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Tameside Children and Young People Strategic Partnership - Four Area Model

Multi-agency Management Teams:

• Meet six times per year
• Pooling resources and multi-agency events
• Area based profile of needs informs commissioning
• Area action plans improve access to integrated services and local engagement

Neighbourhood Networking Events:

• Area profile of needs
• Engage parents, teenage mums, pre-school and primary school children and families with older children
• Provide information on Bookstart, Connexions, Children's Information Service, nutrition and dental care

Tameside Children and Young People Strategic Partnership - Play Strategy

Involves parents, children and young people, Jubilee Gardens Children's Centre for disabled children and OKE (Our Kids Eyes)

Children and Young People say:

Play is being with friends, doing what you want without being told what to do, having fun and enjoying yourself!

Parents want:

More inclusive equipment at parks and play areas, a playground at Jubilee Gardens, more accessible playgrounds and more activities in museums

Outcomes:

• New equipment for physically disabled children in play areas
• New parking bays at bigger play areas and parks
• More play areas and term-time activities in museums for pre-schools

Building Schools for the Future

• Remodelling/rebuilding high schools
• New ways of learning and teaching – using ICT
• Improved maintenance of schools
• Because every child does matter!

Pupils from all schools are involved through:

• Vision launch event – interview with the Minister for Education (Nov 05)
• Visioning conferences and design festivals (Nov 05 and July 06)
• National Conference – presentation by Tameside students on involving students in school design (Feb 07)
• Briefing of potential partners by students at BSF launch event (March 07)
• Student Voice working group

Joint Assessment System for Prevention and Early Referral (JASPER)

What is JASPER?

• A locally developed information sharing database
• Enables organisations in Tameside to provide a better service to children and young people
• Helps meet the requirements of “Every Child Matters”

What Does it do?

• Information on children and young people is held in different places by different organisations
• This can cause problems, making it more difficult to provide the best service for the child or young person
• JASPER improves communication between agencies so they can provide the best possible service

What information will be shared?

• JASPER system will hold the following information for every child and young person in Tameside, from birth to 18 years:
  • Name
  • Address
  • Gender
  • Date of birth
  • Name and contact details of their school or college
  • Statement of involvement
• Access is restricted to authorised users
• All users will have to go through appropriate security checks

Tameside Youth Opportunity Fund

• Funded by the government to support young people projects all over Tameside
• Two-year project extended for three more years
• A Grant Panel of 21 young people meet weekly to:
  • Make funding decisions
  • Undertake training
  • Visit applying groups
  • Attend publicity events and organise award ceremonies

Outcomes include:

• Ball attended by 250 guests
• Panel members receive Level 2 OCN award
• Four new Area Panels in development – one per area

Youth Online Survey

• Every two years with Year 10 pupils
• Pupils log on to survey during ICT or PSHE lessons at school
• 19 local schools took part in 2006, including Pupil Referral Units and Special Schools
• Response rate of 54% achieved in 2006
• Topics include:
  • Views on Tameside
  • Views of TMBC
  • Views of local services
  • Bullying
  • Sex and relationship education
  • Health
• Results reported to schools, young people, Children & Young People Strategic Partnership, senior managers and officers from organisations across Tameside

Outcomes

• Widened Youth Service access - Major youth consultation exercise
• Enhanced drugs and alcohol support services including PHSE
• Launched 14-19 diplomas from 2008
• Increase in staying on rates due to rising GCSE results