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North Tyneside Council Participation and Engagement Team . ‘You’re Welcome’ rocks my socks! . Who we are?. We are the North Tyneside Young Person’s Health Reference Group. Our main role is to support health services through ‘You’re Welcome’.
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North Tyneside CouncilParticipation and Engagement Team ‘You’re Welcome’ rocks my socks!
Who we are? • We are the North Tyneside Young Person’s Health Reference Group. • Our main role is to support health services through ‘You’re Welcome’. • We are also Young Verifiers, so we are trained to accredit services
What is ‘You’re Welcome’? ‘You’re Welcome’ is a programme that helps health services become more young person friendly. What’s the point? • By improving accessibility and the quality of services for young people, ‘You’re Welcome’ empowers young people to access services which meet their needs.
Key areas of ‘You’re Welcome’ • Access • Publicity • Confidentiality and consent • The environment • Staff training, skills and attitudes • Joined up working • Monitoring, evaluation and involvement of young people
Why are we involved? • United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. • Article 12 • Article 24 • Department of health say services should involve young people!
What we have done! In the last two year we have… • Been involved in developing Sexual Health services • Led on consultation around ‘Healthy Eating’ • Conducted verification visits across the borough and beyond • Been involved in creating guidelines and protocol for services
What else have we done? As well as this we have.. • Delivered training to health professionals • Led workshops for children and young people • Led workshops for health professionals • Bid for funding for to produce resources for young people and for services • Supported Services in becoming young person friendly
CD ROM resource We are producing a resource for You’re Welcome for North of Tyne services. Our idea led us to link with young people in Northumberland. Here is a snippet of the artwork we are using throughout the CD ROM.
What we want to do in the future… • Expand and recruit! • Do more! • Stay involved with ‘You’re Welcome’! • Spread the word to young people! • Get more services in North Tyneside accredited!
What has the project done for you? The project has; • Helped us communicate and work with many other people • Meet lots of others • Be involved in lots of services • Learn about health • Many of us now want a career in health
Thank you for listening For further information please contact Kat Telfer (Children’s Participation Officer) on (0191) 643 8765 or through kathryn.telfer@northtyneside.gov.uk Any questions?