Thematic report |
Management information in local authority youth services - June 2009
Most local authority youth services do not use robust management information systems, which hinders planning and evaluation of how effective the service is in meeting young people’s needs.
Recommendations
The Welsh Assembly Government should:
- ensure that all local authority youth services use a consistent management information system (MIS) or one set of agreed standards against which they all report.
Local authority youth services should:
- develop effective management information systems to collect data on take up, attainment, drop-out rates and progress of young people in formal and non-formal education;
- further develop systems for measuring the personal development of young people; and
- improve the collection and analysis of relevant data and information including that which relates to social inclusion.
Local partnerships should:
- analyse the data available that relates to social inclusion in order to identify local challenges and local solutions; and
- support the roll out of effective use of MIS to partner agencies that contribute to local youth support services.