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Young People and Commissioning
www.yor-ok.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
• ‘up to 5% of their budget for services for young people in 2010 and
2011, with an aspiration of 25% by 2018’ • (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 – PlanChildren 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 – PlanYouth 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?
• Representative of young people in York
• Holding diverse life experiences
• Having diverse interests
• From rural and city centre homes
Who will be involved?
1 Member of Young People’s Parliament and 1 Deputy MYP
Secondary School
Councils
Travellers
Youth clubs
LGBT
Young People’s Council
Delegates
2 per school
2 per centre 2 2 2
Special Needs
Education Otherwise
Looked After Children
2
2 2
BME
Colleges
2 per college
How will they be selected?
• 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 - ReviewYorkash
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
• 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?
• AQA awards
• Experience
• Residential
• See how money is spent and what a difference it makes
Involving young people
• Very time intensive
• Requires 2 workers
• Careful planning
• Structured but flexible
Plan – DoInvolving 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 – DoInvolving 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