Change for Children in Gloucestershire Children and Families Service 28th April 2005

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Change for Childrenin GloucestershireChildren
and Families Service28th April 2005
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Every Child Matters the vision

• Radical improvement in opportunities and outcomes
• for children through reformed childrens services
• Systemic change to
• Build services focussed on children, young people
  and families
• Develop the workforce
• And to integrate
• Universal and targeted services
• Services across the age range 0 - 19

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Whats happening?

• 2004 Children Act
• Outcomes Framework
• Change for Children
• 10 year childcare strategy
• Workforce Strategy
• ?? Youth Green Paper
• New relationship with schools
• Local response

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Children Act 2004
2005

• Childrens Commissioner
• Duty to cooperate
• Duty to have regard to the need to safeguard
• and promote welfare
• Duty to promote educational achievement of
• looked after children
• Children and Young Peoples Plan
• Local safeguarding Childrens Boards
• Director /lead member for Childrens services
• Joint Inspection Framework/Joint Area
• Reviews

2006
2008
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Childrens trusts now mean

• Arrangements for working together to improve
• outcomes through
• Front line staff providing integrated services
• Processes that support staff to do this
• Planning to set a direction
• Governance arrangements that support this
  approach

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Our Children and Young Peoples Strategic
Partnership
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CYPSP vision

• Children have the right to
• Thrive
• Succeed in school
• Grow up healthy
• Have every opportunity to grow into successful
  adults.
• Families and communities able to care for them as
  they
• grow.
• Preventative, community based services need to
• Break down traditional barriers
• Be easy to access
• Be integrated, inclusive and high quality

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Challenges

• Gloucestershire is already a good place for
  children and
• Young people to live. But we face challenges in
• Strategic interagency planning
• Service silos professional boundaries
• Resources level and source
• Differing needs/provision across county (urban
  rural)
• Un-coordinated service development and delivery
• Managing shift to prevention and high quality
  services for those with complex needs

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CYPSP strategy

• Developing the voice of children, young people
  and parents
• Local flexibility and community ownership
• Reducing the gap between good outcomes for most
  children and poor outcomes for some
• Improve support for children with greatest needs
• Develop preventative services across the age
  range
• Simplified access to services
• Joined up services
• Clear entitlements
• Maximise impact of resources
• Developing organisations and the workforce

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Framework for Change

• Creates a multi-agency process to address issues
• Supports planning priority setting
• Clarifies accountability
• Joins up activity

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Planning Framework
CYPSP Board
Change Projects
Business Planning
Service Improvement coordination
Improving Access
Developing Services
Multi agency
Agency led
Area Planning
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Project organisation
Business Planning Improving Access Service Development
Children Young Peoples Plan Analysis of need and resources Consultation Setting priorities/joint commissioning Performance management Communication Area Working local planning professional coordination VCS capacity building Information, advice information sharing - Assessment Thresholds Multi agency working and working with schools - child action project - extended schools - multi agency teams Young children childrens centre development Middle Years Support for children and families Young People Support for young people Disability Integration Safeguarding establish Safeguarding Board Support for emotional well being and behaviour
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Some big questions
YOS
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NHS
LEA
Schools
Youth Service
Early Years
Social Services
Connexions
Childrens Fund
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Other big questions

• What do we mean by integrated service/services?
• How much is commissioned and by who?
• How much is provided and by who?

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Looking forward

• Programme team to support multi agency projects
• Focus on Children and Young Peoples Plan
• Develop process within County Council to
  establish Childrens Services Directorate

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Producing the Plan
April 2005

• Consultation
• Analysis of data, performance,
• spend gaps
• CYPSP sets priorities
• Consultation on priorities
• Drafting Plan
• Agree Plan

Sept. 05
Nov. 05
Jan. 06
APRIL 2006
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Managing the Change

• We are planning-
• Timelines
• How all staff can contribute
• Regular communication
• Resources we will need
• Practical concerns IT, accommodation
• Decision making process
• ISPP2 joint priorities for 05/06

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Some questions for you

• What are you most anxious about?
• What are your teams most anxious about?
• What opportunities do you hope we grasp?
• What messages are you going to give your teams?
• How do we best communicate with your teams?