social work team looking to produce a dvd promotional resource with children and young people as part of the graduate / step up campaign

consultations with children and young people on products such as youth apprentiships and youth foundation degree

Yes!!!
Website / Email / Letters / Phone / Text
Check magazine/website/promotional material for contacts

Management Groups
• Youth Forums
• Youth Clubs
• Individual 1 to 1 feedback
• Youth Provision reviews, timings, venues
• Customer Care Standards
• School consultations
• School road shows
• Splash event feedback
• Young person’s driver
• Questionnaires
• Discussions

Management Groups
• Youth Forums
• Youth Clubs
• Individual 1 to 1 feedback
• Youth Provision reviews, timings, venues
• Customer Care Standards
• School consultations
• School road shows
• Splash event feedback
• Young person’s driver
• Questionnaires
• Discussions

Get Involved events - three residentials with staff and young people as part of ongoing dialogue

Consultation on early years professional standards

Young people drama sketch at Young People's workforce reform programme launch on Nov 5 in London: playing out everyday challenges for young people; also acted as stewards: http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/young-peoples-workforce/reform-programme

Formally, C+YP have delivered participation training to SNs and been involved in 2 consultations.

Healthy Teen Screen questionnaire is done Yearly to, create health profile of a school, ask YP how they would like to receive information and their views on school nursing

Perceptions of School Nurses consultation
• Online questionnaire
• Connexions personal advisors promoting and offering 1-2-1
• Paper version made for 1-2-1 or small group work
• County youth council- to use their links

• GCYPPS: in place through CYP opportunity to shape and review how we work with them and where, why, when.
• Compliments/complaints
• Toolkit/Hub standards
• Evaluation/comments at end of session.

* Skills of artists
* Matrix
* Offered different levels of engagement
* Attend – drive content / creative process, done with them, not to them?
* Continued reflection
* Influence sessions

RT has an operational Youth Theatre forum made up of representatives from each group.
Richmond Theatre uses a range of methods to consult and gather feedback from young people and shares how it is responding to young peoples input.
Richmond Theatre are piloting a youth-led theatre project

• Young people attend action4 Children in care council meetings to share their views and are listened to.
Sedbergh Drive Short Stays Children’s home is a purpose built home to accommodate up to six young people of mixed gender and significant emotional and behavioural difficulties. Sedbergh Driver offers a range of approaches including the following:
• Coping strategies
• Behaviour Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Incentive based targets/rewards
• Structure routines
• Communication networking
• Advice on accessing local services
• Life Skills
• Advice and Support in creating a crisis management plan
• Independent skills
• Social Skills
• Preventative Interventions
• Activities, creativity and positive interactions
Fundraising took place to enable two young people in Kendal to visit Africa so they could experience education and life in another country. The young people were in charge of the event and contacted County Councillors and many Children’s Services staff who helped by contributing to the fund and helping out on the day of the Coffee morning.
Finding the Key Conference
In May 2008 over ninety people from all over the country attended our conference, a memorable day with looked after children playing a major role throughout.
“Be My Sunshine”, Foster DVD – new recruitment DVD made with looked after children working with the company. This film will dovetail with a new Foster Care recruitment campaign that Cumbria Children's Services will run in 2009.
Born Survivor – working in partnership with the Media Trust UK we plan to create ten short films for broadcast on Charge TV.
Creative Activities offered during workshops
Digital film, use of cameras, use editing software (Final Cut), blue screen
Photography
Digital Music using Garage Band
Slideshows
Printing/laminating of photographs
Song writing
Keyboards
Steel Pans
Group percussion using djembes
During the workshops the young people worked alongside our artists to produce seven short digital pieces of work, including short films, a music/photography slideshow, a song, an audio story, the young people also requested that we film a final evaluation meeting.
Extended Services consulted children in local primary schools about play areas etc. and made the consultation informal and fun.
SAT’s team using ‘smiley face’ systems to communicate with children and young people with LDD or language barriers.

The following list includes some examples from the Carlisle locality, there are many more examples available.

• All teams spoken with in the Carlisle locality acknowledged the need and importance of engaging children and young people in any assessment and review process.
• Informally many workers work with children and young people to develop plans for work that suit the individual child/family, this can be particularly important where a child has communication difficulties.This can include making contract, guidelines, children designing their own booklets , staff designing age/ability appropriate booklets to complete with the child etc.
• Pathways Plan for young people who are leaving care are worked on with staff and young people making them as unique and flexible as possible for each young person to ensure they address the needs of the individual. The team are creative in their approach to undertaking their work.
• Pupil passports for transition to secondary schools for children with special educational needs, these can also be used when supply teachers are in school.
• Family Centres have displays of children’s art work and play equipment that can enable children to feel at ease.
• Artwork is displayed in the reception area of Children’s Services at Alfred Street North.
• Extended Services consulted children in local primary schools about play areas etc. and made the consultation informal and fun.
• SAT’s team using ‘smiley face’ systems to communicate with children and young people with LDD or language barriers.
• Young people involved in youth groups in the Harraby area of Carlisle arranged a local carnival and invited local service providers etc.
• Many children take part in the annual review of their Special Educational Needs Statement and Individual Education Plans
• Many CLA take part in their CLA reviews and are involved in decisions about who attends, where and when the meeting is held etc.
• One of the independent reviewing officers for CLA in Carlisle writes a individual letter to children and young people about their review

Formal
- Open access approach.
- Equal Opportunities policy.
- Volunteering policy.
- Promotional brochures.
- Expenses paid (travel and
refreshments).
- Awards and CCV leading to
recognised qualifications.
- Making business contacts.
- Princes Trust application (and other grant funding opportunities for YP).
- Office skills.
- E-mail group managed by Volunteer Co-ordinator.
- Celebration of achievement
events (eg. certificates
presented at Christmas party). Non-formal
- Word of mouth
encouraged.
- Drop in / out allowed.
- FUN! And friendly.
- Learning new skills in an informal environment.
- Social events (e.g. Xmas party).
- Facebook page / Sunday social / email group.

Findings of the report give an indication of the kinds of ways that young people would like to be involved in the Service, these will be built on.

All Locality teams contacted were able to provide information on approaches used for participation of y/p and children. A selection of teams talked about consultations carried out in a formal and informal way to find out their views.
• Consultations-Child care provisionally service focus groups
• Handbook/welcome pack for each young person at the home.
• Young people attend and are involved in County wide anti bullying events
• Videos made for the last 2008 anti bullying event.
• Young people involved in the 11 Million children and young people Day
• Young people involved in community events with the local Mayor.
• Young people helped with tea and coffee service at the local church
• Involved in a John Moor award (Environmental)
• Residential weekend away with staff including outdoor pursuits.
• Residents meetings with young people writing minutes and agendas.
• Young people involved in writing their Personal Education Plans
• Young people involved in reviews of reward schemes and it’s implementation.
• Young people have visits from NYAS workers and visits from advocacy workers are encouraged and promoted by the staff and manager.
• Young people’s voices views and feelings are captured at the Regulation 33 Biannual meetings.
• Young people attend action4 Children in care council meetings to share their views and are listened to.
Informally many workers work with children and young people to develop plans for work that suit the individual child/family, this can be particularly important where a child has communication difficulties. This can include making contract, guidelines, children designing their own booklets, staff designing age/ability appropriate booklets to complete with the child etc.

- Overend Rd suggestion book/Y/P invited to staff meeting
- Healthy schools programme
- Student Council Sabbatical officer: First one of it’s kind helping to develop school council and c/yp participation in them
- Young mums group
- Macton signs
- In my shoes computer programme for C/YP LDD.
- Communication passports for C/YP LDD, that enable new carers /teachers to know more about them (Their likes dislikes/triggers)
- Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Audit consulted with children and young people about what they liked and disliked about their childcare setting they were given “Fun Fact” sheets that gave Children the opportunity to draw their response.
- School ethos SEAD/SEAL
- When reports are sent out to C/YP and their families a worker will then follow this up with a phone call to help answer any questions.
- IRO have changed venues to enable C/YP to attend reviews: staff put a lot of thought into building venues as many hold very negative connotations for C/YP.
- CLA team put on art and craft events and other activities so they can discuss issues and their participation in a relaxed informal way.
- Some teams have developed drop in sessions to allow C/YP to come in whenever they want.

The following list includes some examples from the Carlisle locality, there are many more examples available.
- All teams spoken with in the Carlisle locality acknowledged the need and importance of engaging children and young people in any assessment and review process.
- Informally many workers work with children and young people to develop plans for work that suit the individual child/family, this can be particularly important where a child has communication difficulties.This can include making contract, guidelines, children designing their own booklets , staff designing age/ability appropriate booklets to complete with the child etc.
- Pathways Plan for young people who are leaving care are worked on with staff and young people making them as unique and flexible as possible for each young person to ensure they address the needs of the individual. The team are creative in their approach to undertaking their work.
- Pupil passports for transition to secondary schools for children with special educational needs, these can also be used when supply teachers are in school.
- Family Centres have displays of children’s art work and play equipment that can enable children to feel at ease.
- Artwork is displayed in the reception area of Children’s Services at Alfred Street North.
- Extended Services consulted children in local primary schools about play areas etc. and made the consultation informal and fun.
- SAT’s team using ‘smiley face’ systems to communicate with children and young people with LDD or language barriers.
- Young people involved in youth groups in the Harraby area of Carlisle arranged a local carnival and invited local service providers etc.
- Many children take part in the annual review of their Special Educational Needs Statement and Individual Education Plans
- Many CLA take part in their CLA reviews and are involved in decisions about who attends, where and when the meeting is held etc.
- One of the independent reviewing officers for CLA in Carlisle writes a individual letter to children and young people about their review

Youth council, youth parliament
Scrutiny – children and young people meeting once a year.
Voice for U
Aiming high for disabled children – youth forum(disabled) went to scrutiny to talk about short breaks
Setting up small working groups from youth council, fun nights, disabled y forum making a totem pole, lads making a bike from scratch.

Need to ask young people about feedback
Mention activities that will be up and coming in the next weeks (months)

Email/text/survey monkey/website/face to face/drop in/formal meeting/during school meetings/during school holidays

Lots of different approaches: big summer resi’s, regional ones, Young Leaders Conference, informal games and activities to get people working together. DIY Toolkit produced 2005. More formal AF 5K2Day and Licensing but also does more informal stuff. Formal stuff – TB govern the work, this is done in a formal way.

Pupil Voice, Learning to Lead, individual reviews, pupil and student councils, Children’s Parliament, UKYP, Consultation Group, YP on Scrutiny panel. Forums on Transport, Ecology, Cyberbullying led by C&YP in 2008, Young Trainers, D of E Service( Democracy in Action )and other aspects. Web sites, on line forums.

As above.

See the results of the survey as above

Parks Improvement Consultations carried out

Youth Council meeting minutes

Positive Futures workshops - practical sessions

Formal include governance, employment and task focused, such as involvement in recruitment. Non formal include feedback on web, involvement in publications and projects such as YOUTHACTION, Vibes and Voices and the Rights of Us publication

Focus groups/RAW group.

Service user feedback .

Review process. Pathway planning

Young people meeting with managers.

This is identified in the Derbyshire Youth Service Participation Framework 2006

which highlights the importance of young people choosing to which level they wish to be actively involved

Dream Team meetings and project groups are in place, others are being developed, few other examples exist at present

· Compliments and Complaints

· Impact Assessment Framework

· Observation Framework

· Media Group

· Evening and week end work

· Away Days etc

· YP Inspection Role

The involvement evidenced in 1.1 involves formal consultation (Children’s PLUS) using established procedures. Other consultation has taken place using recommended best practice and in youth clubs and, less formal, settings.

Partners for Change project to pilot ways to involve young people

q This will come about as a result of Partners for Change

q Children consulted with through a stock selection project with three primary schools

q Children’s Plus survey to be undertaken in November

q Comments, complaints and complements stationery available in all libraries

A wide range of school community centre and community based approaches exist from circle time, suggestion boxes to focus groups, committees and elected structures

Where youth involvement is taking place the diversity of young people is recognised and a range of mechanisms for involvement are employed e.g. focus groups, questionnaires, creative arts projects, youth events and UK Youth Parliament elections. There is a Looked After young people’s Youth Forum supported by the Social Services who have spent time redesigning adoption and foster booklets, and have created a ‘living away from home’ pack due to popular demand. There is also a Children’s committee that meets monthly to discuss how the Play Service is run, to request activities and choose refreshments. Within school’s, children in Breakfast Clubs also choose their food. Additionally, school Council’s and classes hold discussion on how study support is delivered and how this can be improved. Community group homework clubs also have suggestions boxes and user committees. The Youth Grants empower young people by giving them the lead in decision-making and also encouraging the active involvement of other children and young people. Thus, whether its deciding on what sorts of food you are provided with during activities to allocating money to youth groups, young people form an integral part of the decision-making process in the Royal Borough.

Youth forum

Active Involvement Teams

Youth Panel

LSP Representative group

Youth Committees

School councils

Borough wide Student Council