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A presentation given at one of the National Youth Agency's regional events on the Governments new ten yearyouth strategy, called "Aiming High". For more information visit www.nya.org.uk/tenyearstrategy
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Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Commissioning and Market Making
Ivan WintringhamRegional Youth Work Unit – North East
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Some definitions...
Commissioning – the cycle of assessing the needs of people in an area, designing and then securing an appropriate service
Procurement – the specific aspects of the commissioning cycle that focus on the process of buying services, from initial advertising through to appropriate contract arrangements
Decommissioning – reducing service activity or ending contract
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
‘Local authorities taking a commissioning perspective to local services and utilising the full capacity of alternative suppliers (from the private, voluntary and community sectors, and from excellent service providers within local government) are key drivers to the reform and performance of our local services’
Department for Communities & Local Government
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Some context ...
Gershon report (2004) – proposed local authorities achieve 2.5% efficiency savings per year, including through better procurement practice
Varney report(2005) – public services should focus on ‘citizens’ rather than ‘customers’
Lyon report (2006) – promoted the role of the local authority in ‘place shaping’ – responsibility for the well-being of a community and its citizens
Local Government White Paper (2006) – local authorities as ‘convenors’ rather than deliverers
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
ECM Context
Focus on coordinated multi-agency working to increase efficiency and effectiveness of services
Central role for children, young people and families in planning and design of services
Services built around improving outcomes for children, young people and families
Development of integrated delivery, processes, strategy and governance
Key role of local authority as coordinator, but not necessarily deliverer of services
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Aiming High – themes and principles
Quality – only high quality services are effective in improving young people’s outcomes
Empowerment – involvement of young people in influencing provision
Access – removing barriers to young people’s engagement in positive activities
Progressive universalism – provision for all young people, with more support for those who need it
Prevention – building young people’s resilience Rights and responsibilities – role for young
people, parents and communities in influencing provision
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Some key questions
Quality What mechanisms need to be in place to
ensure the commissioning of quality services for young people? What are likely to be some of the challenges to achieving this?
Empowerment How can young people, parents and the wider
community be genuinely involved in the joint planning and joint commissioning of services? What steps need to be taken to encourage young people who are particularly disadvantaged or marginalised to participate?
Promoting and Supporting Youth Work in the North East
Key questions (contd)
Access What should local authorities be doing to
broaden their range of ‘suppliers’ in order to ensure a wide range of provision is accessible to young people within their area? Who else should they be seeking to influence/build relationships with in order to improve access for young people?