Making a Positive Contribution

PRACTICE EXAMPLES, TOOLS and RESOURCES  

5. MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION 

5.1
Tools and resources
Service User Involvement (SUI) policies & implementation plans
North Somerset - Service User Involvement Work Plan
Gloucestershire - Service User Involvement Work Plan
Middlesbrough - Involving YP Strategy
Middlesbrough - Involving YP Reward & Incentive Policy
Redcar & Cleveland - SUI Strategy
Middlesbrough - Agency Request for YP Involvement 

5.2
Practice examples          
Young people’s involvement in services & staff recruitment and development
North Somerset - Involving young people in staff recruitment 
Leaving Care Service SUI Project - Tower Hamlets
SUI mechanisms - Tower Hamlets
User Involvement Post – Staffordshire
Young People Forum - Staffordshire 

5.2
Tools and resources
Young people’s involvement in pledge & policy development, service delivery & staff recruitment & development - tools & materials
Service User Involvement Jobs
Wolverhampton - Service User Involvement Worker Job Description
N.Somerset - SUI Post JD (job description)
Middlesbrough - Young Advisor JD
Tower Hamlets - SUI JD 

Young people’s involvement in recruitment
N.Somerset – Involving young people in recruitment policy  

Young peoples involvement in services
Middlesbrough - SUI report 

5.3
Practice examples          
Range of SUI mechanisms – See 5.2

5.4
Tools and resources
Young people’s involvement in their care & pathway planning
Bath and North East Somerset - Pathway Plan for use with young people 
Bath and North East Somerset - Needs Assessment guidance for workers 
Redcar and Cleveland - Pathway planning assessment involving young people
Northern Consortium - Young persons pathway assessment form

5.5
Tools and resources
Young people’s involvement in personal budget decisions – Not yet available

Practice examples               
Skills and support for self advocacy
Young People’s Forum - Staffordshire

5.7
Practice examples            
Volunteering opportunities
Prince’s Trust - Mentoring  

5.8
Tools and resources
Information for young people about the pledge, entitlement to services & how to access local authority services & support
Leaving Care Service Guide - Tower Hamlets
Bath and North East Somerset - Team Action Plan 
Middlesbrough - Young persons guide to leaving care services

5.9
Tools and resources
Assessment tool - impact of young people’s involvement on pledge and services – Not yet available

Tools and resources
Assessment tool - young people’s satisfaction with impact of support for self advocacy
Evaluation report of VOICE advocacy service 

5.11
Tools and resources
Assessment tool – young people’s knowledge of services, pledge & access to services – Not yet available

Tools and resources
Assessment tool - young people’s satisfaction with support, services and information
Hull - 60 second survey on accommodation 
Life in Care Exit Interview – Yorkshire Humberside and NE Region        
Hull – YPSS 60 Second Survey on services
Wandworth - ETE Questionnaire 

Middlesbrough - Questionnaire on satisfaction with supported lodgings
Middlesbrough - Young person exit interview

5.13
Tools and resources
Assessment tool – access and take up of volunteering opportunities – Not yet available

Tools and resources
Assessment tool - young people’s satisfaction with decisions about how personal budget is spent – Not yet available