Elmbridge Youth Work Needs Assessment Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 Area Overview Elmbridge is a Borough located just south-west of Greater London, bordering close to the suburbs of Kingston, Surbiton and Hampton. It has a population of 130,900 people of which young people aged 10 to 19 make up 15,600. Located close to the A3 and the M25 motorway, the area is a prime commuter location for people working in central London and therefore is perceived as a largely affluent area. In reality it is an area of great disparity of wealth, with pockets of deprivation hidden from view behind the general affluence of the area. This is one of the objectives being tackled by the Elmbridge Streets Apart initiative of which the Surrey County Council’s Services for Young People are a major part. Community Youth Work - Aims and Objectives. In September 2014, Surrey County Council’s (SCC) Cabinet approved Services for Young People’s youth work commissioning model for 2015-2020 to deliver the strategic goal of employability for all young people in Surrey. To achieve this goal, the Community Youth Work Service will target areas where there is the greatest risk of young people not making a successful transition into employability. Historically, the Centre-Based Youth Work Contract operated with a “one size fits all” policy with regards to the division of resources in each district. This meant that all Surrey County Council owned youth centres received the same amount of provision both in staffing and in running costs irrespective of the need in that area. The new Community Youth Work Service has now adopted a needs based model that directs resources according to need. This need has been obtained through the analysis of data relating to youth crime, NEET figures, Risk of NEET Indicators (RONI), health indicators, deprivation and transportation. Further information on need has been sought form local partners, stakeholders and young people. This may mean that youth work is not always delivered from centres but may be a district wide offer dependent on need. This will be achieved primarily through open access youth work with a further commitment to address early intervention, Healthy Young Surrey, Ready for Work and NEET prevention. 2 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 The new service will work through a ‘Hub and spoke’ approach. See diagram below: SCC Spoke SCC Hub Community Partnership Spoke Spoke The purpose of this model is that there will be a hub of need where the SCC offer will be greater than other areas and the focus of resources will be delivered in this/these areas. There will also be areas where partnership work with other youth providers will be possible and a joined up, holistic approach to the needs of young people will be delivered in partnership and therefore reduce the level of Community Youth Work Service resource. The third spoke is a community offer where support will be offered to the community to take ownership of the needs, again supported through SCC in the form of equipment, training or premises. The Community Youth Work Service offers a more flexible approach to delivery and by moving away from the centre-based model gives greater freedom to work where the need is. Past contextual Information In the year 2014/15 Elmbridge Borough had, in theory if not always in practice, the following SCC staffing provision allocated to it: Walton Youth Centre 37 hrs Full time Centre 37 hours Part time youth based youth worker work Molesey Youth Centre 37 hrs Full time Centre 37 hours Part time youth based youth worker work Hersham Youth Centre 64.5 hours Part time youth work (+ additional hours put in by Hersham Youth Trust volunteers) Weybridge Youth Centre 21 hours Part time youth work Claygate Youth Centre 32.5 hours Part time youth work Total - 74 hrs Centre based youth workers and 192 hours part-time youth work 3 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 The staffing allocation for the 2015/16 Is as follows: Total - 3x full time workers + 120 hours part time youth work Goal Impact FTE Hours Post FTE/Hrs Cost in 15/16 Diff Diff Costs in 14/15 SP 1 £ 42,189.60 1 37.0 £ - Y&CW 2 £ 80,080.80 0 £ 79,287.92 WiC 20 £ 15,812.84 -0.49 -18.0 £ 30,044.40 AYW 100 £ 54,961.89 -0.47 -17.5 £ 64,580.22 Totals £ 193,045.13 0.04 1.5 £ 173,912.54 Remain £ 1,290.87 Spent £ 193,045.13 Budget £ 194,336.00 Current staffing is actually above this allocation by about £20,000 per annum due to the transitional context and the introduction of a senior practitioner. The plan is to adjust this over time as staff leave, either changing their roles or not replacing them, depending on the level of the staff member concerned. This has already begun to happen since 1st April. Other Youth Work in Elmbridge In terms of youth work there is currently additional/partnerships work in the following areas: Hersham Youth Trust: Hersham Youth Trust provide an additional 5 hours of opening times for the Hersham Youth Centre, staffed by volunteers (many of whom are also SCC staff). This work is aimed at the 14-19 age group. Weybridge Youth Trust: Currently manage the building and equipment for the Weybridge Youth Centre. We are in discussions with them and Eikon about a full transition of management of the staff in addition to the centre. Paragon Housing: Run a youth club for 8 to 12 year olds on the St Johns estate. Since 1st April, the CYW team have been involved in staffing for that session, which will continue. Eikon: As well as being the current Local Prevention providers (including school- based work, and outreach, primarily in Cobham), Eikon are also working with us 4 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 to manage the transition in Weybridge. Eikon have been the ‘managing agents for the previous 3 years of the CBYW contract, and as part of that they operated a youth club in Lower Green. We are making plans to partner with them to continue this work. Eikon also have a number of dedicated schools workers. East to West: Involved in some schools projects in Esher High, and are looking to expand this type of work. In addition to their core provision, the Youth Support Service run some specialist groups, such as the CSE group we work with them on in Molesey. There is also the Bike Project Social Enterprise project for NEET young people operating out of Walton YC. There are also the following groups using the Molesey Youth Centre once a week for free as a traditional ‘matched provision’ use from when Eikon were the managing agents of CBYW in Elmbridge: - Kidzone – a group for 8-12 year olds run by Church workers - Youth Theatre - Dyspraxia Group - Youth Outreach for Muslim boys 5 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 Data Analysis From the data provided, the service proposes to address employability by focusing on 4 aspects of need: 6 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 Employability In looking at the data relating to employability we examined the following categories: The number of young people who are currently NEET (2014/5 data) The number of young people who display at Risk of NEET indicators (RONI) (2014/5 data) Number of Children living in Out-of-work Benefit Claimant Households (2014/5 data) Health Smoking Data Alcohol use data Sexual health records Mental health records Crime Young people who have received Youth Restorative Intervention (YRI), or a judicial Outcome (JO) as a result of offending behavior (2014/5 data) Police statistics Deprivation To consider the data relating to deprivation we analysed the following aspects focusing particularly on benefit households: 2010 indices of multiple deprivation Number of Children living in Out-of-work Benefit Claimant Households Young people who were Children in Need (Sep-13 to Aug-14) Young people who were Looked After Children (Sep-13 to Aug-14) Young people who were on Child Protection Plans (Sep-13 to Aug-14) Young people who were on referred to Children’s Services (Sep-13 to Aug- 14) Ward Analysis Taking these areas of need into account, we have tabled the following wards below as in need of a provision of open access youth work, listed loosely in order of most need. We will work in all of these areas, using the Hub and Spoke model as described above. However, the larger percentage of the work will go to the wards at the top of the list. The data analysis is listed briefly below each ward heading. Walton Ambleside and Walton North 7 Elmbridge Borough CYW Needs Assessment 2015 These neighbouring wards include the areas of highest need in the Boro ugh. This includes the areas of St Johns estate, and Field Common, and high need areas north of Ambleside Drive. All areas have high numbers of children living in poverty. St Johns estate is ranked 9th in Surrey for areas of high deprivation, the highest in Elmbridge. Field Common is ranked 17th in Surrey, the next highest in Elmbridge. Walton Ambleside had 31 NEETs and Walton North had 15 in 2014- 15. This figure was reduced from the previous year, and so justifies a continuation of youth services in this area. Those classified as RONI status is also falling, but still at high levels of 42 (Ambleside) and 41 (North). There are also high levels of referrals to Childrens services in both areas. In terms of youth crime, levels are also high for Elmbridge, with 11 YRIs in Ambleside in 2014/15.