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Today sees the publication of two reports – Formative Evaluation of the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework and Youth Engagement and Progression Framework:  An Approach to an Impact Evaluation.


The formative evaluation seeks to understand the way the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework has been implemented; inform its continued development; and support the development of a detailed specification through which the Framework’s impact can be measured.


To complete this work the contractors, ICF International undertook a number of activities including:


 


* Interviews with 162 implementation staff across all local authority areas including representatives of post\-16 providers; schools; Careers Wales; Jobcentre Plus (JCP); and voluntary sector organisations.
* Detailed case study research in eight local authorities focusing on a specific strand of the Framework’s implementation where strong progress has been made.
* A stakeholder survey of participants in the implementation of the Framework to gauge perceptions of involvement and improvement in arrangements and systems since the launch of the Framework.


 


The overarching findings of the evaluation are that all local authorities have made progress with implementing the Framework since it was launched in October 2013\.  Many interviewees praised the Framework as the best guidance/strategy related to young people produced by the Welsh Government.  Most interviewees believe that the Framework has made a difference to the collaboration between all partners as well as the engagement of the key organisations’ leaders.  

Specific findings include:


 


* All local authorities have developed action plans for implementing the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework and have appointed an Engagement and Progression Coordinator to coordinate delivery of the action plan.
* Generally local authorities have taken steps to develop effective strategic governance arrangements for the Framework.  Although it is difficult to fully assess the effectiveness of steering arrangements, there is evidence that more strategic groups are functioning well with good attendance, examples of active leadership, good partnership working and improved sharing of data and information.
* As of February 2015 nearly every authority in Wales (20 out of 22\) had developed an early identification system for young people at risk of becoming disengaged from education.
* Around two thirds of local authorities have developed plans and arrangements for lead working. There have been challenges with this linked to delays in establishing information sharing protocols; difficulties in conveying the message that lead working is already taking place and is not a new approach; and difficulties in getting all partners to participate in operational groups to facilitate the brokerage of support.  The local authorities that have implemented arrangements for lead working have overcome most of these challenges.
* In general, local authorities that have a data\-led early identification system in place for young people at school pre\-16 have established processes for follow up and review on a termly basis at least.
* All local authorities have made progress with mapping provision against the five tier model of engagement in line with guidance from the Welsh Government.
* Although generally no new employability projects have been developed under the Framework, local authorities and partners provided examples of existing initiatives that provided young people with knowledge about careers and work experience opportunities which they will maintain or seek to extend.
* In general LAs and partners had found the communications, networking opportunities and support provided by the Welsh Government’s programme team to be timely and useful.


 


Findings from the case studies highlighted:


* The feedback from schools and LA staff on the introduction of the early identification tool is positive. It was felt that the introduction of a standard tool for the whole local authority ‘helped to prevent some young people falling through the cracks as it identified some young people who would not have been seen as at risk previously’ (LA interviewee).
* The introduction of the NEET operational group to discuss the young people identified as at risk has reduced duplication of services and improved coordination between agencies. It has also improved accountability, as agencies report back to the group on the progress they have made with young people.
* As a result of the actions taken since the introduction of the Framework, as well as strengthening of existing arrangements, there has been improved coordination and joint working between partners. Partners are considered to be working well together to share information so that young people are identified early on and then provided with appropriate support that is coordinated by a lead worker.
* As a result of the mapping of provision for 19\-24 year olds and subsequent changes to referrals, stakeholders reported improved processes for referrals from JCP to Careers Wales and improved sharing of information between partners.


 


  

The report makes 23 recommendations which cover suggested changes to monitoring arrangements for the operational aspects of the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework, changes to the advice, support and guidance provided to partners, and suggestions for what steps need to be undertaken to ensure that the subsequent planned impact evaluation can be undertaken successfully. Officials will be using the findings in both of these reports to inform the design of an evaluation of the Framework.


The Framework has a two year implementation phase which ends in October 2015\.  I want to maintain the positive momentum and build on the progress made to date. As part of the development of actions for the Framework’s post\-implementation phase, I have asked my officials to consider the evaluation report’s findings and recommendations, alongside those set out in the Wales Audit Office report ‘Young people not in education, employment or training’ and the Enterprise and Business Committee report ‘Assisting young people into work’.  


I will provide an update on this work as it progresses.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Bydd dau adroddiad yn cael eu cyhoeddi heddiw – Gwerthusiad Ffurfiannol o’r Fframwaith Ymgysylltu a Datblygu Ieuenctid a Fframwaith Ymgysylltu a Datblygu Ieuenctid: Dull o Werthuso Effaith.

Nod y gwerthusiad ffurfiannol yw ceisio deall y modd y mae’r Fframwaith Ymgysylltu a Datblygu Ieuenctid wedi’i weithredu; llywio ei ddatblygiad parhaus; a chefnogi datblygiad manyleb fanwl y bydd modd ei defnyddio i fesur effaith y Fframwaith.

Ymgymerodd y contractwyr, ICF International, â nifer o weithgareddau er mwyn cwblhau’r gwaith hwn gan gynnwys: 

* Cyfweliadau â 162 o staff gweithredu ar draws ardaloedd awdurdodau lleol gan gynnwys cynrychiolwyr o blith darparwyr ôl\-16; ysgolion; Gyrfa Cymru; Canolfan Byd Gwaith; a sefydliadau’r sector gwirfoddol.
* Ymchwil manwl yn cynnwys astudiaethau achos o fewn wyth awdurdod lleol, gan ganolbwyntio ar agwedd benodol ar waith gweithredu’r Fframwaith lle y mae llawer o gynnydd wedi’i gyflawni.
* Arolwg ymysg y rhanddeiliaid a fu’n rhan o’r gwaith o weithredu’r Fframwaith er mwyn ceisio barn ynghylch y trefniadau a’r systemau o ran cyfranogiad a gwelliannau ers lansio’r Fframwaith.

Prif gasgliadau’r gwerthusiad oedd fod pob awdurdod lleol wedi cyflawni cryn gynnydd wrth weithredu’r Fframwaith ers iddo gael ei lansio ym mis Hydref 2013\. Gwnaeth sawl person a gafodd eu cyfweld ganmol y Fframwaith a’i ddisgrifio fel y canllaw/strategaeth orau gan Lywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â phobl ifanc. Credai’r rhan fwyaf o’r bobl ifanc a gafodd eu cyfweld fod y Fframwaith wedi cyflawni cryn wahaniaeth o safbwynt y cydweithio rhwng pob partner a’r ymgysylltu ag arweinwyr y sefydliadau allweddol.

Ymysg y prif gasgliadau mae’r canlynol:

* Mae pob awdurdod lleol wedi datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ar gyfer rhoi’r Fframwaith Ymgysylltu a Datblygu Ieuenctid ar waith. Maent hefyd wedi penodi Cydgysylltydd Ymgysylltu a Datblygu sy’n cydgysylltu’r cynllun gweithredu.
* At ei gilydd mae awdurdodau lleol wedi cymryd camau i ddatblygu trefniadau llywodraethu strategol effeithiol ar gyfer y Fframwaith. Er ei bod hi’n anodd asesu’n llawn effeithiolrwydd y trefniadau llywio, mae tystiolaeth yn bodoli sy’n dangos bod grwpiau mwy strategol yn gweithio’n dda, gyda phresenoldeb da, enghreifftiau o arweinyddiaeth flaengar, gwaith partneriaeth da a gwell arferion ar gyfer rhannu data a gwybodaeth.
* Ers mis Chwefror 2015 mae bron i bob awdurdod yng Nghymru (20 o blith 22\) wedi datblygu system adnabod yn gynnar ar gyfer pobl ifanc a allai ymddieithrio o addysg.
* Mae oddeutu dwy ran o dair o awdurdodau lleol wedi datblygu cynlluniau a threfniadau ar gyfer gwaith arweiniol. Mae cryn heriau wedi’u hwynebu yn sgil oedi o ran sefydlu protocolau rhannu gwybodaeth; anawsterau wrth gyfleu’r neges fod gwaith arweiniol eisoes yn digwydd ac nad yw’n ddull newydd; ac anawsterau o ran annog pob partner i fod yn rhan o grwpiau gweithredol er mwyn ei gwneud hi’n haws i gynnig cefnogaeth. Mae’r awdurdodau lleol sydd eisoes wedi mabwysiadu egwyddorion gwaith arweiniol wedi gorchfygu’r rhan fwyaf o’r heriau hyn.
* Yn gyffredinol, mae gan awdurdodau lleol sydd â system adnabod yn gynnar a gaiff ei harwain gan ddata ar gyfer pobl ifanc cyn 16 oed yn yr ysgol brosesau pendant ar gyfer gwaith dilynol ac adolygu bob tymor man lleiaf.
* Mae pob awdurdod lleol wedi cyflawni cryn gynnydd o safbwynt mapio’r ddarpariaeth yn erbyn y model ymgysylltu ag iddo bum haen, a hynny’n unol â chanllawiau gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
* Er nad oes unrhyw brosiectau cyflogadwyedd newydd wedi’u datblygu o dan y Fframwaith, cyflwynodd awdurdodau lleol a phartneriaid enghreifftiau o fentrau presennol a roedd yn rhoi gwybodaeth i bobl ifanc am yrfaoedd a chyfleoedd profiad gwaith y byddant yn eu cynnal neu’n ceisio eu hestyn.
* At ei gilydd mae’r awdurdodau lleol a’r partneriaid wedi barnu bod y negeseuon cyfathrebu, y cyfleoedd rhwydweithio.a’r gefnogaeth gan dîm rhaglen Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn ddefnyddiol ac yn amserol.

Amlygodd casgliadau’r astudiaethau achos y materion canlynol:  


* Mae’r adborth gan ysgolion a staff awdurdodau lleol ynghylch cyflwyno’r dull adnabod yn gynnar yn bositif. Teimlwyd bod cyflwyno dull safonol ar gyfer yr awdurdod lleol cyfan ‘yn helpu i sicrhau nad yw rhai pobl ifanc yn cael eu colli gan na chredid ynghynt eu bod mewn perygl o ymddieithrio’ (person o ALl a gafodd ei gyfweld).
* Mae cyflwyno’r grŵp gweithredol NEET er mwyn trafod y bobl ifanc y barnwyd eu bod mewn perygl wedi lleihau unrhyw ddyblygu o ran gwasanaethau ac wedi gwella’r cydgysylltu rhwng asiantaethau. Mae hefyd wedi sicrhau rhagor o atebolrwydd, wrth i asiantaethau adrodd yn ôl wrth y grŵp ar y cynnydd y maent wedi’i gyflawni gyda phobl ifanc.
* Yn sgil y camau a gymerwyd ers cyflwyno’r Fframwaith mae’r trefniadau presennol wedi’u hatgyfnerthu ac mae gwell cydgysylltu a chydweithio rhwng partneriaid. Bernir bod partneriaid yn cydweithio’n dda wrth rannu gwybodaeth fel bod pobl ifanc yn cael eu hadnabod yn gynnar ac yna’n derbyn y gefnogaeth briodol a gaiff ei chydgysylltu gan weithiwr arweiniol.
* Yn sgil mapio’r ddarpariaeth ar gyfer pobl ifanc rhwng 19 a 24 mlwydd oed a newidiadau dilynol i atgyfeiriadau, nododd rhanddeiliaid fod gwell prosesau ar gyfer atgyfeiriadau o’r Ganolfan Byd Gwaith i Gyrfa Cymru a gwell arferion rhannu gwybodaeth rhwng partneriaid.

  
Mae’r adroddiad yn cyflwyno 23 o argymhellion sy’n cynnwys newidiadau a gaiff eu hawgrymu i drefniadau monitro ar gyfer yr agweddau gweithredol ar y Fframwaith Ymgysylltu a Datblygu Pobl Ifanc, newidiadau i’r cyngor, y gefnogaeth a’r cyfarwyddyd a roddir i bartneriaid, ac awgrymiadau ynghylch pa gamau y mae angen eu cymryd er mwyn sicrhau bod modd gwerthuso effaith y Fframwaith yn llwyddiannus. Bydd swyddogion yn defnyddio casgliadau’r ddau adroddiad er mwyn ffurfio gwerthusiad o’r Fframwaith. 

Mae cyfnod gweithredu dros ddwy flynedd ynghlwm wrth y Fframwaith a fydd yn dod i ben ym mis Hydref 2015\. Rwy’n awyddus i gynnal momentwm positif ac adeiladu ar y cynnydd sydd wedi’i gyflawni hyd yma. Wrth i’r camau gael eu datblygu ar gyfer cyfnod ôl\-weithredu’r Fframwaith, rwyf wedi gofyn i’m swyddogion ystyried casgliadau ac argymhellion yr adroddiad gwerthuso, ar y cyd â chasgliadau ac argymhellion adroddiad Swyddfa Cymru sef ‘Pobl ifanc nad ydynt mewn addysg, cyflogaeth na hyfforddiant’ ac adroddiad y Pwyllgor Menter a Busnes ‘Helpu pobl ifanc i gael gwaith’.  

Byddaf yn cyflwyno’r newyddion diweddaraf ynghylch y gwaith hwn wrth iddo fynd rhagddo.