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Drug Education in Out of School Settings:a youth work perspective
12th February 2010
Richard Mckie National Programme Manager for Quality and Standards
The National Youth Agency
Drug Education in Out of School Settings
• Improving the PSHE offer• The role and value of non-formal
education• Universal and targeted approaches• Jigsaw partners and integrated working• Voice and influence of young people• Healthy Youth Work Guidelines
Statutory PSHE
• The best of opportunities• Clear view of the “patchy” provision• PSHE teacher as learning coordinator and
service commissioner• I am not a visitor I am a professional!• Clear standards, contracts, boundaries needed• Linkage with community provision• Multi – agency owned, funded and developed• Integrated service provision
Statutory PSHE
• Current practice for non-formal sector un-mapped• Or unrecognised?• Gaps at national level• Some known excellent practice• National programmes• Local provision• Coventry SHADOW Project
The role and value of non-formal education approaches
Young people spend only 15% of their time in formal education
Tim Brighouse: Education without Failure 2008 (RSA)
What is non-formal education?
• Small group work • Experiential learning• Voluntary engagement• Strong relationship building• Ethical professional conduct AND• Outcomes related to personal and social
development
The Benefits of Youth Work: NYA (unpublished)
Universal and targeted approaches
• Serious numbers• Possible to work at both ends of the
spectrum simultaneously• To minimise harm and to encourage
prevention• To unite Tier 1 and 2 (TYS)
Young people have 1 million contacts with youth workers each month. This is a valuable opportunity to offer well-informed
health information, advice and guidance
Jigsaw partners
A well-resourced Youth Service, providing things to do and places to go for young people, with a clear focus on addressing key social issues affecting young people…Youth workers in the successful areas had been equipped with the knowledge and skills to support young people on sex and relationship issues.
Deep Dive report by Teenage Pregnancy Unit
Voice and influence of young people
The active participation of young people in making decisions about their health, both at an individual level and at the strategic level of healthcare provision, is key.
The free expression of views, given due weight according to the age and maturity of the child, is not only a human right, it is also known to improve health.
Sir Liam Donaldson – Chief Medical Officer for England
Does out of school drug education work?
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The Good Practice Guidelinesfor Healthy Youth Work
• Now published in hard copy and online• Quality Assurance tool and a wider
resource• For use by teams, managers, service
heads, strategic leads and commissioners• Practice and evidence-based.
Impact so far -
• 3 Birmingham PCTs using GPG to fund innovations in youth centres with healthy schools involvement
• Doncaster – using GPG as a common structure and curriculum and to map services across a broad range of services including DAAT, FE College, sexual health and NHS
• Leeds Children’s Trust using the GPG to map and improve services. Planning group includes their PCT/NHS commissioner
• Work with Cranstoun drugs project to broaden the skills of staff working with young people.
