Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services seeking approval of a new formula for the distribution of the targeted youth work budget which will underpin the redesign of youth work in Leeds and strengthen the shaping and commissioning role of Area Committees.

Further to Minute No. 206, 13^th March 2013, the Director of Children’s Services submitted a report which sought approval of a new formula for the distribution of the targeted youth work budget which would underpin the redesign of youth work in Leeds and strengthen the shaping and commissioning role of Area Committees.

Prior to the meeting, Board Members had received supplementary information in the form of a joint Scrutiny statement and recommendations from the Children and Families and Sustainable Economy and Culture Scrutiny Boards.

It was highlighted that the formula proposed needed to be reviewed regularly, in order to ensure that it was an effective use of resource from an outcomes perspective.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That theformulaforthedistribution of the targeted youth work budget as detailed within the submitted report be endorsed. Specifically, with 50% (£1,500,000)of the totalfundingallocatedonthebasis of youngpeople residentin the40%mostdeprivedlower superoutputareaand 50% (£1,500,000)ona headcount basis. (£500,000has alreadybeendistributedtoArea Committeesona headcountbasis rethe activityfund).The tablebelowoutlines proposedtargeted youth work allocationsat an AreaCommittee level and aggregated at an area (3) level.

(Note1- thenumber of youngpeople ineachareacommittee areathatareresident in areas thatareinthe 40%mostdeprived LSOA(lower super output areas) inthe country. The deprivation data usedis basedonthe 2010IndexofMultiple Deprivation – the index is a nationalmeasureofrelative levels of deprivation in small areas(lower super output areas producedbytheDepartmentfor Communitiesand Local Government)).

(b)  That Children’s Servicesbe requested toensurethat capacityis available to support AreaCommittees in respect of commissioningandqualityassurance, as it is noted thattargeted youthwork resourceis largelystaffing,therefore furtherchangewill alsorequire thatsufficientHumanResources support is alsoput inplace.

(c)  That the Targeted Youth Work Area formula be reviewed regularly, in order to ensure that it was an effective use of resource from an outcomes perspective.

(d)  That the recommendations, as set out within the joint Scrutiny statement of the Children and Families and Sustainable Economy and Culture Scrutiny Boards, be agreed.