Month: December 2022

Below you can find a short message from the Welsh Government regarding an invitation to Tender.

There will be the opportunity to co-ordinate and manage the Youth Work Young Persons Committee.

ITQ – Young Persons Committee – 2023

ITQ – Young Persons Committee – Standard Conditions of Service

Please see the links above for an Invitation to Tender to co-ordinate and manage the Youth Work Young Persons Committee. Applications are welcome from single organisations or consortiums.

If you have any queries, please direct them to the youthwork@gov.wales mailbox.

The deadline for receipt of bids is 1pm on Monday, 16 January 2023.

 

The Minister for Education and Welsh Language published a statement today on a consultation on draft legislation on proposals to add to the categories of those required to register with the Education Workforce Council.

The statement and consultation documents can be accessed on the Welsh Government’s website.

Thank you to all who responded to the previous consultation in relation to the proposals associated with youth workers and youth support workers.  Your continued engagement in this work is much appreciated and we will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on these proposed changes. Any queries on the proposed changes to registration of youth workers and youth support workers should be directed to youthwork@gov.wales

The consultation closes on 17 February 2023.

Taith are holding an Introductory session to Pathway 1 prior to the next funding call opening in January 2023.

If you would like to join to hear more about the application process and ask any questions, there will be two sessions next week:

 

14th December 4-5pm

16th December 12.30-1.30pm

To attend either of these please register at the above links. If you would like to find out more about Taith Pathway 1 please take a look at our dedicated resource page; https://www.cwvys.org.uk/resources/

If you have any questions feel free to contact Taith directly at enquiries@taith.wales

Recently the Welsh Government published some information on it’s vision for Community Focused Schools, why they’re important and what they hope they will achieve for the people of Wales.

You can find the information in full here; Community focused Schools

They said of why this idea is important;

We want all schools in Wales to be Community Focused Schools:

building a strong partnership with families
responding to the needs of their community
collaborating effectively with other services

The article continues;

Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, has recognised the importance of Community Focused Schools. Their report, Community schools: families and communities at the heart of school life’ provides case studies illustrating aspects of each element of the community focused school approach. They also identify 8 defining characteristics of a Community Focused School:

1. a focus on social, emotional and health needs of all learners including access to a coherent range of services and personal learning plans
2. engagement with families, often including the development of a family support service in school
3. engagement with the wider community, providing both the opportunity and the mechanisms to build capacity in the local community
4. integrated provision of school education, informal as well as formal education, social work and health education and promotion services
5. integrated management often supported by an integration manager
6. services delivered according to a set of integrated objectives and measurable outcomes, a significant feature in many cases being co-location
7. commitment and leadership
8. multi-disciplinary training and staff development

Here you can find a diagram of the Government’s model for Community Focused Schools;