9 Progress Towards Integrated Youth Support Structures
The CYPS has recently completed a series of internal reviews relevant to the development of Integrated Youth Support Structures (IYSS).
The purpose of the Youth Service review was to clarify and confirm the role of the County Council Youth Service within a broader ‘Youth Offer’ to 13-20 year olds as part of an integrated Children and Young People’s Service. Youth Service managers wanted to test their assumptions about how the service is seen and understood by partners and also check whether identified concerns for the service were also of concern to partners.
In addition to re-enforcing the known positives the review has upheld the assumptions that:
- Partners are unclear about what the service does
- Staff are pulled in too many different directions (the service is diluted)
- The offer to young people is not consistent across the county
- There is restricted ability to respond quickly based on identified need
- A better match is required between needs and provision.
On 27th June 2007 the Training & Development Agency (TDA), in partnership with the County Council, delivered the first multi Agency planning event to begin to map out the Leicestershire ‘youth offer’. The meeting was attended by 40 senior managers from the County Council, District councils, Connexions Service, schools, voluntary and community sector, and health. Leicester City Council colleagues were also involved to ensure good cross-boundary planning. The meeting identified a range of areas for consideration as follows:
- the need for locality-based partnerships to plan and deliver the local universal offer, linked to the community forums
- the need for high-quality ‘hubs’ from which targeted services can be delivered, linked to the priority neighbourhood areas
- the need to ensure that young people are involved in the decision-making processes for the planning and delivery of the universal and targeted services
- the need to develop a core entitlement for universal and targeted services, in partnership with young people.
The meeting recommended that representatives from all relevant sectors form a steering group to move this programme forward. The steering group will operate as a sub-group of the Children and Young People’s Service 13-19 Governance Group.
CYPS has also just completed a review addressing Access to Targeted Services and this work has helped informed discussions on developing IYSS.
Date self-assessment submitted: 10 September 2007
Part B
B.1 Standards of young people’s achievement and the quality of youth work practice
Grade: Good
The quality of youth work practice is good with some outstanding examples:
- Youth workers plan for young people’s learning using a well-embedded Quality Assurance process supported by a Curriculum Framework with a focus on the identified needs of young people
- Internal inspection processes identify examples of good and outstanding work (11. Internal Inspection Analysis Word doc, 27kb)
- The 2007 User Satisfaction Survey demonstrates high levels of satisfaction (99%) and enjoyment (over 80%) 12. Response from the Young People's Questionnaire (March/April 07) (Word doc, 290kb)
- External recognition has been achieved through national awards and publicity 13. External Recognition (Word doc, 24kb)
- The participation of 13-19s regularly attending in 2006-07 was 22% against the national benchmark of 15%
The standards of young people’s achievement are good:
B.2 Quality of curriculum and resource
Grade: Good
The Curriculum Framework was refreshed in 2004 and the main themes are closely related to the five ECM outcomes (
1. Youth Work Curriculum PDF, 933kb). The Youth Service ensures:
- Training, resources and support for curriculum delivery (19. Training Calendar PDF, 440kb). Specialist Curriculum Training Days with 237 staff attendances in 2006/7. Curriculum and resource budgets are held locally and specialist curriculum resources are developed and made available centrally.
- Identification of local needs that are recorded in Unit Profiles (20. Dreamers Word doc, 62kb)
- Production of local termly curriculum delivery plans
Young people access youth work through a broad range of educational leisure activities delivered in a variety of ways including centre based work; detached projects; mobile provision; residential experiences; 1 to 1 information and advice; single sex groups; Sport and Outdoor education; Duke of Edinburgh Award; Adventure Service Challenge; Youth Forums and Holiday activity programmes.
- Targeted youth work is made available for Young Parents, Young Carers, Young Travellers, LGB young people, BME communities, and young people with learning difficulties /disabilities
- The Youth Service and the VCS jointly lead on the LAA target to increase the uptake of youth work provision by vulnerable groups, including those looked after and with learning difficulties/disabilities. Uptake increased by 32% from baseline in 06-07 against a target of 5%.
- 447 young people with additional needs attended projects delivered directly by the Service in 2006-07 and a specialist LDD youth worker post has recently been created.
- A specialist post has recently been created to support Young People in Care, working closely with Social Care colleagues and the Time to Change group (T2C).
- The award winning website project “The Jitty” (http://www.thejitty.com Website, 21. Youth Service News - Issue 4 PDF, 1.5Mb, pg 4) has enabled young people to extend their literacy and numeracy skills, personal organisation, time management and multi media/creative arts computer skills whilst engaging with over 400 users of the site in dialogue around issues of concern to young people. The website also offers information, advice and signposting and currently registers 20,000 ‘hits’ per month.
- 548 young people accessed specialist Outdoor activities via the Youth Service in 2006-07
- The 2007 User Survey showed that 59% of young people had learned about bullying, leading/organising an activity and drugs; 64% had learned about health matters; 68% of young people saying that they had increased levels of confidence; and 78% saying they had learned about respecting others.
- Young people are engaged at all levels of decision making as described in the Pyramid of Participation developed by the County Youth Council (CYCLe) (22. Children & Young People’s Plan 2006 - 2009 PDF, 1.5Mb, pg 42) and adopted by the CYP Board (23. CYP Board Minutes Word doc, 176kb, pg 6).
The quality of building and other resources is good:
- Access audits demonstrate that requirements are met under the DDA
- A planned schedule of priority works exists for maintenance, repair and improvement
- Voluntary sector agreements ensure that accommodation used is fit for purpose
- Many venues have IT equipment and internet access, although this is an area for further development.
B.3 Strategic and operational leadership and management
Grade: Good
The County Council, CYPS and Youth Service have a clear ambition for young people based on what they have told us. Young people want a voice, choice, to feel safe and to be fulfilled. (
3. CYPP Review, PDF, 1.04Mb, p4). There is a clear, strategic direction for the development of the Youth Offer as a result of the Youth Service Review and the partner planning day facilitated in June 2007 by the TDA
(Ref: A9 of this Position Statement).Clear priorities are established through:
- the 22. Children & Young People’s Plan 2006 - 2009 (PDF, 1.5Mb); the 24. Children & Young People's Service Plan (Word doc 593kb); 25. Medium Term Corporate Strategy (PDF, 900kb); LAA (p48 – 53 of 22. CYPP); 4. Youth Service Plan 2007-08 (Word doc, 60kb) and in planning at a local level. The Youth Service Plan 06/7 has 11 Key Objectives that are shared with VCS partners and influence the identified outcomes in commissioning agreements.
- a clear performance management system, understood by staff and consistently applied
- a corporate framework for equality, inclusion and diversity and specialist Youth Service posts that support these agendas. An Equality and Diversity task group meets regularly to ensure that staff can contribute to service development (26. BME Task Group Word doc, 42kb). Specific training is offered on equality, inclusion and diversity and is also a core component of part-time staff induction training (19. Training Calendar PDF, 440kb).
There is good capacity to bring about improvement in the quality, coverage and range of youth work.
- The LA has good relationships and shared priorities with all relevant stakeholders.
- The Service is engaged in a range of partnerships and joint working (This report A7 & A8).
- The Service has a motivated, experienced and relatively stable staff team.
The NYA Audit of 2005-06 shows Leicestershire was ranked 6th out of its11 statistical neighbours for spend per13-19 year old, which represented 1.01% of the total spent on Education (5th /11). Our contact and participation rates rank us 3rd /11 and 2nd /11 respectively. The Service manages its budget effectively and delivers good value for money.
The Youth Service has good QA arrangements:
- Use of management information enables the Service to analyse performance at county and local level and to provide field staff with analysis and targets tailored to their locality.
- The collection and interpretation of data has led to improved decision making around resource allocation, with additional resources being targeted at priority neighbourhoods.
- There is consistent implementation of agreed planning and evaluation processes supported by clear guidance to staff about Quality Assurance (27. QA Manual Contents Page Word doc, 53kb).
- Since February 2005 there has been a planned programme of 97 internal inspection visits focussing on areas for improvement. 12 young people and colleagues from the voluntary sector have been involved. 80% of youth work sessions were rated satisfactory or better). Inspection visits generate action plans for improvement which are monitored during supervision sessions.
- Since Nov 06 almost 75% of Youth Development Workers have been involved as inspectors resulting in significant professional development for them.
There is good direction and support for staff through:
- effective management supervision and PDR policy and practice (29. Staff Development Policy (PDF, 3.3Mb)
- monthly Area Team meetings and regular County Youth Work meetings
- Area meetings for part-time staff are held 3 times per year
- specific task groups with representatives from the professionally qualified staff team
There remains an issue of concern for the service in ensuring a large part-time team have access to PDR and appropriate levels of support and supervision.
PART C - The contribution to outcomes
C.1 Be Healthy
Grade: Good
Strategic
The Service plays a key role in delivering a) the Teenage Pregnancy (TP) strategy; b) the work of the Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) and c) the development of a CYPS approach to Emotional Health and Well Being as follows:
a) A senior officer represents the service on the TP Partnership Board and contributes to strategic planning. The Service provides match funding towards 3 specialist TP posts that have increased the service’s capacity to provide high quality sexual health work. The senior officer has contributed to the development and implementation of a shared Underage Sexual Activity protocol and been a member of the CYPS Working Party developing a new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) Policy. The Service has an SRE Task group that has been influential in designing the SRE training for the service. Partners report that over 75% of young men accessing the
30. Leicestershire & Rutland Community Safer Sex Project (PDF, 740kb) did so through the Youth Service.
b) A senior officer sits on the DAAT sub-group Drug Reference Group 1 (DRG1) and ensures that the needs of the Service are met in relation to Tier 1 and Tier 2 training so that the Service can contribute to more effective prevention work. 43 staff were trained in 2006-07. The Service has a Drugs Policy that provides guidance to staff on constructive interventions with young people.
c) A Senior Officer from the Youth Service will play a strategic role on the CYPS working group formed to develop a comprehensive approach to Emotional Health and Well Being during 2007.
Operational
- By providing specialist projects in informal settings the Youth Service has made a significant contribution by enabling more young people to access sexual health services 30. Leicestershire & Rutland Community Safer Sex Project (PDF, 740kb).
- The ‘Chaos’ project developed by the service with funding from Charnwood Community Safety Partnership produced an educational DVD to be used by agencies working with young people identified as being at high risk of Class A drug use (31. Youth Service Newsletter - Issue 2 Word doc, 7Mb, pg 2 & 3).
- 255 young people accessed commissioned Counselling services in 2006-07 that directly supported their mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
- Good practice in Peer Education projects on sexual health (21. Youth Service News - Issue 4 PDF, 1.5Mb, pg 8) and 32. The Big Sisters and Brothers Inspection Report (Word doc, 57kb) and 32a. Groby Young Inspectors Report (Word doc, 56kb).
- A ‘Mystery Shopper’ exercise that involved young people in evaluating health services (33. Youth Service Newsletter - Issue 6 Word doc, 1.7Mb, pg 4).
- The User Satisfaction survey of March 2007 indicated that almost two thirds of those surveyed had learned about health matters through their youth club / project (12. Response from the Young People's Questionnaire (March/April 07) Word doc, 290kb).
C.2 Staying Safe
Grade: Outstanding
Strategic
The Youth Service provides a healthy and safe environment for young people:
- The Service complies with corporate Safeguarding policy and has service specific guidance and established and understood operational procedures for staff. A Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) audit (Nov 06) (34. Leicestershire Youth Service Audit Report 2006.doc Word doc, 743kb) found the service to have a ‘comprehensive induction pack and process for new staff and a robust process for monitoring the progress of reported concerns’.
- There is a service specific Health & Safety Policy and a senior officer is responsible for regular monitoring of policy. The Officer is supported by a Health and Safety Committee that monitors and reviews policy and safety issues, advises on new developments and analyses management information.
- Procedures are in place for regular monitoring of trips and visits (35. Quality Control Check of EVC Paperwork Word doc, 40kb), reporting and investigation of accidents and ‘near misses’ and checking suitability of premises.
- The Service delivers compulsory Child Protection training, Educational Visits Co-ordinator and Safe Recruitment training as well as a wide range of other training supporting safe practice (19. Training Calendar PDF, 440kb). It ensures Commissioning agreements with VCS (9. Commissioning Agreement Word doc, 67kb) ensure providers have effective safeguards and policies in place for safe recruitment and for child protection.
- 36. The Leicestershire Young Person’s Charter (PDF, 390kb) created in consultation with young people highlights the rights and responsibilities and levels of behaviour expected of staff and young people at Youth Service activities.
- The chat forums on “The Jitty” are moderated daily with feedback to young people on their internet use outlining alternative practice to improve their own safety.
Operational
- Designated Officers for YS meet regularly to monitor current child protection referrals
- Vulnerable young asylum seekers and refugees are offered practical help and support to improve their circumstances and to develop their personal and social skills (37. Dreamers Escape to Safety (Word doc, 135kb), and 20. Unit Profile Dreamers (Word doc, 62kb).
- Local projects regularly negotiate ground-rules with members
- A sub-group of CYCLe is contributing to the corporate Anti Bullying Strategy (38. Cycle Exec Anti Bullying Intro Word doc,85kb and 38a. Cycle Word doc, 96kb).
- The Amazon’s Project has undertaken a number of crime reduction/community safety projects addressing issues such as shoplifting and date rape, and received the Queen’s Award for Volunteering in 2006 (39. Youth Service News - Issue 3 Word doc, 1.6Mb, pg 6).
C.3 Enjoying and Achieving
Grade: Good
Strategic
The Service delivers a relevant curriculum that complements formal learning and achievement and enables young people to gain recognition for their achievement in their leisure time through a wide range of recorded and accredited outcomes. A senior officer has a lead responsibility for ensuring the integrity of accreditation outputs. The achievements of young people are highlighted through area celebration evenings and within the service Newsletter.
Indicators this year show a sustained and improving picture in relation to accredited outcomes albeit still below the national target (
14. Accredited outcomes to July 07 Excel spreadsheet, 30kb).
The
12. User Satisfaction Survey (Word doc, 290kb) shows very high levels of enjoyment amongst young people and examples of personal development including “support to do things for yourself” 89%, “emotional support”, “learned about respecting others” 88%, “developing confidence” 79%.
Operational
- Planned holiday activities with identified learning objectives and accredited outcomes (16. Youth Service Newsletter - Issue 5 PDF, 1Mb, pg 2).
- 792 young people participated in 59 residential activities (excluding D of E) in 2006-07
- Accredited learning activities in support of schools achievement e.g. 40. Transition Project (Word doc, 40kb); 41. Citizenship (Word doc, 40kb); 42. Alternative Curriculum (Word doc, 70kb); 21. Youth Service News - Issue 4 (PDF, 1.5Mb, pg 6); 43. TSN Report for 2006 (Word doc, 30kb); 44. Lutterworth Inclusion (Word doc, 30kb).
- International experiences for groups such as Amazons (The Gambia), Factory Project (Spain), Shepshed YC (Romania) and Raw Steel (Trinidad).
- Accredited Baby-sitting courses (39. Youth Service News - Issue 3 Word doc, 1.6Mb, pg 6).
C.4 Making a positive contribution
Grade: Good
Strategic
The service is represented on the multi-agency Active Involvement Group that oversees the LAA target related to achieving ‘Hear by Right’ status. The service employs specialist staff to promote the active involvement of young people and has worked with young people to develop the County Youth Council (CYCLe). In partnership with District Councils it has developed and maintains representative District Youth Councils and consultation forums.
The Youth Service:
- contributes to corporate activity to promote the reporting of Hate Crime and makes young people aware of how they can report such incidents.
- delivers detached youth work in identified ASB hot-spot areas in partnership with the Youth Offending Service.
- participates in local Crime & Disorder Partnerships and Joint Action Groups (JAGs) convened by the Police.
- promotes awareness of Domestic Violence issues with special events for young people 45. Domestic Violence Sketch (Word doc, 28kb)
- ensures Domestic Violence awareness is incorporated in Child Protection training.
Operational examples include:
- Young people organise the annual consultation event between County Councillors and young people - Vox Pop
- Developing local management committees at youth clubs (16. Youth Newsletter Issue 5 PDF, 1Mb, pg 12).
- Young people took all of the decisions in allocating Youth Opportunity & Capital Funds.
- Joint work with Districts to elect Youth Champions (46. Youth Champ Word doc, 35kb).
- Youth Service staff worked with a local community planning group in Earl Shilton to produce a DVD and discussion groups exploring intergenerational tensions (16. Youth Newsletter Issue 5 PDF, 1Mb, pg 4).
- ‘World Cup’ football event in Loughborough jointly delivered by Youth Service, Police, VCS and District Council with aim of increasing community unity (16. Youth Newsletter Issue 5 PDF, 1Mb, pg 10).
- Partnership work with a Borough Council and a mobile project has enabled young people to successfully address anti social behaviour at Willow Park 47. Willow Park Inspection Report Word doc, 58kb).
- Asian Voice project provides support for active engagement of Asian young people (48. Asian Voice News Article PDF, 128kb).
C.5 Achieving economic well-being
Grade: Adequate
Strategic
- The Youth Service is represented on the 13-19 Inter-authority Group and on the Connexions Partnership Board
- The service delivers projects that provide learning opportunities to young people who are not in education, employment or training or are at significant risk of dropping out of school
- Targeted projects support the engagement of young parents
Operational
- A successful E2E project is expanding capacity following high levels of retention and good outcomes around the three key areas of Basic skills, Personal and social development and Workplace skills. Positive destinations for young people include the take up of apprenticeships and entry to Further Education 49. e2e Unit Profile (Word doc, 65kb).
- Youth Worker engagement in Pastoral forum in Coalville that provides multi-agency support to school students 50. Coalville Multi-Agency Forum (Word doc, 29kb).
- Individual youth centres offer signposting to local job opportunities and some provide space for young people to meet with Connexions PAs.
- Work with young parents has helped to develop their confidence and self esteem leading to making career choices including gaining employment and entering further education 51. Greenhill Young Parents (Word doc, 57kb).
- The Dreamers project supports young asylum seekers and refugees via a Basic English programme. Outcomes have included employment following achievement of Basic food hygiene certificates. Feedback from the local FE College shows the project is exceeding expectations in terms of preparing learners for entry onto ESOL courses.
- Youth workers and FE College staff at Melton Brooksby College have agreed a project to improve engagement by actively involving young people in developing use of dedicated space and in shaping new youth work on campus 52. Melton Brooksby Inspection Report (Word doc, 54kb).
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