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What Have Councils Ever Done For Young People?
Our Future is NOW Youth Development Conference
12 February 2015
Stuart Boyd
Senior Strategy Consultant
Adelaide City Council
“We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self-control." 6,000-year-old Egyptian tomb
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?" Fourth Century BC Socrates or Plato
"The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint ... As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behaviour and dress.“ AD1274, Peter the Hermit
Young People Today………….
Our Future is NOW
Local Government Strategic Planning
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Strategy:Those decisions that have high medium-term to long-term impact;• Focus on activities (doing the right things well) • Analysis leading to resourcing and implementing
decisions• Create value for customers & key stakeholders
[Public Value]Adapted from Hubbard, Rice and Beamish – Strategic Management – Thinking Analysis Action
“In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.” Jack Welsh, former CEO General Electric
Local Government Role & Principles
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Local Government Act 1999 (SA) (Section 6) include:• to provide services and facilities and in a socially just
and ecologically sustainable manner;• to encourage and develop initiatives for improving the
quality of life of the community; and• to represent the interests of the community to the
wider community.
The objectives of Councils (Section 8) include:• to participate with other Councils and spheres of
Government in policy and planning; • to ensure a proper balance within its community between
economic, social, environmental and cultural considerations;
• to ensure equitable access to services, facilities and programs.
‘It’s more than just project management, it’s the understanding of Council’s overall strategy’
Elected member – research focus group
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Talking about youth development ……..
Councils’ Role FlowchartDoes the Community need it?Planner role – encompassing research and community engagement
Yes No
Don’t provide it.None – no role for Council
Is Council best placed to provide it?
Assessed against Council’s own Policy and policy of others
Does Council have the resources to provide it?
Yes
Don’t provide it but work with others to
see that it is provided.
Coordination, Capacity Building, Regulating,
Advocacy or Part Funder role – bring
together stakeholders, resolve issues
Yes No
Provide it.Council as the Owner of the
activity
Work to gain the extra resources.
No
No But!
May be no-one else<
Yes But!
Only to develop best model
Short Term Owner Work to develop
capacity of others – broker Coalition of
the Willing<
Project Manager or Outsourcing
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Scope of Social Planning!
Social Infrastructure Diagram from Planning for Urban Infill, Elton Consulting (2011)
Four areas of focus
1. Strategy and Policy (Council-wide and Youth specific)
2. Participation of young people
3. Coordination and Capacity Building of Agencies
4. Running Events and Programs
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Extraneous community expectations / media portrayal of young people, etc
Policy/strategy
Ill-defined, not in place or not implemented
Engagement/ participation
Strategic Program/event
Capacity building/ coordination
Events/programs
Reactive rather than proactive services
Services not targeted to areas of need
Ineffective use/waste of resources
Not all relevant stakeholders involved
Poor outputs and outcomes
Lack of long term viability
Council Strategic Management Plan
Strategy - Many Councils do this
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Engagement/ participation
Capacity building/ coordination
Events/ programs
Strategy
Policy
Extraneous community expectations / media portrayal of young people, etc
Clear outcome measures
Clear output measures
Council Strategic Management Plan
A Better Way?
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Skills Needed - Youth Officer
“Relate to and Understand Young People”
Key to engaging young people in the business of Council
Youth Officers may face differing, and sometimes competing, expectations from ◦ Line Manager◦ Council Executive◦ Elected members◦ Young People and ◦ The General Community
Highlights need for clear policy/strategy
Youth Officers – What’s expected?
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Youth Officers Community Managers
General Managers
Elected Members
Motivation
Externally focussed
More internally focussed
More internally focussed
Externally focussed
Social Justice vs Social Inclusion
Social JusticeSocial
InclusionSocial
InclusionSocial
Inclusion
Most important
skill/knowledge
Ability to understand
and relate to young people
Ability to understand
and relate to young people
Ability to understand
and relate to young people
Ability to understand
and relate to young people
How do you know a Youth
Officer is doing a ‘good
job’?
Outcomes – ‘making a difference’ Outputs – collect these numbers because they are expected.
Outcomes – capacity building of young people and the sector Outputs – are expected to collect these numbers
Outcomes - capacity building, sustainability, broader impact Outputs- numbers are important for justification of work, budgets, etc
Outcomes most important; community capacity building and young people’s citizenship.
Different Perspectives
Young People are Citizens Involvement in Council’s activities –
including Strategic Planning
Directly involved and/or running youth events /activities
Models of gaining participation need to be targeted
Young people working alongside other community members
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Operational: projects/programs
Broad consultation/participation on specific projects and events
Young People on Community Reference Group
S41 Youth Advisory Committee
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Youth Advisory Committee
Young Person Elected member
Civic leadership
Better decision making
Long-term change / strategic
Other Civic Participation
Youth Participation
Our Future is NOW