Targeted Youth Support
What is targeted youth support?
Targeted youth support aims to ensure that the needs of vulnerable teenagers are identified early and met by agencies working together effectively – in ways that are shaped by the views and experiences of young people themselves. There are seven key elements of targeted youth support:
Strengthening the influence of vulnerable young people, and their families and communities, and their ability to bring about positive change
Identifying vulnerable young people early, in the context of their everyday lives
Building a clear picture of individual needs, shared by young people and the agencies working with them, using the common assessment framework (CAF)
Enabling vulnerable young people to receive early support in universal settings. Help all agencies to draw in extra help on behalf of young people, through better links with other agencies and organisations
Ensuring vulnerable young people receive a personalised package of support, information, advice and guidance, and learning and development opportunities, with support for their parents or carers as appropriate.
This should be coordinated by a trusted lead professional and delivered by agencies working well together
Providing support for vulnerable young people across transitions, for example moving on from school or from the support of one service to another as needs change
Making services more accessible, attractive and relevant for vulnerable young people
Targeted youth support reforms build on the changes already under way in young people’s services (for example, in response to the aims of Every Child Matters), by drawing them together into a coherent whole designed for, and largely shaped by, vulnerable young people and their families and carers.
For TYS events in the East please see the TYS event broushure
Useful Links:
TYS Toolkit
TDA TYS
