Creating value through partnerships:

Ms Jo Marley - Bryson CareChair - Voluntary Community Sector

NEET Strategy Forum

Scale of the Problem Families – • There are over 64K people - claiming benefits. – The monthly claimant

count for NI - the second highest among the 12 UK regions ( November 2012 NI Labour Force Survey)

Young People-• 20.5% of all young people between 16yrs & 24yrs are not in education

employment or training (46K) - an increase of 17k from year 2000

• Between 2007 and 2011, there was an increase of 155% in the number of 18 to 24 year olds out of work in Northern Ireland. Reflecting the pattern in many other parts of the world, the youth unemployment rate at 17% (December 2011 Pathways to Success DEL)

What Positive Destination’s Young People Say

Multiple MessagesHelping

Agencies Schools

Family Script

I’m no good at

anything

I’m not smart

enough to do

exams

I'd never

be able to do that

My da thinks I’m

useless. He calls me a waste of

space

My mum thinks I’m lazy and stupid

Relational Patterns

I’ve been kicked

out of the house again

I want to see more of my dad but

he never answers the

phone

I’m really worried about

my mum

Limits on Personal Capacity

Continued

What Positive Destination’s Young People Say

Being ClassifiedI want to

make my own

decisions

My life is not

my own

What about

my rights

People don’t

know me Fear

Factors

I don’t want to

go there I don't know

anybody

I don’t want to

leave school

I don’t like travelling by myself cos I’ve

been beaten up

Lack of knowledge

How do I get money

to go to Tech

What are my choices

I don’t know

what to do

Structural Barriers

• Take into account the complexity and multiplicity of problems faced by individuals

• Offer timely intervention at school before disengagement and disaffection set in

• Have developed strong relationships between family, community and school/training placement

• Provides coordinated and sustained support from a range of agencies.

• Gives young people a role in making decisions about their choices is effective in engaging young people who are likely to become NEET

• Includes young people in planning service delivery which enhances personal development, improves confidence, and gives a sense of achievement and self worth

Collaboration and the

Young Peoples Voice

).

The NEET Strategy Forum convened in June 2010

Aim To enable those working in the voluntary and community sector to engage with and influence the development and implementation of the Executive’s strategy for young people who are not in education, employment and training.

Purpose

To provide an opportunity for those organisations working with NEET young

people to develop a strategic overview and approach to reducing the numbers

of young people who are not in education, training and employment;

To provide a mechanism for the sector to engage and to influence the inter-

departmental group tasked with developing a NEET strategy;

To provide a mechanism for the sector to identify and support representation

to the inter-departmental group and its sub-groups.

Strength in the membership which is consistent and committed with

Good- leadership and secretariat.

The inclusive approach - both in terms of members working well together

and also with DEL

Success

Influencing and shaping of the NEET consultation.

It had gained the respect of statutory partners most notably DEL

A high profile in the promotion of the consultation helped produce a

sizable response and direct communication with young people.

Instrumental in keeping the Forum together & moving forward

Voluntary Community NEET StrategyForum - 44 members

Building a strong vision for the sectors response and contribution to the implementation Pathways to Success

Ensure the voice of young people at the centre

To map out how it can influence the development and shape of future services in collaboration with other Stakeholders.

Working cross departmentally and cross sectorally - Tracking - Accessing - Supporting - IT solutions

Stake-holders

Youth Groups

C&YPORGS

Community groups

Training Providers

BusinessIn the

CommunityIT

specialists

Creating the conditions for the voice of young people to be central throughout the life

of the Strategy in any re- shaping and Implementation

Identifying appropriate innovative options to tackle NEET to be considered and

adopted by the Forum as best practice

Determine the nature of collaborative arrangements necessary to support

innovation and best practice in the longer term

Develop universal assessment tool/Develop evidenced joint planning processes

Develop a sustained best practice approach to pathways for young people

moving through NEET reduction services and provision

Collaborative Forum building a strong vision

Criterion OneIncreased collaboration within and between the Voluntary & Community Sector and Government- Collaboration with and between CIF providers- Forum meetings- inter-sectoral meetings –E briefings

Criterion TwoMapping of Services; Models of best practice identified and proof of concept confirmed to address NEET issuesTracking – universal assessment and pathways

Criterion Three Centrality young peoples informed and resourced participation Increased life skills of young people participating the NEET Youth Forum- emerging a NEET Youth Forum (NYF)

Hold five seats Inter-Departmental Advisory Group

Contacts for NEET Forum

Ms Jo Marley, Bryson Care t 028 9032 5835 e jmarley@brysongroup.org

Ms Mary Anne Webb, Barnardo’s Northern Irelandt 028 9067 2366 e mary.annewebb@barnardos.org.uk