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Commissioning for Youth

Commissioning for Youth. National Context . Cabinet Office Focus, Innovation and Mutuals , Raising the participation age National Citizen’s Service Localism Agenda – statutory duty to secure access to a local youth offer Education Health Plans. Regional Context .

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Commissioning for Youth

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  1. Commissioning for Youth

  2. Engage London National Context • Cabinet Office Focus, Innovation and Mutuals, • Raising the participation age • National Citizen’s Service • Localism Agenda – statutory duty to secure access to a local youth offer Education Health Plans

  3. Engage London Regional Context Future Models for Youth 2012 • Reduction in budgets • Paradigm across Safeguarding and Education • Mixture of in house and contracted out provision • Local variations and approaches • Merging of back office functions

  4. Engage London Future Models for Youth 18 months on Focus on the role of the VCS within Youth Commissioning • Varied provision • Reductions in open access • Further reductions in budgets anticipated • Greater emphasis on outcomes and targeted services • Many vcs groups unable to compete for contracts • Strong focus on youth participation but many varied approaches

  5. Engage London Regional Challenges • Youth Unemployment (16-25yrs) • ... One in four economically active young adults in London is unemployed, compared to the average of one in ten for all working-age adults • Looking solely at London, the cost of youth unemployment through foregone taxes is approximately £72 million • Shortage of primary school places (London Councils estimates 107,000 by 2016) and Secondary school places

  6. Engage London Brent • Largely delivered in house • Focus on targeted services • Strong support for youth parliament • Contracting out their outreach service to other local areas i.e. guns and gangs work to Westminster and LGBT provision to Ealing

  7. Engage London Croydon • 5 locality hubs • Mixture of in house and contracted out services • 3 commissioned vcs group in each locality • VCS forum meeting being developed to review the local map of provision against needs

  8. Engage London Hackney • Re modelling of statutory provision and commissioned services • Two key areas active & achieving and safer and thriving • Young Hackney has 15 CORE hubs supported by integrated teams and staffing structures • Commissioning process for 1.6 million and a framework agreement for providers • Tender requirements that London Youth Quality Mark is in place

  9. Engage London Key Issues for the VCS • Collaboration - Larger scale contracts where lead agency models and sub contractual arrangements may be required • Safeguarding arrangements • Financing arrangements – payments by results, individual budgets, TUPE • Joint services and contracting across local authorities • Open access or Targeted? • Evidencing Impact and Quality

  10. Engage London What does the future landscape look like? • Engagement with new commissioning processes • Public Health and the CCG • Engaging with schools and FE colleges • Personal budgets • Other areas Housing Associations • Youth Engagement/Commissioners

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