YES: Peter Read, head of youth service, the Borough of Poole
I've just been seconded to head up the development of local services as we move towards children's trusts in Poole, with the youth service being central to a number of developments, so youth services certainly aren't being left out here.
But on a national basis it is happening. There has been no recognition of the youth service's contribution to some of the performance indicators that would favour the service's involvement in children's trusts.
There is a lot that youth services do, particularly around young people's contribution to society, enjoying and achieving, and staying safe. Youth services need to be much sharper on some of their performance indicators in terms of their delivery of work. That is part of the youth service's problem - it shies away from performance indicators. The youth service needs to demonstrate much more of what it does with young people, and its contribution to national objectives.
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