Out Of The Box Plain Version
- 1. Digital Youth Outreach & eParticipation Increased opportunities and participation of vulnerable/unrepresented young people across Devon in the development and delivery of Children's Trust My Role
- 2. The challenge within my role has been how to reach young people across a large geographical and demographical area. Soon after I joined Devon County Council I was challenged by my target audience to meet them in their space ‘on line’ – Facebook and Bebo. Digital Youth Outreach & eParticipation Devon has 64,000 young people aged 11-21 yrs old. Only 1 of me!
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- 4. Digital Youth Outreach & eParticipation Identify and remove organisational barriers to social networking platforms. Identify best practice usage of ‘ on-line social networks ’ regarding youth engagement. Young people to be consulted and able to participate in decisions related to development and delivery of Children’s Trust i.e. eParticipation Aims
- 5. Consult with young people at Annual Youth festival July 2008 Establish risk assessment policy for use by staff and young people for on-line social networking. Promoting information and links to enable safe internet use for young people Create page on BEBO & Facebook for Youth Participation Team Digital Youth Outreach & eParticipation Objectives
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- 8. "I was well up for just setting up a facebook group, but today I realised the need to think about the bigger picture and consider the possible risk(s).” Young person Digital Youth Outreach & eParticipation Digital foot print Self Identity on SNS profiles Personal Boundaries Code of conduct Training for young people “ Really useful to think about the risks but also the solutions – solve it!” Young person.
- 9. Participation & Democracy Development Team Young People Local Group meetings Exchange of information Social Network Profile Exchange of information Reports Minutes Blogs Children in Care page UKYP - page Information/ resource page Local Group meetings Photos/videos Website Exchange of information Practice contextualised in local Policy: Devon Children & Young Peoples Plan 2009-2011 Hear By Right Real People, Real Power Participation & Democracy Team Consultations / Sessions
- 10. Objectives for eParticipation 2009 Young People - Devon County Council Implementation of SNS policy/guidelines for practitioners & young people Information exchange between young people & decision makers through eParticipation applications Increased transparency and accountability between decision makers and young people in Devon. Quality accredited induction training (OCN) for young people/practitioners Publication of resource manual for practitioners Participation & Democracy Development Team
- 11. Thank You! More information available on my web page www.katiebacon.co.uk