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CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: EARLY HELP

 

 

Meeting: 29/09/2014 - Runnymede Local Committee (Item 7)

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Mr Leigh Middleton (Youth Services, West Lead) will present this report for decision.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Local Committee agreed to

 

(i) Approve the local priorities (Annex 1) to be considered by providers, focusing on the identified needs of Runnymede and the geographical neighbourhoods prioritised by the Youth Task Group subject to the following amendments: the addition of young carers to Local Needs.

(ii) Note that approval is subject to approval of the Services for Young People model by Cabinet on 23 September 2014.

(iii) Note the changes to the council scheme of delegation which provides increased decision making to local commissioning in relation to youth work and Surrey Outdoor Learning (SOLD).

 

 

Minutes:

Mr Leigh Middleton introduced the report, noting that Local Prevention would be recommissioned in 2015 and that from April, community youth work (youth centres) would be managed within Surrey County Council with oversight provided by the Local Committee youth task groups. He also advised members that the Egham Youth Centre was the first in Surrey to be awarded a Level 3 Quality Mark. He noted that, if members agreed the specification, this would be tendered and a provider appointed to offer services from September 2015.

Members noted that Surrey Towers and Middlesex Court should be bracketed together, and that the Englefield Green West ward was more generally known as the Forest Estate. Mr Few asked that the specification be amended to include the needs of young carers as this had been raised at the youth task group. Members also discussed the new assessment process for young people with special educational needs, known as SEND14.

 

 

The Local Committee agreed to

 

(i) Approve the local priorities (Annex 1) to be considered by providers, focusing on the identified needs of Runnymede and the geographical neighbourhoods prioritised by the Youth Task Group subject to the following amendments: the addition of young carers to Local Needs.

(ii) Note that approval is subject to approval of the Services for Young People model by Cabinet on 23 September 2014.

(iii) Note the changes to the council scheme of delegation which provides increased decision making to local commissioning in relation to youth work and Surrey Outdoor Learning (SOLD).