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Future Integrated Youth Support Services (IYSS) Delivery - Business Plan

 

 

Meeting: 20/12/2016 - Cabinet (Item 6)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

The Cabinet accepted this report as urgent to enable the in-house delivery of these services to take effect from January 2017.

 

This report provided details of the proposed in-house delivery of Integrated Youth Support Services (IYSS) within Medway Council and the continued commissioning of Medway Youth Trust to manage the Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) programme, both on a reduced budget envelope and focusing on young people at risk. This report followed Cabinet’s decision on 22 November 2016 not to award a contract for the future delivery of Integrated Youth Support Services.

 

The report highlighted the budget requirement of the proposed in-house service when compared to the original outsourcing proposal.  It demonstrated that the new service could be delivered within the same cash envelope, whilst preserving the statutory Youth Offending Team provision and providing continuity in terms of the IAG provision. 

 

Decision number:

Decision:

147/2016

The Cabinet approved the retention of youth services and the Youth Offending Team (YOT) within Children’s Services.

148/2016

The Cabinet agreed the extension of the contract with Medway Youth Trust to August 2019 on the basis set out in the report.

The Cabinet noted that the reconfiguration of services to effect delivery and savings reductions will be undertaken by the Interim Director of Children and Adults Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services (Lead Member).

 

Reasons:

 

Greater long term savings and efficiencies can be achieved by the in house delivery of IYSS and the commissioning of IAG from Medway Youth Trust on a changed contract basis.