NEELB Youth Service Get Thumbs Up in Ballymena

The Service in Ballymena and Moyle was the focus back in October of a two-week inspection by the ETI who undertake inspections for the Department of Education across Schools, Colleges and Youth Services.

The findings released this month are now available on the ETI Website: www.etini.gov.uk

A team of four Inspectors visited NEELB Youth Clubs, Projects and the local Area Youth Office located in John Street Ballymena and focussed on such areas as - the young people’s achievements and standards, quality of provision, and the quality of leadership and management.

Whilst all aspects of the Youth Service provision were examined, the main focal points were - quality of youth work delivered in schools by NEELB Youth Workers, quality of youth provision in Waveney Youth Centre and quality of youth work in rural areas

The Area Youth Work team were delighted with the inspection feedback which indicated that overall, the quality of youth work provided by NEELB Youth Service in Ballymena/Moyle is Very Good, with:

The quality of leadership and management - good.

The quality of provision for learning - very good.

The standards achieved by the young people - very good.

The quality of provision for youth work in schools - very good.

The quality of the youth provision within Waveney Youth Centre - very good.

The overall quality of the provision for rural youth work in Ballymena/Moyle Area - good.

Area Youth Officer, Tommy Dallas is delighted with what he described as “one of the best inspection reports ever received across the NEELB Youth Service”.

He said: “Despite the pressure of having an Inspection team in the area over a two week period it is a real boost for all those youth workers who work with the young people across the area virtually every night. The staff and volunteers are a dedicated team who rarely receive recognition or praise whilst often working in difficult situations”.

Anyone interested in getting involved in Youth Work across Ballymena/Antrim/Moyle should contact Tommy on 028 25643625 or [email protected]