Youth Access

Leading from the Frontline - new training resources

12 February, 2009

Youth Access is urging its members to take part in the opportunities presented by this substantial investment in the leadership and management of the youth sector.

FPM TRAINING: Q&A’S

Youth Workforce Leadership and Management Development Programmes

1. What is the training for? – to deliver effective integrated services for young people

• Distinctive to services for young people across all disciplines and sectors, tailored to local circumstance. They are not general management programmes

 2. Who can take part? – leaders and managers from statutory, independent and third sectors

• All 151 local authorities and most major national voluntary youth organisations in England
• Places are allocated to every local authority area based on the population size of young people

3. How many places are there? – over 5,000

• Recruiting 1,000 managers now for Management Development at the frontline and a further 4,000 over the following two years
• Signing up 300 strategic leaders now for Leadership Enhancement and to be followed next year by 150 future leaders for Leadership Development

4. Who pays? – Children’s Workforce Development Council

• The Youth Workforce Leadership & Management programmes are fully funded by CWDC

5. When does the programme start? - March 2009

• The three-year national training programme includes Leadership Enhancement (year one), Leadership Development (year two) and Management Development (all three years)

6. Where does the training take place?

• Delivered in the English regions, participants in all three programmes will also have unique and secure access to an online virtual learning environment

7. What are some of the leadership challenges?

• Combine targeted with universal provision
• Improve the processes for involving young people
• Demonstrate impact and positive outcomes
• Meeting Local Area Agreement targets and performance management

8. What are some of the frontline management challenges?

• Deliver safe and effective integrated services with young people at the centrre
• Involve young people in meaningful ways in the planning, delivery and review of services
• Manage staff from different professions in frontline services

9. About the programmes:

The Leadership Enhancement Programme is for current heads of Integrated Youth Support Services in local authorities, their voluntary and independent sector counterparts that are currently working in partnership with the local authority

• Participation in the LEP requires learning in pairs, one from the local authority and one from a third sector organisation, to explore the challenges of implementing Aiming High

The Leadership Development Programme is aimed at senior managers who are likely to step up to formal leadership roles in integrated youth support services

• LDP will be developed from the real experience of the 300 participants in the LEP, delivered to 150 emerging leaders from statutory and voluntary sectors

The Management Development Programme will recruit 1,000 frontline managers in the first year and 2,000 in each of the following two years, in cohorts of 20 managers in each from a local authority area (or from clusters of adjacent authorities)

• Each local cohort will focus on the prevailing imperatives of their area, including the Children & Young People’s Plan and Local Area Agreements

ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM

• FPM Training, contracted by CWDC for full programme management and development, leading in research, design and evaluation. FPM will deploy a team of more than 50 accredited specialist youth sector trainers. All have direct experience of leading and managing services for young people; half have experience in third sector organisations.
• Virtual Staff College, wholly owned by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services connects to all staff within 151 Children’s Trusts and contracted third sector organisations
• Third Sector Leadership Centre, established by NCVO and ACEVO, ensures programmes are fully inclusive of third sector issues
• The National Youth Agency provides young trainers and involvement of young people through its youth participationunit
• Regional Youth Work Units provide a focal point for statutory and voluntary youth sector services to co-ordinate programme delivery in each region, supported by The NYA
• The Network for Black Professionals ensures programmes embrace best practice in equality and diversity, augmented by specialist support in disability issues
• Catch22, includes youth justice, homelessness and looked after young people
• CfBT Education Trust, includes IAG, Connexions and excluded young people
• Four network and membership organisations will secure specialist expertise and coverage of the workforce: APYCO, ASPECT, CYWU-Unite, Youth Access

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