The Council is looking to recruit a team of young people to help shape local services for young people.
The new team – known as Young Commissioners – will be invited to contribute their ideas about young people’s services and to help select the organisations that run those services in the future. They’ll also be able to take part in research projects, monitor services and gather the views of young people who use those services.
Services under the scrutiny of young people will include those providing social care and public health, as well as short breaks for disabled children and young people, services for children in care, and youth services.
Those chosen to be Young Commissioners will receive training before they take on the role, and get the chance to take part in team building activities and social events.
Chad Ndebele, 17, a pupil at The John Roan school, was part of an eight-strong panel of young people that helped select the organisation that will run public health services for young people from the Autumn.
“I got to work with a very diverse and strong group of young people,” he said. “Each of us brought very different experiences which helped us in our role of representing the young people who will use those public health services in the future.
“The training was very thorough and helped us understand how to assess the application. We then came up with a series of questions aimed at finding out more about how they would actually provide those services – and how they would communicate clearly with young people so that services are accessible to the young people who need them.”
Cllr Miranda Williams, the Royal Borough’s Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, said: “The Council works with a wide range of organisations that provide services for young people. And while we work hard to capture the views of young people, we are keen to have young people involved throughout the process - from planning new services to monitoring performance I’d therefore encourage young people to sign up and help us shape our services.”
Young Commissioners should be aged between 13 and 19 (or up to 25 if the young person has a disability).
For more information on how to become a Young Commissioner please contact Children's Services on 020 8921 4654.
The new team – known as Young Commissioners – will be invited to contribute their ideas about young people’s services and to help select the organisations that run those services in the future. They’ll also be able to take part in research projects, monitor services and gather the views of young people who use those services.
Services under the scrutiny of young people will include those providing social care and public health, as well as short breaks for disabled children and young people, services for children in care, and youth services.
Those chosen to be Young Commissioners will receive training before they take on the role, and get the chance to take part in team building activities and social events.
Chad Ndebele, 17, a pupil at The John Roan school, was part of an eight-strong panel of young people that helped select the organisation that will run public health services for young people from the Autumn.
“I got to work with a very diverse and strong group of young people,” he said. “Each of us brought very different experiences which helped us in our role of representing the young people who will use those public health services in the future.
“The training was very thorough and helped us understand how to assess the application. We then came up with a series of questions aimed at finding out more about how they would actually provide those services – and how they would communicate clearly with young people so that services are accessible to the young people who need them.”
Cllr Miranda Williams, the Royal Borough’s Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, said: “The Council works with a wide range of organisations that provide services for young people. And while we work hard to capture the views of young people, we are keen to have young people involved throughout the process - from planning new services to monitoring performance I’d therefore encourage young people to sign up and help us shape our services.”
Young Commissioners should be aged between 13 and 19 (or up to 25 if the young person has a disability).
For more information on how to become a Young Commissioner please contact Children's Services on 020 8921 4654.
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