Delivery of Professional Youth Work in Saltash

Saltash Town Council has budgeted £40,000 for the provision of professional youth work services in Saltash.

The Town Council is inviting proposals from suitable organisations for the delivery of this service. Each organisation commissioned will be expected to work in partnership with other agencies, including Saltash Community School, Police, Housing (inc. ASB Officer), Safer Saltash, Action for Children, CAMHS, Youth Offending Team, Targeted Youth Support and Saltash Youth Council.

Outline Specification 1. Service is to support young people resident in the Saltash area and to be focused on those who are in particular need of help. 2. Service to include 30 detached youth work sessions. Detached youth work to include actively seeking to identify and provide support to young people away from formal settings who are not engaging with youth services. 3. Service to include at least two nights a week open access youth provision. 4. Service to provide single issue work with groups of young people depending on issues identified by Saltash Team for Youth. 5. All delivery to be led by professionally qualified (JNC) youth workers. 6. All youth workers, youth support workers and volunteers to receive professional supervision. 7. Delivery agency(ies) to have all relevant policies and procedures in place to ensure the protection of all young people they work with. 8. All staff and volunteers to be subject to enhanced DBS checks. 9. Delivery agency(ies) to implement mechanisms for young people to guide service delivery. 10. Delivery agency(ies) to secure match funding equal to the amount received from Saltash Town Council.

Measuring the Service Performance Delivery agencies will be required to record and report the following outputs/outcomes: 1. Number of detached youth work sessions run. 2. Number of open access sessions run. 3. Number of single-issue programmes run. 4. Number of young people engaged with (defined as 3 or more hours of engagement). 5. Number of young people engaged with as defined in section 2 of the Outline Spec. 6. Number of young people receiving individual or group support. 7. Number of young people helped into or back into education, training or work. 8. Number of young people with measurable distance travelled. 9. Number of young people referred to youth workers from other organisations (e.g. school/college/police/etc.). 10. Number of volunteer support worker hours. 11. Match funding secured.

Proposals should address: 1. The requirements of the specification. 2. What elements of the service the organisation proposes to deliver. 3. How much the organisation is asking for. 4. The organisation's ability to deliver the service in Saltash.

Policies: 1. Safeguarding Policy 2. Policy & guidelines for good youth work practice 3. Health & Safety Policy 4. Data Protection Policy 5. Equal Opportunities Policy

Insurances: 1. Employers liability 2. Public liability 3. Professional indemnity

Accounts: 1. A copy of the latest year's accounts