PAPER B
The Isle
of Wight
Youth Inclusion Forum
Delivery & Action
Plan
2007 – 2009
May 2007
Background
In
January 2007 the Youth Justice Forum and the LPSA 2 groups amalgamated to form
the Youth Inclusion Forum in order to provide a cohesive response to local and
national requirements for service provision and local activities for children
and young people to: reduce criminal activity and first time entrants into the
criminal justice system, to reduce the number of half day exclusions from
school, to raise educational attainment, to promote social inclusion and, to
support the alignment of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Educational
Standards agenda.
An
away-day held on 7th
March 2007 looked at issues and proposed solutions which included
the requirement to align data from all stakeholders to assist in the
formulation of this Delivery and Action Plan. A significant contribution was
made by young people to help inform and shape and ultimately deliver this plan
by being specific in setting our priorities and targets for improvement to the
Outcomes.
This
Action Plan will take account of the following local and national key
documents:
- The Isle of Wight Children & Young Peoples Plan
- The Isle of Wight Local Area Agreement April 2006 –
March 2009
- The Isle of Wight
Corporate Business Plan
- The Local
Preventative Strategy
- The Standards
Agenda
- The Isle of Wight
Safer Communities Strategy
- The National
Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services
- The Education Bill
2006
- The Children Act
2004
- Working Together to
Safeguard Children
- Strong and
Prosperous Communities: The Local Government White Paper
Away Day Issues/Solutions/Themes
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Issues for Professional Groups
- Truancy ( taken
out of school/don’t attend)
- Exclusions Fixed
or permanent ( Some professionals/ young people not knowing difference)
- Clarity in
relation to study leave/twilight exclusions
- Bad experience of
being excluded
- Bullying Issues
- Ryde no data
available
- Clarification
required on what is fixed term
- High % of young
People with no school based package
- PA’s in School
but data around exclusions not collected
- Young People
being educated other than in school
- Lack of contact
from previous school when young person moved to new school
- Parents
knowledge/understanding/attitude to exclusions
- Agencies unsure
of data available
- Need for a common
language
- Do agencies trust
data collected and centralised data
- Clarity of
educational packages available
- Issues relating
to out of school i.e. authorised/unauthorised absence/home
educated/young carers/immigrants
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Solutions Offered
- Identify truants
and families – link to package of support to address individual needs.
Investment in co-ordination of support packages
- Need to target %
of truants on a weekly basis
- Address training
issues and share data collected.
- Clearer
sign-posting and pathways
- Greater ability
for Connexions PA’s to be able to travel with young people through
school experience
- Establish
baseline – core data for each agency to collect/collate
- Take data to community
- Agree definition
of term exclusion
- Develop best
practice models/earlier notification of potential exclusions
- Develop whole Island approach
- Develop early
identification model for those young people at risk of exclusion
- Stronger links to
early years (5-9 gap)
- Increase access
to parenting courses in lie with Island Parenting Strategy
- Develop
inter-agency training
- If CLA then
social care to be advised if young person excluded
- A menu of
community provision for young people excluded
- All agencies to
improve recording of young people known to them who are excluded
- More internal
exclusions
- Improve teacher
training in relation to impact of
exclusions
- Children and
young people with additional and/or special educational needs need to
develop differential approach /? MH assessment
- Develop Lead
Professional/CAF approach
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Issues for Young People
- Somewhere to go
and ‘hang out’ for 15 – 18 year olds
- Youth Clubs too
young for a number of young people i.e. 17/18 year olds
- Many young people
excluded for activities due to prohibitive cost
- Some young people
want to be excluded
- If schools are
going to exclude young people would like not academic base work but some
alternative activity based work
- Really value WISE
Project
- Being given a
Yellow Ticket by the police just for being in an area – feels like being
picked on
- PURE tickets only
sold through schools therefore if excluded or not attending school then
unable to access
- Accommodation a
big issues as many sofa surf
- Not enough
employment opportunities
- Would have liked
to have some vocational activities at High School
- 50p bus fare not
applying if your NEET
- More help with
information through PA’s as many young people have literacy issues
- Would like a
single point of access for all services
- Would like
smaller groups in school
- Teachers to show
more respect
- When it went
wrong at school nothing could have helped
- Once out of
school unable to get money
- Would like life
skills learning on really practical things e.g. cooking/washing – being
able to look after yourself
- Hospitality Training
Programme works and young people are respected
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Solutions Offered
- Would like a
boxing club to get rid of pent up feelings
- To have a café
style club rather than youth clubs where it was open later and they ran
it and no drugs/alcohol. Give
them something to do, be responsible for and make them take ownership of
something
- Agreed to join a
working party on café suggestion
- 50p bus fare to
be extended up to age 19
- Young people
interested in Fire Service activities
- Some full-time
work experience programmes
- More vocational
subjects in school and offered from an earlier age
- Information
leaflets should be written by young people
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Key Themes
Age
related activities geared towards younger groups of children
Lack
of age appropriate services/activities for older young people to divert from
anti-social behaviour
The
number of exclusions from school and clarity required for what constitutes
exclusion?
The
need to re-integrate excluded children and young people earlier back into
school through school/service and community based provision
The
need to improve use/understanding of available data and how that informs/shapes
and develops provision to improve outcomes for children and young people
The
need to develop Lead Professional/CAF and single point of entry
The
need to develop individual educational/activity base packages for children and
young people at risk of exclusions
The
need to develop inter-agency, multi-disciplinary agreed targets and protocols
to reduce exclusions and criminal activity to deliver improved outcomes
The
following identifies strategic links between: The ECM agenda, The JAR Action
Plan, The Children & Young People’s Plan, The Local Area Agreement, One Island
and, The Children’s Service Plan.
The
Youth Inclusion Forum has three main objectives:
- Reduce first time
entrants to the criminal justice system
- Reduce the % of !/2
day authorised/unauthorised absences from school
- Promote social
inclusions and prevent anti-social behaviour
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Corporate Strategy
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ECM Outcomes
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Jar Action Plan/CYPP
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Forum Objectives
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- Being a high
performing council
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- Enjoy &
Achieve
- Economic
Well-being
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- Increase C&YP
satisfaction of services received
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- Support for
community projects through grants programme identifying VFM via
educational and activity based resources: Objective 3
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- Sustainable
regeneration and development of the Island
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- To improve the
employment prospects of 14-29yr olds
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- Promote social
inclusion: Objective 3
- Prevent
anti-social behaviour: Objective
3
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- Improving health
and well-being of island communities
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- Being healthy
- Staying safe
- Making a positive
contribution
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- Reduce teenage
pregnancy
- Improve mental
health and well-being of C&YP
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- Promote social
inclusion: Objective 3
- Prevent
anti-social behaviour: Objective
3
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- Creating safer
and stronger communities
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- Staying safe
- Making a positive
contribution
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- Reduce bullying
- Development of
preventative and early intervention support
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- Reduce first time
offending into the criminal justice system: Objective 1
- Reduce authorised
and unauthorised ½ day absences from school: Objective 2
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- Improving
outcomes for C&YP
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- Being healthy
- Staying safe
- Enjoy and achieve
- Making a positive
contribution
- Economic
well-being
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- Implement schools
improvement strategy
- Develop data
management strategy
- Develop updated
access and inclusion plan/substance misuse plan/alcohol harm reduction
plan
- Link to
Connexions business plan/Youth service plan/Creative partnership
plan/Youth involvement strategy/Parenting support strategy
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- Support community
projects through grant support programme showing VFM through education
and activity based resources: Objective
3
- Promote social
inclusion: Objective 3
- Prevent
anti-social behaviour: Objective
3
- Reduce first time
entrants to the criminal justice system: Objective 1
- Reduce authorised
and unauthorised absences from school: Objective 2
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Strategic Objective One: Reduce first
time entrants into the criminal justice system
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Officer
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Output
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Date
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Outcome
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Resource
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All
RR
RR/AH/CH/GO
MB
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Development of preventative, schools based and community based provision
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March 2008
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Service area’s able to identify aspects of service which they can
deliver
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% LPSA 1& 2 grant funding through YIF (£60k)
Family Link/School Project Worker £25k
School Base/Community Initiatives
Police/Community Post ?£
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RR
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Development of CAF/Lead Professional
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March 2008
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Action to plan and link training to resources at level 1 & 2 of
Need
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ECM Grant £71K
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AW
RR
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Reduction of substance and alcohol misuse
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2007/2008
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Baseline % of C&YP receiving primary assessment/plan and
treatment input.
% year on year referrals to EIS
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LPSA 1
NTA
Children Fund/YJB
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DW
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Reduction in ½ days authorised/unauthorised absences
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March 2008
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Clarity and reliability of data collected in order to divert
resource allocation if required
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Redirection of existing school/Children’s Services/YIF Resources
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LH
DW/MA
PC
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Development of parenting support aligned to development of enhanced
child minding project
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March 2008
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% Reduction in Level 3 referrals/%reduction of CLA
Increase % of Children & Families receiving parenting support
through either educational/YOT support
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Choice Protects Grant ?£35K
£16K (YOT ring-fenced)
£? cost per school per person accessing PET training
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Strategic Objective 2: reduce % ½ day authorised and authorised
absence form school
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Officer
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Output
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Date
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Outcome
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Resource
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RR/
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Number of children assessed using Common Assessment Framework
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March 2008
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% increase in numbers of children supported through community and
school based provision and through new Family/Schools Link Worker
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Existing school base provision and % grant funding through YIF
£25K LPSA 2
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DW/CH
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Reduce the incidence and fear of bullying
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March 2008
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% increase of C&YP reporting bullying through consultation
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Existing schools base provision/Hampton Trust Interact Mentoring
Scheme
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ALL
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Improvement in quality and
reliability of absence and exclusion date
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March 2008
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To improve life chances of C&YP at risk of social exclusion due
to inappropriate or criminal behaviour
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Establish baseline – core data for each agency to collect and
collate
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PC/RR/DW
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Greater parental understanding/impact to absences/exclusions
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March 2008
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Increase access to parental support
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Existing resources Children’s Services. School based PET
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ALL
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Clarity of educational packages available relating to out of school
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March 2008
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Access to menu of school base and community provision for young
people who
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Existing school based provision and % grant funding projects through
YIF
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Provision to authorised/unauthorised absences/absence or home
educated/young carer issues/study leave/twilight exclusions.
Development of consistency of school base exclusions across Middle
and High Schools
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are excluded or absent from school
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DW
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Early identification of C&YP a risk of exclusion and absence from school
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March 2008
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Improve life chances of C&YP at risk of social exclusion due to
inappropriate or criminal behaviour and re-integration back into school
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Existing school base provision
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ALL
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Improve Teacher/pupil relationship
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March 2008
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Reduction in number of absence and exclusions and increase in numbers
re-integrated back into school
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Existing schools base support and % funding projects through YIF
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Objective 3: Promote social inclusion and prevent anti-social
behaviour
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Officer
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Output
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Date
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Outcome
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Resource
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ALL
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Exertion based activities targeted at vulnerable groups 2007/8
target 100 young people
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March 2008
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Reduction in absences and exclusions/anti-social behaviour
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YIF activity voucher scheme. £6,500
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SM/TB
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Develop full-time work experience programmes
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March 2008
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Improve life chances of young people at risk of social exclusion and
promote social exclusion
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HTP/Connexions
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ALL inc young people
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Feasibility study into Café style club for young people age 16+
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March 2008
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Improve life chances of young people at risk of social exclusion and
promote social inclusion
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?? reward monies LSPA2
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DCS
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Developing vocational subjects in school offered from an earlier age
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Sept 2009
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Improve life chances of C&YO at risk of offending and social
exclusions
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School improve strategy
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Connexions/16+ Team/
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Support with literacy issues
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March 2008
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Improve life chances of C&YP and increase number of NVQ learner
achievements and reduce NEET and promote social inclusion
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Existing resource base through Connexions and 16+/LPSA
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PT/DH/HTP
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Improve housing prospects for young people
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2008/9
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Improve life chances of young people at risk of social exclusion
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LH/RR
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A single point of access for services required/CAF/Lead Professional
development
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2007 – 2009
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Prevent drift within systems
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Integrated service delivery agenda
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AW
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% target for alcohol and substance misuse targeted support for
vulnerable young people
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March 2008
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Reduce anti-social behaviour
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Existing resources
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This
action plan will require reviewing in September 2007
Abbreviations
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CLA
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Children Looked After
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CAF
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Common Assessment Framework
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NEET
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Not in Employment Education or Training
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Officers
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RR
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Rosie Rae
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AH
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Alex Hicks
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CH
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Charlie Hancock
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GO
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Graham Orchard
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AW
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Alison Ward
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DW
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Doug Wright
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MA
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Meg Abbott
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PC
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Penny Crossley
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LH
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Liz Harkin
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SM
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Sue Meredith
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TB
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Terri Baker
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DCS
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Director of Children’s Services
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PT
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Phil Taylor
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