Youth support services
Estyn carries out inspections of youth support services in accordance with the requirements of the Learning and Skills Act 2000. For the inspection of youth support services, inspection activity may:
- be general or in relation to specific matters;
- relate to a specific person or institution providing services or to
- a specific class of person or institution; or
- relate to a specific area.
From 2008, the Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP) is the mechanism by which all services for children and young people are planned in partnership between all key strategic service providers. The local authority has the lead responsibility for the development of the Children and Young People's Plan.
The duties for the provision of youth support services to young people aged 11-25 are laid out in the Learning and Skills Act 2000, and explained in detail in ‘Extending Entitlement’(1) and the associated directions and guidance.
