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In these case studies, the pathfinders describe how they are redesigning their targeted youth support (TYS) services to achieve the outcomes set out in Every Child Matters and reiterated in Youth Matters: Next steps.
Young people often have a variety of issues and needs and the associated risk and resilience factors need to be looked at holistically. Many of the case studies could therefore fit under more than one heading. We therefore recommend that you download the case study grid for a comprehensive view of where the case studies apply.
Download the case study grid. You can download the case studies below.
Tackling antisocial behaviour, offending and recidivism
- Youth inclusion and youth services link to prevent offending.
- Addressing youth offending by providing things to do.
- Linking TYS, extended schools and services for children and families.
- Schools and other agencies work together to identify at-risk young people at an earlier age.
Improving mental well-being
- Building on best practice to support young people with problems in behaviour and mental wellbeing.
- Improving mental health of young people.
- Bringing health and educational psychology together to provide holistic support.
Supporting looked-after children and social care
- Improving support for young people in care.
- Improving prevention and early intervention in families with social care problems.
Supporting parents
Easing transition between key stages
- Supporting transition at Key Stage 3.
- Supporting young people through key stage transitions and education, employment or training (NEET).
- Collaborating to support transitions.
Providing things to do and places to go
- Rationalising resources to provide better things to do.
- Helping young people devise a summer activities programme.
- Things to do in a very rural setting.
- Things to do and places to go to benefit all young people.
- Developing alternatives to school as part of things to do.
- More things to do and places to for at risk young people.
Reducing teenage pregnancy
- Universal services link with teenage pregnancy, substance misuse and looked after children.
- Improving sexual health services for young people.
- Making sexual health services more effective.
- Rolling out good practice around teenage pregnancy through the targeted youth support change process.
Supporting young people with substance misuse concerns
- Improving support for young people with concerns around alcohol and substance misuse.
- Tackling alcohol and substance misuse.
Improving behaviour
Reducing school exclusions
- Developing alternatives to school as part of things to do.
- Linking TYS, extended schools and services for children and families.
Regeneration
- Neighbourhood development considers needs of young people.
- Urban regeneration listening to needs of young people.
Engaging young people
Vulnerability audits
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Targeted Youth Support Case Studies Grid - redesigning services to help young people with particular needs
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Last updated on 09/04/2009
