Purpose

A review of Youth Engagement
Team (YET) took place in May 2024 following confirmation that
Public Health would cease funding in March 2025.  The review concluded that the service reach was
limited, the service offer was not well understood by partners and
that there is a lack of targeted intervention. 
 
The YET do not complete
statutory work, the universal youth sessions do not have a wide
reach, (75 children) the limited casework is not targeted, and the
offer supports less than 1/3 of secondary schools.  The review therefore found that the work could be
redistributed between existing in-house services, the new
adolescent family hub in Selhurst and in partnership with the
VCFS.  At less than 10% of the total
current cost of the service.
 
Moving forward we want to form
better relationships with the VCFS and have a wider reach to those
young people most impacted in their community this will include
working with the VRU to provide targeted interventions in hot spot
areas to reduce anti-social behaviour.
 
The proposal is that YET ceases
with immediate effect. CYPE Scrutiny Committee met on 13 May we now
require a Key Decision in relation to the future of the
YET. 
 

Content

2.1 To consider the outcome of
the review of the Youth Engagement Team Service (YET).
 
2.2 To consider the
consultation activity undertaken on the potential changes to the
delivery of Croydon’s current youth services.
 
2.3 To consider consultation
responses and findings on the proposed changes to the future
delivery of the Croydon’s youth services.
 
2.4 To agree and adopt the
changes to the future delivery of Croydon’s youth services
allocate the work across new and existing Council services and
commission additional services from the Voluntary, Community and
Faith Sector to cover the Croydon Youth Assembly and universal
youth sessions.  
 
2.5 To note that the revised
model for the future delivery of youth support services will not
disrupt the offer set out in the table in section 8, table
1.
 

Reasons for the decision

As per Part A
report.

Alternative options considered

As per Part A
report.