4.43 At the time of our inspection no children identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual. Support for children who did identify was provided individually. In the months before our inspection three children had recently identified as gay and specific groups had been arranged for them by Kinetic Youth
Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Feltham A by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 21 February – 4 March 2022
3.53 Kinetic Youth workers (a youth work social enterprise) were used productively with separated children which was good.
Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Feltham A by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 21 February – 4 March 2022
kinetic youth workers undertook useful one-to-one work with children, for example on Keppel they were helping a child who did not speak English as their first language to develop their understanding and use of English.
Report on a scrutiny visit to HMYOI Wetherby and the Keppel unit by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 19 and 26–27 January 2021
Kinetic delivery youth work services to children, young people and young adults in prisons. Using interactive participative activities and programmes, Kinetic workers create safe environments to support individuals to explore, learn and grow. Kinetic workers provide individuals with a trusted adult and through dialogical interventions support and enable them to increase their engagement with education, training and work, with peers and family and professionals and services. Kinetic workers undertake regular needs assessment and adapt delivery to respond to neurodiversity and trauma. Delivery is planned, facilitated and evaluated with equity, equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging underpinning all aspects.
Delivery can take the form of workshops, activities, and 121 work. Kinetic delivery clubs, focus groups and projects. All delivery is planned and evaluated with the individuals.
Kinetic’s aim is to understand, identify and addressing barriers to engagement, working with individuals to reduce negative behaviour, increase positive behaviour and increase their engagement with regime, education/work, officers and professionals and specialist services.
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Kinetic’s Keys service (Kinetic Engagement Youth Service) is a placement programme for schools who are working with children and young people who are struggling to engage.
Keys is not an alternative education provision, it is a service to support children and young to reduce negative behaviour, increase positive behaviour and increase their engagement with formal education.
On placement with Kinetic once a week for a term, workers become a trusted adult. They create a safe environment to work with children/young people supporting them to grow and learn and to understand, challenge and change the behaviour enabling them to engage more successfully with their formal education.
Kinetic use accreditation to recognise learning and growth and measure impact based on children and young people’s increased engagement in formal education, with peers and professionals. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead supports the delivery to ensure any challenges faced in their lives outside school are understand and managed in partnership with the school.
Teenage years can be challenging, for teenagers and their families. Adolescence is a very complex process where expectations on behaviour often mirror adult behaviour expectations when the brain in still forming and the body is changing. When young people are questioning who they are, what they want, this can be a very challenging time.
Kinetic offer youth workers as a trusted independent adult to support young people through this process. Supporting their learning, growth, understanding of themselves and the world, developing their self-esteem and identifying their strength, their interests and planning for their future.
Families can pay for 121 sessions for their teenager, either online or in person, once or twice a week.
Youth workers are always vetted, trained and experienced.
Youth workers can work with children and young people in relation to anger, violence, self-confidence, gangs, families, schools, isolation, mental health and much more. If we identify they would benefit from specialist services we are able to sign post and support with the engagement with this. If we feel they would benefit from more social engagement, we are also able to identify local activities and support them to access these.
Kinetic have been supporting organisations big and small, local and national, to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills related to the active involvement of children and young people. This enables organisations to involve children and young people in the design, development and even delivery, which helps the organisation to deliver the best possible service to the children and young people with the best possible outcomes for all.
Kinetic offer training, consultancy, and can even support by delivering actual participation programmes for the organisation.