Integrated Youth Support and Targeted Youth Support Margaret Mitchell Youth Policy Adviser.
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2010 integrated ‘whole system’ frontline delivery of children’s services
Multi-agencylocality teams
Maternity & Primary Health ServicesChildren’s
Centres & nurseriesExtended schools and colleges
Integrated
Youth Services
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Targeted
Specialist
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Wider council services
Panels / Protocols
Tiers of prevention
Primary preventionUniversal services
Secondary preventionTargeted support
Tertiary preventionSpecialistservices
Occurs prior to the onset of a problem. Takes a broad public
health approach, building resilience to risk and developing
protective factors.
Targeted at at-risk areas, schools or families The aim is to intervene as
early as possible after the identification of risk and prevent it
escalating.
Concerned with preventing the recurrence and further escalation
of existing problems
Progressive universalism
A whole system concerned with prevention at all tiers of need
Those experiencing one negative outcome often experience several others – the ‘whole-system’ needs
to look at the ‘whole child’
Source: Background Analysis to Youth Matters (January 2006)
NEET
Truancy+
Behaviour Youth
Crime
Substance
Misuse
Teenage pregnancy 71% of young women who are NEET for 6 months +
between 16-18 years of age are parents by 21
Persistent truants are nearly ten times more likely to be NEET at 16 and four times
more likely to be NEET at 18
Young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties are 4 times more likely to use illicit
drugs
Three in 5 excluded young people report
having offended
NEETs are disproportionately
likely to misuse drugs and alcohol
Evolving the breadth of local ECM partners in improving child outcomes
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Universal
Targeted
Integrated continuum of support and opportunity
Wider council services
Adult, Regeneration; Housing; Environment; Transport; Leisure
Local authority place-shaping role delivering child-friendly physical environments and communities
•Housing standards•Green spaces
•Spatial planning for play and socialising •Transport (access and safe roads)
•Local environmental hazards•Leisure and culture opportunities
• Air quality
Strong links with adult services to
stop young people falling
between cracks at time of transition
Targeted Youth Support• The shape of targeted youth support in each area to reflect
the local context• Therefore no set requirements for what TYS services
should look like
Locally-owned case for change
Processes
Interventions
Multi-Agency Structures
Workforce Development
Sustainability
Multi-agency working
Key delivery elements
Targeted youth supportDelivery framework
Policy Update
• Childrens Plan - Legislation and Duties
• TYS Delivery - March & December
• IYSS Driver - The Childrens Plan
• Youth Task Force - Action Plan
Local Authorities
- Legislation and Duties
• To co-operate to improve the wellbeing of children & young people (Section 10, Children Act 2004)
• To safeguard & promote the welfare of children & young people (Section 11, Children Act 2004)
Cont.• To ensure that careers services are provided for
school & college students (Section 8, Employment & Training Act 1973 amended by the TU Reform Employment Rights Action 1993)
• To secure the provision of services which encourage, enable or assist effective participation of young people in education or training (Section 114, Learning & Skills Act 2000)
Cont.
• To assess young people with learning difficulties & disabilities (Section 140, Learning & Skills Act 2000)
• To secure young people’s access to positive leisure time activities, taking account of young people’s views and publicising up to date information about the activities & facilities available (Education & Inspections Bill 2006)
PSA 14 - Five Indicators
Participation•NEET•PAYP
Resilience•Reduction in Teenage Pregnancy•Reduce first time entrants to criminal justice•Reduce substance misuse