Minutes:
Jade Beevers, Early Intervention and Prevention Worker was welcomed to the meeting.
Members were provided with an update on the youth work undertaken during the summer period:-
· The Goldthorpe Centre had held sessions on photography, gaming and textiles, approximately 10 individuals had attended each session, with the intention to capture what culture and Goldthorpe meant to them. Follow up sessions would be held for photography and gaming. Recordings from each session would be combined into a video which would be shared with the Area Council in due course. Sheffield University students would come into the centre from September 2023 to create a digitised townscape of Barnsley.
· Activities had been ran for under privileged individuals to attend the youth centres to enable them to try different experiences.
· A trial had been held for a teenage mothers’ group. Unfortunately the four individuals booked onto the trial had not attended. The trial would be re-run, with the aspiration for it to be held on a monthly basis.
· One-to-one perinatal care sessions had been held. The sessions were accessible for any young person. The figures for perinatal young people within the Dearne area had reduced and Dearne had one of the lowest figures for this within the borough. Prior to the 6 week holiday period, a Year 6 transition session had been held to introduce the service and support that was on offer. From 2024, the service would be opened as an evening provision.
· A special needs group was also in place, which was a protective group consisting of 12 individuals.
· There were currently 3 members of staff within the team and recruitment was underway for Assistant Youth Worker posts.
RESOLVED that Members noted the update.