Better Lives for Young People 11-19 Reform

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Better Lives for Young People11-19 Reform

• React Programme what is it?
• Need for Change
• Every Young Person Succeeds
• Partnerships Accountability
• 16-19 funding / LSC staff transfer
• Apprenticeships
• Commissioning
• Progress so far

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What is React?

• Small, time limited, team based in the LGA
• Funded by DCSF, working with Association of
  Directors of Childrens Services (ADCS)
• Supporting LAs as they prepare for new roles
• Working with DCSF and LSC, facilitating
  discussion
• Linking with national organisations
• Working through regional groups
• Supporting sub regional structures

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The Need for Change

• Childrens Services final bit of the jigsaw
• Skills continuing to improve the skill levels of
  young people and adults for the economy and
• Achievement of young people can only improve
  further if we focus on the hardest to reach
  every young person succeeds
• Vulnerable young people young people in care,
  reducing teenage conceptions, offending, drug or
  alcohol abuse and integrating pre and post 16
  special needs
• General Wellbeing of young people

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Every Young Person Succeeds

• Curriculum reform especially apprenticeships
  and diplomas
• Qualification reforms fewer, employer led
• Support and challenge for young people
• Co-location of staff from many agencies
• Stronger employer input at all levels
• 14-19 Partnerships Consortia
• Raising of learning participation age
• Information, advice guidance

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Targeted and Integrated Youth Support

• Integrated, co-located teams
• Seamless support for vulnerable young people
• Long term identification, challenge and
  monitoring of young people at risk
• Strong role for third sector
• Links with community safety, positive activities,
  curriculum reform
• Extended services, team around the child
• Co-location of staff and services

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16-19 Funding

• 6.7 Billion transferred to LAs to commission
  16-19 learning
• DCC to be the lead commissioner for provision
  in Derbyshire and Derby City in Derby for
• FE Colleges
• 6th Forms
• Entry to Employment providers 28 in
  Derbyshire
• SEN / LLDD commissioning for all 16-19 year olds
  19-25 year olds with a statutory assessment
• Offender learning 10-17 year olds in custody
  one young offenders institution in South
  Derbyshire
• New duty to monitor learning of 10-17 year olds
  in custody

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Partnership Development Accountability

• New statutory role of Childrens Trusts
• Duty on LAs to co-operate with providers
• Duty on providers to co-operate with Childrens
  Trusts
• 14-19 Partnership Planning Duties
• Duty on colleges to promote the economic and
  social well being of the local area
• LA accountability through Area Assessment and
  Ofsted Inspection of partnership activity
• Greater local democratic accountability

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National gt Local

• LAs will have the duty to secure 16-19 learning
  provision
• YPLA will have the duty to fund LAs
• 152 local authorities gt 43 sub regional groups
• Nine regional planning groups
• Tight link with skills planning
• Stronger GOEM role in performance management of
  local authority 16-19 provision
• Regional moderation of allocations

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Apprenticeships, Employment Skills

• LA duty to plan the demand for apprenticeships
  taking into account
• needs of their 16-19 residents
• needs of employers
• NAS commissions the provision, including from
  national providers
• LA contribution to increasing apprenticeships in
  LAs and partner organisations
• Duty to prepare local economic assessment
• Regional Economic Strategy
• Local /multi area agreements

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Commissioning

• LAs will
• Ensure every young resident has an appropriate
  learning opportunity
• Commission and fund all 16-19 learning for every
  young person learning in their area
• Commission provision for learners with learning
  difficulties / disabilities up to 25
• Learner choice is paramount - irrespective of
  boundaries - but LAs need to ensure a range of
  providers to make choice possible.

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Commissioning

• Planning - Discussion with providers about
• Contribution to the Children and Young Peoples
  Plan including health, youth justice, sport,
  arts
• Provision for vulnerable young people 19-25,
  especially those in the care of the LA
• Apprenticeships 14-16 16-19 19
• Employment, skills and regeneration
• Adult learning provision and its contribution to
  the local area agreement plan
• Collaboration including shared services,
  capital and seeking additional funding

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Progress so far . . .

• Derbyshire / Derbyshire sub regional group set up
• DCC and DC informed on October 5th of LSC staff
  transferring from LSC on April 1st
• Shadowing arrangements already in place
• LSC remains until March 2010 and commissions
  2010/11 provision, but with LA in shadow mode
• LAs will commission 2011/12 year starting
  summer 2010
• From April 1 2010, LAs will pay colleges and
  other providers
• Good relationship between LA and LSC
• But much still to do

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Challenge for providers

• Developing courses which ensure every young
  person is in learning
• Keeping employers parents involved
• Deepening collaboration, taking control
• Developing the 14-19 partnership to influence
  each LAs commissioning decisions
• Helping the LA define the commissioning
  conversation
• Increasing focus on value for money
• and on vulnerable young people

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To come . .

• LAs integrating LSC staff in LA structures and
  working with LSC on provision for 2010/11
• National Commissioning Framework for 2011/12
• React Guide for LAs from April 2010
• DCSF guidance on IAG, 14-19 Partnerships and
  raising of the participation age
• Regional and local training events

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React Contacts

• React Programme
• Local Government Association
• Local Government House
• Smith Square
• London SW1P 3HZ
• 020 7664 3131
• www.lga.gov.uk/react
• donald.rae_at_lga.gov.uk