Delivering Improved

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• Delivering Improved
• Outcomes
• for Young People in London

Jennifer Izekor Deputy Regional Director
(Children and Young People) Government Office for
London
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Setting the Scene

• Youth Matters Next Steps (March 2006)
• Things to do and Places to go Positive
  Activities
• Information, Advice and Guidance
• Review of Targeted Support
• Young peoples involvement and influence
• Volunteering, Youth Opportunity and Capital Funds

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Setting the Scene

• 10 Year Youth Strategy
• Rebalancing the narrative - celebrating our
  youngsters
• Transforming opportunities for positive
  activities through
• Empowerment
• Access
• Quality
• Based on the principles of progressive
  universalism, prevention, and rights and
  responsibilities

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The Children's Plan Fundamental Principles

• Government does not bring up children parents
  do so
• government needs to do more to back parents and
  families
• All children have the potential to succeed and
  should go as
• far as their talents can take them
• ? Children and young people need to enjoy their
  childhood as
• well as grow up prepared for adult life
• Services need to be shaped by and responsive to
  children,
• young people and families, not designed
  around professional boundaries and
• It is always better to prevent failure than
  tackle a crisis later.

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Setting the Scene

• Childrens Plan
• Long term aim for entitlement to participate in
  positive activities
• Youth Crime action plan
• 220m to improve youth facilities
• Youth alcohol action plan alongside new drugs
  strategy

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Setting the Scene

• Importance of Integrated Youth Support Services
  (IYSS) and Targeted Youth Support Reforms
• Recognition that young people move in and out of
  risk and the need for preventative approaches.

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Setting the Scene

• Closer integration of planning, commissioning and
  delivery of local services across the public,
  private and third sectors
• IYSS planned and delivered alongside other
  complimentary policies
• 14-19 Reforms
• Extended Schools

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Setting the Scene

• LAAs
• New Performance Framework
• Youth PSA
• National Indicator Set
• Field Force Improvement Support Protocol
• (JISP)
• The national call for Evidence.