Ordinance on Cooperation in Youth Policy and Youth Welfare - Purpose

1. The canton supports coordination in youth policy and youth welfare. It promotes networking and cooperation between authorities, state agencies, and private institutions at the cantonal and municipal levels.

1. The Department of Education is responsible for ensuring coordination and cooperation in youth policy and youth welfare.

2. It executes its duties in consultation with the other competent authorities, governmental specialist offices, and private institutions.

3. In fulfilling these duties, it is supported by

a) a political steering group and a cantonal youth commission for the area of youth policy

b) a contact and coordination office and an interdisciplinary specialist group for youth welfare in the area of youth welfare

1. The Executive Council appoints a political steering committee consisting of six members for the duration of their term. It is composed of

a) the heads of the Department of Education and the Department of the Interior

b) one representative each from the City Council of Schaffhausen and the Municipal Council of Neuhausen am Rheinfall

c) two representatives from other municipal councils

2. The political steering committee is chaired by the head of the Department of Education. Additionally, it constitutes itself.

1. The political steering group ensures coordination between the youth commission and the executive bodies of the canton and the municipalities in the area of youth policy.

2. It issues mandates to the youth commission and forwards their reports and proposals with a recommendation to the competent executive bodies for discussion, decision-making, and implementation.

1. The political steering group elects a cantonal youth commission for the duration of the term, consisting of a maximum of 13 members. It is comprised of

a) professionals actively working in youth services from the fields of family, school, leisure, and culture

b) a representative of the Department of the Interior

c) at least one representative from the Department of Education and one representative from the Schaffhausen police

2. The cantonal youth commission is generally chaired by the Department of Education. It organizes itself independently.

1. The Cantonal Youth Commission addresses fundamental questions of youth policy in the Canton of Schaffhausen, deals with the concerns of young people, and advocates for them. It focuses primarily on the potential of youth and collaborates with other authorities, state expert agencies, and private institutions as necessary.

2. It acts as a coordinator for questions and concerns of youth at cantonal and municipal levels, initiates impulses for a participatory youth policy, and ensures a network between various private and public expert agencies and institutions.

3. It fulfills the tasks assigned by the political steering group and periodically provides reports and proposals to this group.

4. A duties specification, which must be approved by the Department of Education, regulates the details.

1. The compensation of the members of the Cantonal Youth Commission is regulated by the government council in a regulation.

1. The Cantonal School Social Service of the Department of Education (Family and Youth Office) establishes a Contact and Coordination Point for Youth Assistance in order to support and ensure simple, case-specific collaboration and networking of entire youth assistance in the Canton of Schaffhausen.

2. It is fundamentally available to provide advisory services to all residents of the canton, offers information, and refers individuals to the competent specialist office or authority. It is not responsible for case management.

3. If complex jurisdictional questions arise, it refers the matter to the Interdisciplinary Expert Group for Youth Assistance.

4. A duties and responsibilities schedule issued by the Department of Education regulates the details.

1. An interdisciplinary expert group appointed by the Department of Education supports the youth welfare system in complex cases, particularly concerning intricate jurisdictional issues, to facilitate straightforward, case-specific collaboration and networking within youth welfare systems.

2. It provides advisory services to authorities, government agencies, and private practitioners dealing with children or adolescents for whom interdisciplinary consultation and assessment seem necessary or advisable.

3. The composition of the expert group and further details are governed by a set of duties issued by the Department of Education.

1. The compensation of the members of the Interdisciplinary Expert Group on Youth Welfare is regulated by the Executive Council in a regulation.

1. The Regulation on the Promotion of Cooperation in Youth Welfare of June 17, 2003, is repealed.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2008.

2. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and incorporated into the cantonal legal collection.