Transcript Tools for the job…

Fiona Blacke
Chief Executive
The National Youth Agency
What do youth workers do?
• Engage with young people on their terms/territory
• Create trusting relationships
• Develop learning programmes based on young
people's own reality, interests and concerns
• Act as broker
• Supports voice and influence
• Work in partnership
• Celebrate achievement
Range and context
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Universal and targeted
IYSS, TYS
LA and third sector/community organisations
Schools, centres and streets
Contribution to the Health Agenda
Getting health messages to young people mass reach
• 500,000 Guides and Brownies
• 30,000 young people on Positive Futures
• Young people have a million contacts with youth
workers each month
(NYA stats and DoH Nov 2007)
• Support to delivery of mainstream PHSE
• Support young people’s engagement in service
shaping
Contribution to the health agenda
Reaches the young people the rest of the system fails,
or those who are marginalised
• Targeted programmes with young people with
specific issues e.g. drug users
• Key role in advice and counselling
• Targeted Preventative Programmes - on sex and
relationships - linked to teenage pregnancy indicators
Partnership working
• Bridging tier 1 and 2 - the windscreen wiper
• Youth Information and Advice Services as
part of CAHMS offer
• Partnerships with young people
• Integrated working across localities/schools
The challenges
• Recognising that Every Child Matters is a
package
• Developing shared understanding
• Making IYSS/TYS work
• Joint commissioning
• Making voice and influence a reality
Opportunities
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The policy environment
Building on what's there
Joint workforce development
Building health in to the local youth offer
Developing youthwork contribution to PSHE
Working together to radically improve the
life chances of young people
Tools for the job…
• You’re Welcome Quality criteria
www.dh.gov.uk/publications
• Hear by Right for Health
www.nya.org.uk/hearbyright
• Participation Works
www.participationworks.org.uk
www.nya.org.uk/yw4h