V0-19CE -  Children, Young People and Families Voluntary Sector Network 

Development Officer – Children, Young People and Families

Craig Waugh

The aim of the Development Officer role is to develop:

A voice for the voluntary sector

Supporting voluntary and community organisations to influence local service planning and strategic decision-making. This includes:

·        Facilitating the V0-19CE and Youth V0-19CE Networks

·        Providing regular information updates via email and this website

·        Attending, and supporting representatives from these Networks to attend, various strategic planning groups in order to represent the Sector

·        Providing an opportunity for groups to share information and to keep up to date with local and national developments

·        Promoting two-way communication between the voluntary and public sectors.

 

Sustainable voluntary and community sector

·        Providing information, advice and development support to local voluntary and community organisations.

 

 

Securing quality and consistency of provision

• Supporting groups to meet legal and statutory requirements, as laid out by the YorOK Community
• Providing support and information to groups looking at undertaking other Quality Assurance Frameworks.

The post is funded by the Children’s Fund and the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC).

If you are a voluntary or community organisation working with children and young people and want to keep up to date with what is happening locally and nationally join the York V0-19CE

Useful web links

The Yor-OK site -lots of local information for children, young people, parents, carers and practitioners http://www.yor-ok.org.uk/

Every Child Matters : everything you need to know about the Every Child Matters: Change for Children agenda and the development of Integrated Working http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/aims/

The York Safeguarding Board - enabling inter-agency cooperation in the protection of children against all forms of abuse and neglect. The website includes the referral route for child protection cases and advice on safe recruitment; http://www.saferchildrenyork.org.uk

Minutes 

Voice Meeting January 2009

Voice Meeting March 2009