Decision details

Review of Young People's Services

Decision Maker: Co-operative Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Purpose:

The report will outline options to bring together a range of activity to provide a coordinate and holistic service to achieve positive outcomes for young people in Sheffield.

Decision:

9.1

The Executive Director, People Services submitted a report outlining a review of young people’s services in Sheffield and highlighting the positive outcomes that need to be achieved for young people in Sheffield if it is to be successful.

 

 

9.2

RESOLVED: That Cabinet approves the undertaking of a review to consider the medium and longer term arrangements for services for vulnerable young people in Sheffield; the review to report back to Cabinet by October 2018 and to consider the integration of a number of specified services for young people in Sheffield, a proposed outcomes focus, and a number of options for possible delivery.

 

 

9.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

9.3.1

This option of undertaking a review about the medium and long term arrangements for services for young people in Sheffield will allow a holistic assessment of the needs of young people and the services required to achieve this. Young people need to receive the right support at the right time, to ensure they can go on to have happy, healthy and successful lives:

 

  • It is anticipated that this review will result in significantly more young people in Sheffield achieving positive outcomes. These include:

- Improvements in wellbeing

- Reduction in the number of young people involved in crime and anti-social behaviour

- Reduction in the number of young people who become homeless, and/or experience housing problems

- Increase in the number of young people who have positive education outcomes, and a reduction in the number of young people who become NEET

 

·         The review will consider bringing together a number of different services, reducing the number of times young people have to tell their story, enabling a more integrated support offer, and achieving economies of scale, so that services can work with more than just those young people living in particularly challenging circumstances.

 

 

9.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

 

 

9.4.1

Not applicable – the proposed review will consider the options for young people’s services.

 

 

9.5

Any Interest Declared or Dispensation Granted

 

 

 

None

 

 

9.6

Reason for Exemption if Public/Press Excluded During Consideration

 

 

 

None

 

 

9.7

Respective Director Responsible for Implementation

 

 

 

Jayne Ludlam, Executive Director, People Services

 

 

9.8

Relevant Scrutiny and Policy Development Committee If Decision Called In

 

 

 

Children, Young People and Family Support

 

 

 

Report author: Emma Shepherd

Publication date: 24/07/2018

Date of decision: 18/07/2018

Decided at meeting: 18/07/2018 - Co-operative Executive

Effective from: 31/07/2018

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