SALFORD YOUTH SERVICE

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SALFORD YOUTH SERVICE

• PRESENTATION TO SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
• 8TH NOVEMBER 2006
• LESLEY CRAVEN
• HEAD OF SERVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS POST JAR

• CREATING A VISION
• RE-MODELING THE SERVICE
• RE-PROFILING THE BUDGET
• DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM
• IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• JNC NATIONAL AGREEMENT
• CHALLENGING THE CULTURE

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CREATING A VISION

• Worked with two National Youth Agency Consultants
• Between January April 06
• Focus groups with partners and staff
• Individual interviews with managers and elected
  members
• Feedback to full service meeting
• Summary document produced

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Re-modelling the Service

• Purpose
• To create a base-line of provision for ALL young
  people within Salford
• To create a structure that is effective and
  efficient
• To develop positive working relationships within
  the Neighbourhood and Locality Models.
• To provide named contacts at all levels within
  the Service to elected members, partners and
  Schools

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Challenging the Culture

• JNC National Agreement reached
• Changes to terms and conditions
• Responding to OfSTED re allocation of staffing
• Introduction of compulsory training for all staff
• Changes to working patterns to enable us to
  respond to young people and wider community need.

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Statistics and data

• Introduction of new Management Information system
• Commencing benchmarking exercises with
  statistical neighbours
• To date
• Xxxxx no of young people in contact with the
  Service
• Xxxx no of young people participating in the
  Service
• Xxxx no of young people gaining a recorded
  outcome
• Xxxxxx no of young people gaining an accredited
  outcome.

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Re-profiling the budget

• The change in the structure of the Service led to
  funding priorities needing to be addressed.
• Ensuring that the management plans reflected the
  requirements of the Locality Model
• Devolving responsibility and accountability
  throughout appropriate officers
• Budget set to meet the base line provision with
  external funding attracted in areas of greater
  need
• Enabled the identification of areas of financial
  pressure within the budget

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Buildings

• Youth Service Property Strategy 2006
• 12 Youth Service Buildings
• Many of the buildings are not fit for purpose,
  some unable to become DDA compliant
• Invested approx 55,000 since March in the
  buildings to ensure health and safety
  requirements are met
• Possible solutions
• Plans to link to new builds Broughton Hub, BSF
• Increase links with Schools community buildings
  to explore the possibilities of shared use

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External Funding

• The Service has a number of projects that are
  funded through external bodies
• Detached work NRF and SSCF
• UPS (unwaged project Salford) NSF
• Young Fathers Project Teenage Pregnancy
• Supporting voluntary projects - Eccles SSCF
• Various youth provision Little Hulton SSCF
• Hindley Prison
• Youth Bank NRF
• Gears - NDC
• Kersal Voice NSF
• Small Community Committee funded projects

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YOUTH BANK

• Salford has been awarded 360k between 2006 08
  the funds are to be applied for and distributed
  by young people.
• Youth Opportunity Grants things to do, places
  to go
• Youth Capital Grants
• Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
• Targeted at hard to reach young people
• Locality based Mini-Youth Banks
• Grants awarded to end September 06 145,013

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Youth Service contribution to the 5 ECM Outcomes

• New curriculum document developed outlining menu
  for working with young people 13 19
• Young people gaining recorded and accredited
  outcomes resulting from their participation
• Comprehensive training programme for staff and
  volunteers to increase skills and confidence in
  delivery of curriculum

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Supporting Young Peoples Participation

• User and Non- User Survey undertaken annually
• City 2000 devolved across the City
• Youth Project Committees/forums to be established
• Work with Childrens Champion
• Supporting young people on the CYPPB
• Officer and senior worker with lead
  responsibility for participation
• Lead Member Training

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A Vision.. So far

• To provide a service that young people choose to
  participate in, that staff enjoy working for,
  partners want to work with, the community is
  fully aware of and that our councillors will
  support.