YorOK Involvement Work

If you provide a service and want to get people involved it can be hard to know where to start. Here you can find information and support to ensure that your involvement work is good quality and effective.

Good Practice

Use this good practice guide to make sure your work will be of the highest standard. It includes examples of Policies drawn up by different agencies as well as links to useful websites. We all face many of the same issues. These policies give an indication on how they have been tackled.

Social Networking Sites

Social Network Sites (SNS) present opportunities to work with young people, families and communities but opportunities and risks go hand in hand. The opportunities and risks of most concern to young people (keeping in touch with friends and bullying respectively) are different from those most frequently highlighted in the mainstream media.

Involving disabled children

• Listen to me - The "Listen to Me" series of booklets include practical and innovative examples of how children can express their views. Their opinions are really important and have definitely shaped priorities for services in the City of York. Clearly some children and young people require more support to be involved and we know that parents and practitioners are eager to help them do this.

• Listen to me - Guidance enabling participation and listening to children and young people
• Listen to me - Booklet 1 (0-5 years)
• Listen to me - Booklet 2 (5-11 years)
• Listen to me - Booklet 3 (11 years+)
• Listen to me - Taking an active part in meetings with your child
• Disability Toolkit - Are you looking for extra support and guidance when involving disabled children and young people in participation and decision making activities?
• Involve Me - The Involve Me resource aims to increase the involvement of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in decision making and consultation. The resource is the result of a three year project, supported by the Renton Foundation and run by Mencap in partnership with the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD).

Consultation Factsheets

Are you thinking of carrying out some consultation? It doesn't have to be a questionnaire! Find out about different ways of carrying out consultation with children and young people.

What is Neighbourhood working?

It is the council working with residents to shape their own areas and neighbourhoods by developing local solutions for the things that matter most to them. This approach involves

• Communities being empowered to influence and shape the services they receive
• Listening to residents to establish local priorities
• Service providers working together to deliver efficient well coordinated services at a local level