Targeted Youth Support (TYS) is a new service set up to work with young people, aged 10 -19, in the Bay area who have been referred to us. Our work also includes supporting young people on the Youth Inclusion Programme (YIP).
Our Service
We aim to encourage the positive elements of a young person’s life, and build on these.
Work will range from one-to-one support, small team activities and specific issues groups, family/parenting support, drop-in groups, schools based work, and ‘signposting’ to other services.
The TYS team is located in Torquay (for Torquay referrals) and in Paignton (for Brixham and Paignton referrals). The team includes male and female workers who have all worked with young people and their families before. They are from a variety of professions and backgrounds and so have lots of experience, skills and different approaches at hand. We also have a number of trained volunteers who work with young people in areas of specialist interest.
Further Information for Pratitioners
We use the Common Assessment Framework as our initial referral into the service.
- We work in partnership with other agencies, not instead of them.
- TYS is a voluntary service for young people and their families – we will endeavour to engage all young people referred, but the service will be subject to their acceptance.
- TYS will work with young people and their parent/carers to deliver improved outcomes for the young person.
- Progress will be regularly reviewed and young people will be supported in accessing universal services.
- We will assess young people using the ONSET assessment tool, which will assist in recognising progress / achievement.
Referrals will be checked against our target criteria for suitability of service. Our target group are those young people who could be affected by the following issues:
- being accommodated by the local authority
- have poor school attendance and/or risk of exclusion
- teenage pregnancies
- anti-social behaviour
- first time entrants to the youth justice system
For information on completing a CAF referral for this service, please contact your local Cluster team
Further information for Young People and Parents/Carers
TYS is a new team set up to work with young people aged 10-19. We receive our referrals via the Common Assessment Framework process. Referrals may be completed by a variety of people who have contact with you (e.g. schools, doctors, parents, social workers, Checkpoint, etc.) to ask for some help and support for you.
This is a voluntary service, so we can only work with you and your family if that is what you want.
Our team is based in Torquay and in Paignton (also covering Brixham) and workers usually work within their local area. You will be allocated a worker who will work with you on an individual basis to try to improve some of the things that you identify as a difficulty. The work will range from one-to-one support, small team activities and specific issues groups, family/parenting support, drop-in groups, schools based work, and ‘signposting’ to other services.
Activities
We may set up some activities for you while you are working with us. These will be aimed at developing your confidence, giving you some new skills, or they may be a reward for positive progress and achievements. The types of activities we may do with you include: sports activities, water sports, camping trips, cultural activities or visits to see something of interest. We may also involve you in a community event, and we may invite you to a youth group.
We will ask for parents or carers permission for each of these, but will ask for a general consent form at the beginning to cover these activities. Without this consent and some health and safety information, we cannot do any of these things.
Service Values
- We will only share information with those people you have agreed to share it with in your original referral (CAF)
- We recognise the different needs of each young person and their family and will work with these needs.
- We will review what we are doing with you regularly and will aim towards getting you to access services in the community that are for all young people and families.
Volunteering
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please complete an application form and email it to the TYS Team.
Contact
Torquay Targeted Youth Support Tel: 01803 402741 | Paignton & Brixham Targeted Youth Support Tel: 01803 557870 |
Related Tasks
Contact Targeted Youth Support
- Tel: 01803 402741
- Email: tysadmin@torbay.gov.uk
- Fax: N/A
Related Pages
- Common Assessment Framework