Every Child Matters: Delivering Change for Children

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Every Child Matters Delivering Change for
Children
Althea Efunshile Director of Safeguarding
Children Group
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Key messages

• Improving outcomes must drive all we do
• This applies to all children but we must narrow
  the gap in outcomes between disadvantaged
  children and their peers
• Working together is the best way to deliver
  improved outcomes
• Good progress has been made but
• Local authorities, working with their partners,
  need to lead programmes of local change to
  deliver further improvements

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The outcomes framework - 1
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The outcomes framework - 2
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How will services be different?

• Actively listening to and involving children,
  young people and parents and carers
• Personalised and high quality
• Childcare
• Education
• Health care
• Better opportunities and activities for children
  and young people
• Improved information for parents and carers
• Quicker, more effective support where needed

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Childrens Trusts
Inter-Agency Governance strategic direction,
partnership and accountability
Integrated Strategy planning, commissioning,
pooled resources
Integrated Processes information sharing, common
assessment
Integrated People common core,
multi- disciplinary teams co-location
Children Young People
Families Community
Leadership at every level
Involvement of children young people
Shared Vision
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Childrens Trusts Children and Young People

• Improving the five outcomes drives all levels of
  decision making
• Support systems minimise risk, maximise potential
  and ensure equality of opportunity
• Childrens needs are met at an earlier stage and
  families are supported

HM Government
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Childrens Trusts Practitioners working together

• Common core of knowledge and skills for all who
  work with children
• Culture of trust and understanding
• Lead professionals
• Co-location of multi-agency teams
• Personalisation

HM Government
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Childrens Trusts integrated Processes

• Practitioners sharing information
• Common Assessment Framework
• Preliminary assessment by first contact
  practitioner
• Better assessment of additional needs and better
  referrals
• Prompter, more coherent services

HM Government
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Childrens Trusts Integrated strategies

• Local strategic planning
• Statutory Local Authority Children and Young
  People Plans 2006
• Rigorous needs analysis
• Engaging children, families and communities
• Commissioning and pooled resources
• Clear aims and accountabilities

HM Government
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Childrens Trusts Accountability

• Bringing public, private, vol and community
  organisations together
• Shared vision, determination and commitment
• Inter-agency governance arrangements
• Professional leadership Director of Childrens
  Services
• Political leadership Lead Member

HM Government
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Local change within a national framework

• Developing a local change programme which meets
  your areas needs
• Practical support for local change
• capacity building
• Skills
• Leadership
• Sharing practice
• Strategy and direction from central government
• Using the outcomes framework to monitor success