Integrated Youth Support Services IYSS

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Integrated Youth Support Services (IYSS)

• Integration of Youth Service, Connexions Service,
  Youth Offending Service, Soulutions (young people
  looked after)
• Prospects will be managing the Integrated Youth
  Support Service private sector

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Development in Gloucestershire

• Consultation started in 2005 Youth Matters
  Conference
• Key element young peoples experiences
• Statutory duty on Local Authorities to deliver
  IYSS and the Youth Offer (LPLA drift from L.A.
  delivering everything)

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Prospects

• Further consultation in 2006 looked at models of
  integration fully integrated multi-
  disciplinary teams, networking, mix of both,
  status quo
• Tender process in 2007
• Late 2007 Prospects were awarded contract to
  deliver IYSS
• November 2007 Prospects ran conferences to
  introduce themselves

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Rumours

• run by helicopter company
• no knowledge of young people
• no knowledge of youth work
• cut throat private sector
• people would loose their jobs
• professionalism

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Key challenges

• Mixed economy public sector, voluntary sector,
  private sector (Connexions)
• Different culture of agencies

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Key challenges

• Deskilling of staff
• Management multi-disciplinary teams
• Accountability

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Managing change

• Fears loosing jobs, terms and conditions,
  secondments, line management of professionals,
  lip service, privatisation, will Prospects
  respect other agencies, geographical moves, more
  training, specialists lost, devaluing of services
  and provisions, moved from people we work with,
  confidentiality, sharing information, dilution of
  good practice, forced choices, change of roles,
  less resources, not reaching young people, too
  busy changing, increased democracy, victims are
  forgotten (young people), voluntary relationship,
  target driven, rural issues are ignored more
  expensive, ICT, not being told

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Managing Change

• Hopes improving opportunities, better outcomes
  for young people, better outcomes for agencies,
  joined up working, less confusing, better
  facilities, more choices, young people are
  listened to, more communication between
  agencies, more information sharing, easy access,
  better communication, areas like Cotswold solid
  base one stop shop, more opportunities for
  professional development, staff have REAL input
  into restructure

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Cornerstones of Implementation

• Young people are not loyal to brand
• Leadership
• Management
• Measuring VALUE

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Cornerstones of implementation

• Improve services for young people Deliver ECM
  and Youth Matters agendas

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• Helen Jones
• Team Leader Cotswolds
• Gloucestershire Youth Service
• The Lodge
• 47 Lewis Lane
• CIRENCESTER
• Glos. GL7 1EB
• Tel [phone]
• Helen.jones2_at_gloucestershire.gov.uk