Youth Work Needs Assessment Page 1 of 17 Part A: Runnymede – Local Needs Assessment

Area Overview:

Runnymede borough is one of the 11 boroughs in . , , and are the 4 main towns with several other smaller villages making up the borough. It has a population of 80, 510 and 9229 (11.5%) are young people aged 10 – 19 (4689 are young women, 4540 are young men).

Ethnicity: 79.9% - white British 7.4% - White Other 2.5% - Asian / Asian British – Indian 2.2% - Asian / Asian British – Other Asian 220 people have self-ascribed as White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller. This figure may not be reliable as research has shown that many people choose not to identify their ethnicity in official surveys due to fear of discrimination.

There are 11 wards in Runnymede. Overall the borough appears to be affluent, although there are many hidden pockets of deprivation. This needs analysis explores the local issues for young people and their families.

Community Youth Work – Aims and Priorities

The Community Youth Work Service is a new SCC service which aims to meet the needs of young people through ‘youth work’. Youth work is a method of working with young people that is voluntary (young people choose to engage with us), developmental and based on addressing individual or groups of young people’s personal and social educational developmental needs.

Ultimately Community Youth Work is dedicated to supporting our most vulnerable young people who have the highest levels of need to ensure they succeed in the transition to adulthood. The service is driven through a culture of innovation and high performance to meet the needs of young people.

Community Youth Work typically provides this service through our network of youth centres, detached or outreach projects (meeting young people where they choose to meet – such as local parks etc). Community Youth Work provides open access (youth clubs) and targeted 1-2- 1 (Including Lead Professional) or group work opportunities for young people focused on Services for Young People’s ‘Employability’ outcomes framework.

SCC is allocating resources to the Community Youth Work Service across the County depending on need. At a local borough level the service is also required to allocated and focus our resources to the areas of highest need in Runnymede. This may mean that youth work is not always delivered from youth centres and we will look to work in partnership where possible to provide the best service to young people.

The Community Youth Work service will continue to be assessed through the National Youth Agency ‘Surrey Youth Work Quality Mark’. This externally validates assessment of the quality of youth work practice and learning and achievement of young people engaged with the service remains a top priority.

Page 2 of 17 The new service is fast developing a new culture, focused on value for money and outcomes for young people. Developing a diverse funding and customer base over the next few years are key priorities for the service as it seeks to ensure a sustainable financial model in the context of challenging funding settlements.

Current contextual information:

Runnymede currently has 4 youth centres that are located in the four main towns. Each youth centre offers a varied programme for young people aged 11 – 19 (25) depending on the needs of young people. All of the centres currently offer 1 or 2 drop in sessions. Other sessions currently include a group for young carers, a football project and a young women’s group at Addlestone YC, a young parents group at Egham YC and Fulham FC will be starting a new 10 week health and activity course at Chertsey YC in June. .

Each youth centre has a slightly different set up, but across Runnymede there are good relationships with the Youth Support Service (YSS), the Police, Runnymede Borough Council, voluntary organisations and Borough and County Councillors.

Within Runnymede we have a full-time Senior Practitioner, 3 Workers in Charge, and 55 part- time youth work hours. We currently have two vacancies for Neighbourhood Youth Worker posts, which are professionally qualified full-time roles. We also have a number of part time vacancies that we are currently recruiting for. With the new Resource Allocation System (RAS) that has been implemented across Surrey, In 2015-16 the staffing resources for Runnymede will be reduced by 29% from the amount allocated to the borough during each financial year from 2012-15.

The two charts show the difference in resources allocated to Runnymede.

In the year 2014/15 Runnymede had the following staffing provision:

Addlestone Youth Centre 37 Hours (Full time) Youth 37 hours (part time) Assistant and Community Worker Youth Workers Chertsey Youth Centre 37 Hours (Full time) Youth 37 hours (part time) Assistant and Community Worker Youth Workers Egham Youth Centre 37 Hours (Full time) Youth 37 hours (part time) Assistant and Community Worker Youth Workers Englefield Green Youth Centre 37 Hours (Full time) Youth 37 hours (part time) Assistant and Community Worker Youth Workers

Total 148 Hours 148 Hours

Below is a chart that shows the new 2015 – 16 RAS applied resources:

Runnymede 111 Hours (Full Time) – 1 x Senior 108 Hours (Part Time) – 36 Practitioner and 2 x Neighbourhood Hours Workers in Charge and Youth Workers 72 Hours Assistant Youth Workers

Total 111 Hours 108 Hours

Page 3 of 17 Full-Time Staff Hours Part-time Staff Hours 2014 / 15 84 Hours 136 Hours Number of face to face delivery hours 2015 / 16 65 Hours 96 Hours Number of face to face delivery hours

Difference (-/+) - 19 Hours -40 Hours

There are also a number of other local voluntary organisations that are working with young people in Runnymede which we will build partnerships with where appropriate s o that we can offer the best service possible to all young people in Runnymede.

Summary of Key Findings:

Following extensive research and analysis of data on young people and direct discussions with young people the following key findings have been identified as priorities for the Community Youth Work Service:  89.1% of all pupils in Runnymede achieved 5+ A*-C GCSE’s in 2013. This drops to 70.3% when mathematics and English are included, this indicates that literacy and numeracy may be a barrier to employability for young people. The Community Youth Work Service will ensure that opportunities to develop these skills are embedded within our provision.

 Englefield Green West and wards currently have the highest number of young people who are NEET and RONI.

 Egham Hythe and Thorpe currently have the highest number of young people who received a substantive outcome or a YRI (Youth Justice Outcome).

 Runnymede has the second highest teenage conception rate in Surrey.

 There is increasing concern about drug use by young people in Runnymede. 50% of young people who completed the survey feel that drugs are a big issue for young people in Runnymede. 48.5% of young people are not sure or have few places to go where they can get support if they are worried about drug / alcohol use.

 Englefield Green West is the area that is highest on the Index of Multiple Deprivation in Runnymede

 Englefield West has the most Children’s Services open referrals with 41 in 2013/14. Chertsey Meads and Egham Hythe both have 35, Addlestone North has 28 and Addlestone Bourneside has 27.

 51% of young people who completed the survey said that the sex and relationship education they have received is average to not good.

 57% of young people who completed the survey said they care for others in their home, the majority said that they care of others lots. The main people they care for were identified as family members, younger brother and sisters, parents or grandparents.

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 Young people are putting themselves at risk on the internet. This includes cyber bullying (bullying others and being bullied themselves), communicating with strangers and sending inappropriate photos of themselves.

 37% of young people who completed the survey feel they do not have access to many affordable activities.

There are clearly some wards that are showing high level of need for specific issues, however something to consider is that when wards are grouped geographically for example Chertsey Meads, Chertsey St Ann’s and Chertsey South and Row Town or Addlestone North, Addlestone Bourneside and the figures show a consistent higher level of need across the area rather than pockets.

Analysis of Needs for Borough/District:

Education, Employment and Training

Numbers of young people who were NEET or identified as at risk of becoming NEET (RONI) by ward

Englefield Green West 20 41 Egham Hythe 19 36 Chertsey St Ann's 15 29 Addlestone North 7 33 Addlestone Bourneside 7 30 New Haw 9 27 Chertsey Meads 6 29 NEET Woodham 10 23 Chertsey South and Row Town 7 18 RONI Egham Town 6 17 Foxhills 1 20 Thorpe 3 10 2 7 Englefield Green East 1 2 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

(Based on the number of young people who were NEET or at risk of becoming NEET in the financial year 2014/15)  The number of children with English as a second language in Surrey has increased across all school phases with highest numbers attending school in Runnymede, Spelthorne and . In 2012 this was 12.2% of the school age population. (Surrey Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Services for children and young people needs assessment refresh Jan 2014)

 102 young people aged 11 – 15 who were attending secondary schools in Runnymede had a statement of special educational need. There are also 161 young people whose ages were unknown. In 2013, 500 children and young people in Runnymede were on the Surrey’s children’s disability register. Research has shown that young people with learning disabilities are more likely to have a diagnosable mental health problem Page 5 of 17 compared with non disabled children. Nearly 80% of young people with a learning disability have experienced bullying.

 89.1% of all pupils in Runnymede achieved 5+ A*-C GCSEs in 2013. This drops to 70.3% when mathematics and English are included.  The highest number of young people aged 16 – 24 year olds who have no qualification live in Thorpe and Chertsey St Ann’s with 15.5% and15.3% respectively.

Crime Number of young people who have received a Substansive Outcome (SO) or a Youth Restorative Intervention (YRI) as a result of offending behaviour by ward Egham Hythe 3 8 Thorpe 1 8 Chertsey St Ann's 4 3 Addletone North 3 4 Woodham 2 4 New Haw 2 3 Chertsey Meads 2 3 SO Englefield Green West 4 YRI Foxhills 2 1 Chertsey South and … 2 Addlestone Bourneside 1 1 Virginia Water 1 Egham Town 1 Englefield Green East

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 (Based on the number of young people who received a substantive outcome or a YRI in 2014/15)

Deprivation / Poverty Areas with the highest deprivation in Runnymede

LSOA name Ward IMD 23.90 Englefield Green West Runnymede 002F 23.19 Chertsey St Ann's Runnymede 006D 22.27 Addlestone North Runnymede 007D 22.10 Addlestone Bourneside Runnymede 009A 20.96 Chertsey Meads Runnymede 006B

Runnymede 003B Egham Hythe 19.13

Page 6 of 17  Egham Hythe has the highest number of Children living in Out-of-work Benefit Claimant Households at 70, followed by Chertsey St Ann’s with 60 and Addlestone North and Addlestone Bourneside and Englefield Green West all with 50 households each.

Health  Runnymede has the second highest teenage conception rate per 1000 young women aged 15 – 17 in the county. In the last 4 years this number has slightly decreased in line with the trend across Surrey.

 15.4% of young people aged 11 – 17 years old in Runnymede are either regular or occasional smokers.

 In 2012 it was estimated that 7.6% of young people aged 5 – 15 in Runnymede had a diagnosed mental health condition which is just over the Surrey average of 7.1%.

 The proportion of 10 -11 year olds who are obese is double that of 4 – 5 year olds. Chertsey Meads is the ward with the highest proportion of obese 10 – 11 year olds (21.9%) and Chertsey South and Row Town the lowest (10.2%). There is a relationship between child poverty and obesity prevalence. (Surreyi)

 The particular groups of children and young people who may be vulnerable to increased risk of emotional wellbeing and mental health issues include young parents; parent and young carers; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people; refugee and asylum seeking children; children from the Gypsy Roma Traveller community; children from BME communities; recently adopted young people; children witnessing domestic abuse, children in low income families and those living in military families.

 It is estimated 25% of adults in Surrey drink above the recommended daily limit, 5% higher than ’s average. Runnymede shares first place in England.

Safeguarding  Children Services referrals are broken down into 4 categories, Child in Need, Child Protection Plan, Looked after Child and Other reasons. Chertsey Meads has the highest number of young people who are assessed as Children in Need with 14. Next is Woodham with 9 and then Addlestone North with 7 young people.

 Addlestone North has the highest number of Looked after young people with 6 followed by Thorpe which has 4.

 Englefield Green West has the highest number of referrals to Children services for other reasons with 28, Egham Hythe is next with 22 followed jointly by Addlestone Bourneside and Chertsey South and Row Town both with 20.

Young Carers  Based on census information in 2011, it is estimated that there were 464 0 - 24 year olds who were young carers in Runnymede. Young carers spend on average 14 hours a week caring for someone. 75% of young carers had been NEET at least once

Page 7 of 17 compared to 25% of all young people. 42% has been NEET for 6 months or longer compared to 10% of all young people. (Audit Commission 2010) Feedback from young people:

Young people across Runnymede have responded to a needs assessment questionnaire through 1 to 1 conversations with youth workers who ensured that they understood what was being asked and were able to respond to the best of their ability. There are 21 questions for young people to rate between 0–10 (0 being low, 10 being high) with an option to write more details about each section. The questions cover 7 areas: home and family, neighbourhood and friends, education, training and employment, drugs and alcohol, health and wellbeing, Life skills and behaviour and keeping yourself safe. This has given us an insight into what young people have identified their needs as and what kind of services they would like. The questionnaire was completed by 70 young people.

Here is a breakdown of who took part in the needs assessment:

Male or Female Where young people live

Out of Area Female 20% Addlestone 37% 28% Other in Runnymede Male 16% Chertsey 63% 10%

Englefield Egham Green 26% 0%

Age of young people Do they already participate in our provision?

20+ 4%

16 5% 12 No 15 23% 26% 15%

14 23% 13 Yes 74% 30%

Page 8 of 17 NB: Young people who live out of area attend current provision within Runnymede as they go to school in the borough, have friends who live here or access projects for targeted groups who are not always catered for in their own locality e.g. Tuesday Club which is a project for young people up to the age of 25 who have learning disabilities.

Key responses from young people:

Home and Family: 31% of young people felt they did not have much of their own space at home. 82% of young people said they feel loved, meaning 18% don’t. 7% of young people asked said that they sometimes do not have enough food and drink to keep them healthy.

Comments: There needs to be more support with relationships. X2 I know people that need help.

Neighbourhood and friends: 37% of young people feel they to do not have access to many activities in the area. When asked if they feel safe at home, school and in the community 25% said they didn’t feel particularly safe, however, the majority of young people highlighted that they felt safe at home, and less safe in the community. 20% of young people said that they do not have many friends, of this 6 young people scored between 0 – 2 (out of 10) meaning they have very few friendships.

Comments: Challenges & problem solving Bullying support x3 Things to do x4 Leisure More things for people to do More drop ins Have healthy food Football, boxing Toilets in the park (Egham Hythe) More added to Thorpe Skate Park Would like a youth cafe

Education, Training and Employment – 54% of young people said they have not received any or have received little of the careers advice and guidance that they need to make informed choices. Young people generally were either really clear about what they wanted to do or had no idea, there wasn’t much in between. Younger respondents (11 and 12 year olds) often appeared to be much clearer about their aspirations.

Comments: Homework support x 5 Yes to all Yes later (12 yr old) Not currently in education Concentration and attention Advice on opportunities Access to computers for homework Help with getting a job and CV writing x2 More support to feel safe in school

Drugs and Alcohol – 50% of young people feel that drugs are a big issue for young people in Runnymede. 48.5% of young people reported that they are not sure abotu where to go for support or have few places to go if they are worried about drug / alcohol use.

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Comments: Help to stop smoking Information on legal highs and the dangers

Health and Well being – The majority of young people said that they take part in some or lots of exercise, there were only 7 young people that said they take part in little or no exercise. 46% of young people feel they are either not very or not at all confident. There were also a number of young people who felt they didn’t have anyone they could talk to about their worries. The young people that said they did, highlighted this was either friends or family. 11 and 12 year olds appeared to have a more positive outlook and had less concerns about self-harm and drug use.

Comments: Feeling low after people make fun of me Feeling low, self harm Anger management x 2 Someone to talk to who understands disability

Life skills and behaviour – 25% of young people said that they knew little or nothing about how to look after themselves (washing, cleaning, cooking etc). Of this figure 67% were young men. 57% of young people care for others in their home, the majority said that they care of others lots. The main people they care for were identified as family members, either younger brother and sisters, parents or grandparents.

Comments: Help with understanding myself Confidence Young carer

Keeping yourself safe – 20% of young people said that they have or know someone that has self harmed. 44% of young people said that they get angry a lot. 51% of young people feel that the sex and relationship education they receive is average to not good.

Comments: Support with Confidence x2 Not me but others Already get support Sex and Relationships Education Support with dealing with angry situations

Feedback from partners, stakeholders and local community:

Feedback from Runnymede Police Youth Intervention Officer:

The three key areas that have been identified from the Police are inappropriate use of social media; substance misuse and fighting (often over seemingly small things).

Young people are still putting themselves at risk over what they do online. This includes communicating on line with strangers; being verbally abusive to others (and not seeing it as wrong when the contact isn't face to face) or sending inappropriate selfies. It is worrying that even though young people are being taught about the dangers through assemblies at School and in youth centres the Police are still hearing of risky behaviour.

Page 10 of 17 They also have concerns about young people’s drug use, especially of cannabis and the impact this has on others. Sometimes the negative behaviour of the minority has a big impact on the well behaved majority - many of whom attend youth centres, for example, because they need an escape or someone to talk to. Teachers have also shared concerns. Sadly many young people across the borough are familiar with the death of a local young man. However this does not seem to have had, much of an impact on the general attitude towards violence. Anger and frustration seem to be common. There has also been a rise in inappropriate racist language.

Link to the Services for Young People’s ‘Outcomes Framework’

The work we deliver across the borough will be linked to the SYP ‘Outcomes Framework’ (see appendix 1). Our delivery plan will seek to ensure that the most vulnerable young people in Runnymede achieve the six priority outcomes to improve their employability.

Completed by: Gemma Rutter – Senior Practitioner for Runnymede.

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Part B: Runnymede – Proposed Response to Need

Proposed Response: Through undertaking this detailed needs analysis we have identified 6 areas within Runnymede which have high and specific needs. The table below shows our proposed response.

Area / /Where Needs Proposed / Preferred Response Change from SCC Current Provision Englefield High NEET / RONI Open Access – Englefield Green Youth Centre: Green West build relationships, affordable activities, new Highest deprivation and poverty opportunities, informal learning opportunities, 1 x Drop In (Year 7-9) managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation Most Children services referrals 1 x Drop In (Year 9 – 11) Targeted - Literacy and numeracy difficulties focus on literacy and numeracy, healthy living, sex and 1 x Targeted Project relationships education, developing social skills, Poor social skills developing positive relationships,

Egham Hythe High NEET / RONI Open Access – Currently some young people who build relationships, affordable activities, new live in this area access provision at Highest number of YP who opportunities, informal learning opportunities, Egham Youth Centre. received a Substantive Outcome managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation or YRI 2 x Drop In (Year 7-9) Targeted - Drug use focus on drug use, literacy and numeracy, healthy 1 x Young Parents Group living, sex and relationships education, developing Literacy and numeracy difficulties social skills, developing positive relationships

Highest number of children living in out-of-work benefits claimants.

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Chertsey Teenage conception rate Open Access – Chertsey Youth Centre: build relationships, affordable activities, new Drug use, including cannabis, opportunities, informal learning opportunities, 1 x Drop In (Year 7 – 8) Nitrous Oxide and other ‘legal managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation highs’ 1 x Drop In (Year 9 – 11)

Literacy and numeracy difficulties Targeted - 1 x Africa Project focus on drug use, literacy and numeracy, healthy High deprivation living, exercise, sex and relationships education, positive choices High number of children living in out-of-work benefit claimants Sports project with Fulham – 10 week project starting 3rd highest number of young June 2015 people with a SO or YRI

Obesity – Chertsey Meads has highest proportion of obese 10 - 11 year olds (21.9%)

Highest number of young people assessed as Children in Need.

Addlestone Drug use, including cannabis, Open Access – Addlestone Youth Centre: Nitrous Oxide and other ‘legal build relationships, affordable activities, new highs’ opportunities, informal learning opportunities, 1 X Drop In (year 9+) managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation Literacy and numeracy difficulties 1 x Drop In (Year 6 – 8) Targeted - High number of children living in focus on drug use, literacy and numeracy, healthy 1 x Football Project out-of-work benefit claimants living, exercise, sex and relationships education, positive choices 1 x Youth Committee Page 13 of 17 Addlestone North has 4th highest number of young people with SO 1 x Young Women’s Group or YRI in borough Football Project – Continues until Dec 2015 (External funding) Addlestone North has highest number of Looked after children

High pockets of deprivation

New Haw / New Haw and Woodham has 5th Open Access / targeted Currently no provision from SCC Woodham and 6th highest number of young build relationships, affordable activities, new people with a SO or YRI opportunities, informal learning opportunities, managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation Woodham has second highest number of young people Targeted project developed within open access assessed as Children in Need. depending on group

Thorpe High number of young people Open Access / targeted Currently no provision from SCC who have received a substantive build relationships, affordable activities, new outcome or YRI. opportunities, informal learning opportunities, managing behaviour, boundaries, positive participation Highest number of 16 – 24 year olds with no qualification Targeted project developed within open access depending on group

Runnymede Smoking – 15.4% of young Specific project for young people with learning 1x Tuesday Club at Egham Youth people aged 11 – 17 disabilities Centre.

Runnymede has second highest teenage conception rate in Surrey Young Carers 1 x Young Carers Group (once a month) at Addlestone Youth Centre 464 0-24 year old young carers. Page 14 of 17 Healthy Young Surrey Project – will develop in 7.6% of young people aged 5 – partnership with SCC Commissioning and 1 x Young Parents at Egham 15 years had a diagnosed mental Development and Public Health. health condition

48% of YP who completed survey Borough Wide Youth Committee said they are not sure or have few places to go to get support if they are worried about drug / 1-2-1 support linked with the Early Help strategy alcohol use

SEND – to develop life skills, and Ready for Work – developing skills for the work place social skills

51% of young people feel that the sex and relationship education they receive is average to not good

What does it mean?

Open Access – Continuation of established projects at youth centres. Detached – this could be to develop relationships with young people before moving to a building, street work, to promote the services. Sessions run in partnership with other organisations. Session delivered from community buildings

Targeted - Projects to meet specific needs Short term or long term projects Smaller groups of young people Responsive Sessions run in partnership with other organisations.

Page 15 of 17 Appendix 1 - Surrey Young People’s Outcomes Framework

Goal Ref Outcomes Ref Outputs 1.1 Sufficient, quality education and training post-16 provided Young people are Successful transition made to post-16 education, training 1.2 equipped with and employment 1 the skills and 1.3 Employability skills, attitudes and behaviours developed attitudes to join the workforce 1.4 Numeracy and literacy improved 1.5 Increased experience of the workplace 2.1 Physical wellbeing improved Young people are 2.2 Emotional wellbeing improved 2 resilient 2.3 Mental wellbeing improved 2.4 Social wellbeing improved 3.1 Offending and anti-social behaviour prevented Young people are 3 3.2 Reduced impact of offending safe 3.3 Young people's safety in communities is improved 4.1 Young people prevented from becoming NEET Young people 4.2 Reduced number of young people who are NEET overcome

4 4.3 Homelessness prevented

barriers to employability 4.4 Entry to the care system prevented 4.5 Transport for young people is improved Informed decisions made about education, training and 5.1 careers Young people 5.2 Informed decisions made about leading a healthy lifestyle 5 make informed decisions 5.3 Informed decisions made about use of free time Informed decisions made about accessing services and 5.4 support Young people are 6.1 Young people have positive role models active members 6.2 Participation in social action increased 6 of their 6.3 Decision-making influenced by young people

communities 6.4 Involvement in local democracy increased Employability for young people Employabilityyoung for

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