Hackney Youth Service YOUTH SERVICE COMMISSIONING IN HACKNEY

1. Hackney Youth ServiceYOUTH SERVICE COMMISSIONING IN HACKNEY Pauline Adams Head of Service

2. Improve the range and choice of opportunities, activities, things to do and places to go for young people in Hackney – Expand the Local Youth Offer. Maximise the use of the ABG and core budget to improve contact and participation rates and outcomes for young people. Maximise the opportunities presented by partnership with third sector to expand the curriculum and target specific areas of high need/ identified groups – Bridge gaps in delivery Procure high quality services which represent VFM PURPOSE

3. HACKNEY CONTEXT • Team Hackney (LSP) – LBH, TLT, PCT, MET, VCS, Housing • LBH Youth Charter reinforces commitment to involve young people • Established youth participation programmes • Strong VCS sector • Hackney Mayor’s commitment to ½ Mile Youth Offer • Children and Young People’s Plan - Priority 4

4. Evidence base created involving young people Co-ordination of VCS & statutory provision through youth provider networks Capacity building and development of consortiums - increase reach into identified localities/ BME communities Partnership - Youth service leads on QA of commissioned youth provision Robust MI requirements LOCAL METHODOLOGY

5. Structure Team Hackney - LSP Cabinet Procurement Board Youth Provider Networks Youth Involvement: HYP plus neighbourhood and specialist forums Estate based youth forums/ CAPs YOF/ YCF Grants Panel Youth Led Inspections programme Ambassador programmes – Culture, 2012, democracy Annual youth survey Regular peer research Involvement in consultation exercises Training & development programme for young people

6. COMMISSIONING SERVICES Needs assessment: • Mapping profile and offer – concentration by age, gender, ethnicity, crime and ASB, health and socio- economic inequalities, disability. • Local intelligence • Annual Youth Survey • Peer research through area youth forums • ‘Flying Solo’ and ‘As It Is’ DVDs, LAC Pledge questionnaires • YCF survey on maintained youth provisions • Youth provider networks • Consultation on children's plan and IAG standards • Consultation & development for ‘my place’ bid

7. Next steps: • Identify Gaps – localities, need, target group, curriculum • Develop design team and consult • Develop clear service specifications with expected standards • Advertise widely – press, media, workshops, networks • Develop young people as commissioners, involved as equal members of commissioning panel (replicated with YOF & YCF panels). • Assessment of bids - Agreed criteria and weighting

8. Gain endorsement - Cabinet approval of recommendations Contract inception meetings - agree delivery schedules Contracts issued - including strategic aims, objectives & performance targets Monitor through quantitative and qualitative methods Process to address concerns – act promptly and agree improvements required Next Steps Cont.

9. Hackney’s Key Learning Points: Leadership and direction from the Council and the Local Strategic Partnership. Strategic commissioning - Clear rationale Clarity of requirements Transparent decision making Adaptable design teams that include involvement of young people and VCS Resources for commissioning process itself Be prepared to be open to challenge, good commissioning can expose weaknesses in mainstream services Clear, transparent and well managed performance management, with a risk escalation process.