1. Integrated Youth Support Services Presentation for Scrutiny Committee 28 th October 2008 By Tan Lea

2. Background 01.09.08: Youth Support Services, Connexions & Youth Offending Service are integrated under one leadership. Key element of restructuring of Children’s Services to deliver multi- agency locality based services that can intervene early and prevent difficulties later on.

3. Background – contd…. Focus of presentation on Youth Service element of IYSS: Current Position:Funding/Staffing Levels Current Activities/Service Provision Future Plans in wider IYSS

4. Funding – 08/09 TOTAL BUDGET - £3,558,196 Staffing Costs/Premises - £3,140,852 SLAs – OCVYS; Active Ten20; Henley; Way Out - £82,568 Management Costs – £176,779 IYS/Chillout/Schools - £157,997

5. Staffing STAFFING COSTS/ALLOCATIONS: TOTAL = £2,237,416 North - £709,687 = 16.7 fte South - £660,043 = 17 fte Central - £867,686 = 20.7 fte Targeted Support - 11.9 Involvement - 2.5

6. Overall Funding by Locality (including staffing & premises, etc) North = £ 1,074,854 South = £ 989,001 Centre = £ 1,076,997

7. Current Activities/Service Provision No activities budget by locality; each area has a £3,000 development budget. Local fundraising at unit level for session content. Youth Work sessions provided in each unit – open access & targeted work: -Centre based -Small group work -Outreach -Residential -Day Unit -Work with schools, Connexions, Children’s Centre, other partners.

8. Current Activities/Service Provision Detached projects in Oxford City & Banbury – targeted at most vulnerable & 1:1; small group work, project work and work within schools. Mentoring and Face 2 Face Counselling are included in each area budget.

9. Future Planning: Vision for IYSS in Oxfordshire National Strategies In line with: -Aiming High : 10 Year Strategy for Positive Activities -Children’s Plan 2007: Building Brighter Futures -Youth Task Force Action Plan 2008 -Youth Crime Action Plan 2008 -Oxfordshire’s Plan for Targeted Youth Support

10. Local Strategies Integrating with: -Extended Schools Services -Children’s Centre developments -Volunteering Opportunities -14-19 Reform Agenda -Positive Activities -Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Fund

11. Key Planned Changes Extended age range to 8-19 from 13-19. Extended opening hours to weekends across the service. Develop a matrix management structure with clear leads for specialist and local areas. Ensure targeted approaches are embedded in universal context. Prioritise delivery of youth work in areas of highest need and infra-structures, including support to low priority areas.

12. How To Deliver This Agenda Develop consultation mechanism with children and young people. Undertake countywide strategic review – needs analysis and staffing audit across current Youth Support Service. Undertake comprehensive review of Capital Programme – vision for centres of excellence. Develop strategy for extending age range and weekend opening.

13. How to Deliver – Cont/d… Develop strategy for integration of services within a targeted preventative approach. Embedding Targeted Youth Support Service. Communication Strategy for targeted approach within a universal context. Develop clear Performance Management Framework. Review ICT, Admin and Infra-structural Support to meet changing needs of workforce.

14. Key Areas to Consider Funding implications of radical change: -Capital investment for centres of excellence. -Re-shaping of revenue and additional resourcing for extended age range/ weekend opening. -Infra-structural needs. Workforce Reform Integration across children’s workforce.