Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Charlestown & Lower Kersal

1. Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Charlestown & Lower Kersal

2. Contents of this report 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

3. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

4. Rationale, process & stakeholder engagement Rationale • Priority within the LAA re. addressing economic prosperity • NDC area contains highest NEET in the City • Key issue within the NDC Education Strategy • Core Team established • Defining the NEET issue: age 16 – 18 and age 11 + • Detailed picture of cause and effect of the NEET issue • Clarity around the services and system in place to support • and prevent NEET young people • Action Plan – short, medium and long term Process • Project Champion • Stakeholder mapping • Workshops with Strategic and Frontline Workers • Focus groups with NEET young people and and one to • ones • Individual meetings and follow ups Stakeholder engagement

5. LAA target • Objective 1 – Improve economic prosperity through educational attainment, skills, employment and enterprise: Outcome 3 – Improved economic wellbeing of young people: reduce the percentage of 16 -18 year olds not in education, employment or training Baseline 2006/07 – 8.4% Target 2009/10 – 7%

6. Baseline: what the data tells us

7. Baseline: what the data tells us

8. Baseline: what the data tells us NEET (October 2007) 60 young people, of which NEET 51 young people seeking education, employment or training, incl. 13 young people with Youth Offending Service involvement 12 young people with housing issues 16 young people with special educational needs Long - term 4 teenage parents (2 aged 17 / 2 aged 18) 1 young carer aged 18 1 young person in custody aged 18 4 young people aged 17 4 young people aged 18 Short – term NEET (Churn) 46 young people Long – term NEET : Over 20 weeks (Stock) 14 young people Unknowns 42 young people

9. Baseline: what the data tells us NEET by Gender Breakdown

10. Baseline: what the data tells us

11. Baseline: what the data tells us

12. Baseline: what the data tells us • Young People aged 11 - 16 (out of education) • 2006/07 (The Albion High and All Hallows RC Schools) • 52 pupils with fixed term exclusions in NDC area (14%). This figure • is declining. • 3 pupils with permanent exclusions in NDC area (0.8%) • Summer Term 2007 • 60 pupils (Years 7 – 10) had unauthorised absences (16.2%) • Autumn Term 2007 (The Albion High) • 23 pupils on alternative / part time curriculum

13. Stakeholder perspectives: the story behind the baseline Individual e.g. poor attainment, worklessness Services e.g. a need for on going support Family e.g. in and out of low skilled jobs Cultural e.g. grey economy Effects NEET IN NDC AREA Causes Individual e.g. learning difficulties Family e.g. lack of parental support Cultural e.g. peer pressure Services e.g. neg. experience of school

14. The human story: what this could mean if you are born and raised in Charlestown and Lower Kersal • Case Study - Pre 16 • Yr 10 50% attendance & disruptive • Home issues – alcohol and absent father • Interventions from COMPACT & Cyclone work placement • School attendance increased and placement continued through summer • Yr 11 detention for previous year, school refused • Case Study - Post 16 • Poor attendance in Yr 11, Connexions interventions starting in March • Refuses assistance despite significant parental support • Leaves school with no destination • Registers with e2e, but is dismissed for smoking cannabis • Found casual labour but is now out of work

15. Summary of the issue analysis • 60 young people in Irwell Riverside / Kersal wards (of which 36 in NDC area) • Irwell Riverside twice the Salford and national average • Not a static number or picture over the year • People in and out of the system and long term NEET • 42 unknowns / excludes traveller community • Issue of school pupils ‘out of education’ • Causes and effects of NEET varied and complex • Strong link to special educational needs (cause), low skills and worklessness (effect)

16. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

17. Delivery Chain analysis: the pillars of commissioning Planning and deciding Understanding Need • Governance and accountability • City wide 13-19 Partnership and NEET sub group • Strategic and operational planning • - Partnership approach but not local • Scope and nature of procurement activity • Fragmented / inflexible • Short term v long term • Coordination and openness of procurement • Open to contest? • Role for third sector? • Data • - Detailed data available at the local level but not always used or shared • Issue of ‘unknowns’ • Missing data re. traveller young people • Performance Monitoring • Mainly city wide rather than neighbourhood based • Outputs v outcomes • Role of community engagement • - Collective localised opportunity for community / frontline worker input ? Amber Amber

18. Delivery Chain analysis: the pillars of commissioning Delivering Reviewing and Learning • Accessibility • Good range of locally based services but limited outreach Coordination • Need better awareness/referral mechanisms • Efficiency/value • Potential duplication of effort • Value of third sector • Incentives/motivations for deliverers and customers • Deliverers - quantity v quality • Customers – financial (pos/neg) • Outcomes • - NEET being reduced / good practice • Evaluation of impact • Regular performance monitoring but not locally focused • Tracking and longer term impact? • Impact of third sector? • Learning about good practice • Good practice shared between partners but at a local level? Amber Amber

19. Perspectives on the System Front line worker ‘learning mentors in school are great’ ‘people don’t know what others are doing’ Volunteers ‘not given the recognition we deserve’ ‘reliant on small grants’ Dealing with NEET in NDC Young People ‘unwilling to listen’ ‘grateful for support and wide ranging advice’ Commissioners / Strategic ‘early intervention required’ ‘system is fragmented’

20. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

21. Summary of the key strengths Broad range of services and providers Partnership working NEET in Charlestown & Lower Kersal Improvement, commitment and good practice Joint Planning Local data available

22. Summary of the key challenges Gaps in the service ‘offer’ Communication and referral NEET in Charlestown & Lower Kersal Ensuring local input in to planning Funding issues / changes Information / data sharing

23. Principles for a reformed approach • The range of services to support NEET young people should work as one cohesive, integrated system • The funders of services in the area should co-ordinate to ensure a cohesive and effective service • Services should be able to respond to the different needs and circumstances of NEET young people, built on a sound information base. • The system needs to be more effective upstream i.e. early intervention • There should be opportunity for a range of providers to work as part of the system. • Frontline workers should be motivated, valued and rewarded. • The system should learn from ‘what works’ and support cultural change.

24. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

25. Results achieved during the trial • Focus Group with NEET young people has provided positive role models and a change in working practice. • Commitment to outreach between NDC Youth Participation and Oliver’s Gym Youth Club/Amber project • Greater local awareness between service providers • Data shared for the first time • Energy about the issue • Better understanding about ‘unknowns’

26. Proposals to improve outcomes Over-arching Proposals Short/Medium/Long Development of local Integrated Youth Support Service with an initial focus on NEET young people Short Development of a Locality Commissioning Model Medium NEET as a target in new LAA with a geographical focus Medium

27. Proposals to improve outcomes Issue Proposal Short/Medium/Long Gaps in service offer Earlier intervention from age 10 -13. Medium One to one support e.g. individual mentoring Short Communication and Referral Further development of directory of available services, differentiated by type of provision (WUU2). Medium

28. Proposals to improve outcomes Issue Proposal Short/Medium/Long Communication and Referral cont. Common Assessment Framework / Family Action Model / Lead Professional – additional training and focused roll – out. Medium Local Marketing Campaign Medium Look at role of third sector providers in the system Local input in to planning Long

29. Proposals to improve outcomes Issue Proposal Short/Medium/Long Information / Data sharing Use of Salford Observatory to focus on a LAA priority with a neighbourhood focus Medium Develop protocols for data sharing Short Look at opportunities for mainstreaming / further funding for time expired good practice Funding issues / changes Medium Support capacity of third sector providers and mainstream commissioners Long

30. Scope for innovation? • Role of ICT in future actions around communication / data sharing • New models of commissioning particularly around third sector procurement • Extend scope of Integrated Youth Support Service from age 13 –19 to age 10 - 19

31. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

32. Enabling measures required to deliver improved outcomes • Ownership of Action Plan • Sharing and understanding of local data • Local performance management • Local partnership development • Development of commissioning e.g. joint working, more localised, potential providers • Role, support and capacity of third sector

33. 1. Rationale, process and stakeholders 2. The baseline and the story behind it 3. The current public service response 4. Key issues and principles for a reformed approach 5. Improving outcomes (now, soon & later) 6. Enabling measures 7. Learning from the Spotlight trial

34. Summary of learning from this Spotlight trial Process • First Spotlight so methodology was still being developed as the trial went ‘live’ • Importance of Project Champion • Need to expand core team • Resource intensive so need to plan accordingly • Issue of ethics, trust and consent when working with potentially vulnerable people • Need to build in opportunities to verify findings with different stakeholder groups • Need to look at good practice from elsewhere • Learning shared and built in to other Spotlights Issue of NEET • Created energy and focus • Robust and rapid process • Know a lot more about the issue and have a clear way forward

35. Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Charlestown & Lower Kersal