OBA in Solihull

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OBA in Solihull 10th July 2008
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Commissioning team

• 5 priorities from CYP Plan
• Healthy lifestyle
• Anti-bullying personal safety
• Raising achievement
• Things to do, Places to go
• An equal chance LAC, USAC, disability
• Integrated services

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OBA has been used for

• NCH and Dads work
• Things to Do strategy group
• PAYP
• Myplace bid
• Integrated Youth Services
• Equal Chance for disabled CYP
• Short breaks

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PAYPWhat did we learn from Turning the Curve?
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• Terminology was not a barrier
• People liked the needs analysis
• 8 pages !
• Clear thinking about population performance
  indicators was needed
• Data was hard to obtain and did not often show a
  curve
• Talk to action summary helpful

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The link between population performance

• Population
• Young people participate in positive
  activities
• Children engage in positive behaviour
  outside school

population results

• Performance

customer results
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Story behind the baseline

• Offender profile male, 15 19 yrs
• ASB and offending is linked alcohol / substance
  misuse
• Overrepresentation of black and minority ethnic
  young people (Asian 4.5, Black 9.2)
• Early intervention with 8 13 yr olds is
  effective in reducing progression to ASB
• Programmes need to offer a developmental element
  alongside diversionary opportunities

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What works

• Twilight / weekend / holiday sessions
• Outdoor / adventurous activity
• Location based sports
• Art / music provision that this either open
  access in outdoor locations or indoor to a
  targeted and referred group

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Low cost / No cost

• Move current activity to where young people are
• Link to volunteering opportunities for young
  people after sustained involvement at PAYP
  provision (link with V, Positive Futures, SoLO,
  Sustain)

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Off the Wall

• Staff working when ASB takes place maybe up to
  midnight
• Risk / protective factor training for all staff
  delivering PAYP so that they can identify most at
  risk, increasingly criminogenic activity and
  signpost to appropriate services

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Involving young people

• A summary of what works possible solutions were
  presented to 3 groups of young people
• Discussion based on open closed questions
• Widgit symbols pictures for disabled young
  people

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What young people said ..

• Need for outdoor, mobile provision that can move
  to where we are.
• Personal and social development is important to
  give us the chance to learn about the results of
  our action and think about safety.
• Misuse of alcohol is often as a reason for
  getting into trouble.
• Peer pressure, gangs and wanting to appear cool
  was also significant.
• Making new friends and having the chance to spend
  time with existing friends is important to all
  ages and abilities.

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Points to consider

• Time taken to prepare needs analysis of national
  local data
• Conflicting data or misinterpreting data
• Expectations of people attending
• Follow up work to take action plan to a costed
  service specification