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Fiona Blacke Chief Executive The National Youth Agency What do youth workers do? • Engage with young people on their terms/territory • Create trusting relationships • Develop learning programmes based on young people's own reality, interests and concerns • Act as broker • Supports voice and influence • Work in partnership • Celebrate achievement Range and context • • • • Universal and targeted IYSS, TYS LA and third sector/community organisations Schools, centres and streets Contribution to the Health Agenda Getting health messages to young people mass reach • 500,000 Guides and Brownies • 30,000 young people on Positive Futures • Young people have a million contacts with youth workers each month (NYA stats and DoH Nov 2007) • Support to delivery of mainstream PHSE • Support young people’s engagement in service shaping Contribution to the health agenda Reaches the young people the rest of the system fails, or those who are marginalised • Targeted programmes with young people with specific issues e.g. drug users • Key role in advice and counselling • Targeted Preventative Programmes - on sex and relationships - linked to teenage pregnancy indicators Partnership working • Bridging tier 1 and 2 - the windscreen wiper • Youth Information and Advice Services as part of CAHMS offer • Partnerships with young people • Integrated working across localities/schools The challenges • Recognising that Every Child Matters is a package • Developing shared understanding • Making IYSS/TYS work • Joint commissioning • Making voice and influence a reality Opportunities • • • • • The policy environment Building on what's there Joint workforce development Building health in to the local youth offer Developing youthwork contribution to PSHE Working together to radically improve the life chances of young people Tools for the job… • You’re Welcome Quality criteria www.dh.gov.uk/publications • Hear by Right for Health www.nya.org.uk/hearbyright • Participation Works www.participationworks.org.uk www.nya.org.uk/yw4h