Transcript Young People and Commissioning

Young People and
Commissioning
www.yorok.org.uk/integratedcommissioning
Context:
UN Convention Right of Child:
• child who is capable of forming his or
her own views the right to express
those views freely in all matters
affecting the child
• opportunity to be heard in any judicial
and administrative proceedings
affecting the child, either directly, or
through a representative or an
appropriate body
Context - Government
• ‘services need to be shaped by and
responsive to children, young people and
families’ – National Children’s Plan
• Expectation that local authorities will enable
an increasing proportion of their funding for
positive activities to be directed by young
people
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‘up to 5% of their budget for services for young people in 2010 and
2011, with an aspiration of 25% by 2018’
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(Aiming High for Young People: A Ten Year Strategy for Positive Activities).
Context
Children and Young Peoples Plan
• (16) develop innovative ways to listen to
children and young people’s views,
enabling them to influence the decisions
that affect them and commissioning
services where possible;
• (25) offering children and young people
an increasing opportunity to influence
and challenge commissioning
decisions.
Commissioning Cycle
• Understand – understand needs, resources and
priorities and agree outcomes
• Plan – map and plan sustainable and diverse
services to deliver outcomes
• Do – procure and develop services based on the
plan
• Review – monitor service delivery of outcomes
and take remedial action if necessary.
Understand – Plan
Children and Young Peoples
Plan
• 4000 children and young people consulted
– student councils within schools,
– focus groups talking about specific issues,
– commissioned research
• Issues
– young people concerned about weight
– disabled young people equal access to services
– sexual health and contraception, need to focus on
boys
– consultation mechanisms - Youth Council
Understand – Plan
Youth Council
The Voice and Influence team
We:
• Hear young people’s ideas and issues
• Put young people in control of decisions
• Help young people have their say to
decision makers
• Work with young people to make York a
better place for young people.
Creating a York Youth
Council
What will Youth Councillors do?
• Meet every six weeks
• Attend training sessions to get the skills
they need to do the job
• Consult the young people they represent
• Feedback to young people about local and
national campaigns
• Work to make York a better place for young
people
What is it going to look like?
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Representative of young people in York
Holding diverse life experiences
Having diverse interests
From rural and city centre homes
Who will be involved?
Youth
clubs
Secondary
School
Councils
Looked After
Children
LGBT
BME
2 per centre
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Colleges
2 per
college
2 per school
2
Special
Needs
Travellers
Young People’s Council
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Delegates
1 Member of Young People’s Parliament and 1 Deputy MYP
Education
Otherwise
How will they be selected?
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Nominated from local groups / schools
Posters advertising the nominations
Information on the candidates views
Between 28 September - 2 October 2009
Youth Council timescales
• 28 Sept – 2 Oct –2 candidates nominated
• 2 Oct -Consent forms returned for
residential
• Tue 13 Oct First meeting of Youth Council
• 23 -25 Oct Residential
Commissioning
• YYC will have its own agendas
• Ask if topics can be put on YYC agenda
• YYC decide if they feel it something they
want to do
• Youth Councillors with time available
volunteer to get involved
• Work with partner agency
Plan – Do - Review
Yorkash
Who are the YorKash Panel
• A group of young people 13-19 from all
over the City who run a grant scheme
• They have £145,000 to give out to groups
who have good ideas about activities,
facilities and projects for young people in
the City
What do they do?
• Meet every Wednesday after school in the
City Centre
• Set the rules
• Design the application form and publicity
• Decide which groups get the funding
• Organise a Party
• Check the groups have spent the money
right
Yorkash Criteria
• YOF/YCF criteria
• Demonstration of local need
• Does not duplicate provision/ other work
Application Process
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Reviewed every year
Feedback from last panel and applicants
Young person friendly
Two levels of detail
Interviews
Evaluation process questions
What do young people get out of
it?
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AQA awards
Experience
Residential
See how money is spent and what a
difference it makes
Involving young people
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Very time intensive
Requires 2 workers
Careful planning
Structured but flexible
Plan – Do
Involving Disabled Children
• Transitions
• Consultation – 07/09
• Ongoing – young people part of Transition
Advisory Network (TAN)
• Parallel process of meetings – involvement
of voluntary sector – pre-existing groups
• Outcome - case for multi-agency Transition
Team
Plan – Do
Involving Disabled Children
• Short Breaks
• Developing process will parallel parental
involvement
• Broad Consultation
• Representation on decision-making body
• Outcome: Health training for practitioners
to ensure access to both mainstream and
specialist services