KGA Assembly

1
KGA Assembly

• Dr Ian Craig
• Joint Interim Managing Director
• 9 February 2009

2
CFE Senior Management Team
3
Annual Performance Assessment 2008

• Overall effectiveness of childrens services
  Grade 3
• Being healthy Grade 3
• Staying safe Grade 3
• Enjoying and achieving grade 3
• Making a positive contribution Grade 3
• Achieving economic well-being Grade 3
• Capacity to improve Grade 4
• Grades 4 outstanding/excellent 3 good 2
  adequate 1 inadequate

4
GCSE Results 2008

• 67.7 achieved five A - C passes in all subjects
  (rise of 2.6 from 2007). Kents lead over
  national average is 3.1 higher.
• 49.9 achieved five A - C passes including
  English and Maths. Kents lead over national
  average is 1.4 higher.
• Student performance at age 16 has improved year
  on year since 1995 exceeding the national
  average for the past 11 years.
• figures may improve further as there are a
  number of appeals underway

5
Kent County Council Budget Position

• Proposed council tax increase of 2.44 and still
  looking to reduce that
• Demand and cost pressures of 66.4m
• Increase in Government Grant of 5.1m
• Savings of 39.3m
• Rest from income and council tax
• 1 pay award for Kent scheme staff

6
Childrens Trust Update The essential features of
a Childrens Trust

• A child-centred, outcome-led vision a compelling
  outcome-led vision for all children and young
  people, clearly informed by their views and those
  of their families
• Integrated front line delivery, organised around
  the child, young person or family rather than
  professional boundaries of existing agencies
• Integrated processes effective joint working
  sustained by a shared language and shared
  processes
• Integrated strategy joint planning and
  commissioning, pooled budgets
• Inter-agency governance, with robust arrangements
  for inter-agency co-operation
• (Childrens Trusts statutory guidance on
  inter-agency co-operation to
• improve well-being of children, young people and
  their families, DCSF, 2008)

7
National Update

• 2008 Consultations - to strengthen Children Act
  2004 and extend the duty to co-operate to include
  all frontline providers of education and Job
  Centre Plus
• Autumn 2008 Review of National Childrens Plan
• November 2008
• New statutory guidance on inter-agency
  co-operation
• Agreement to strengthen legislation requiring all
  LAs to produce a CYPP and extend ownership for
  the plan to all partners
• January 2009 Launch of National Commissioning
  Support Programme

Kent is well placed to respond to these new
requirements, having many of these measures
already in place
8
Kent Update

• New interim Chair for Kent Childrens Trust
  Bishop Stephen Venner and new Lead Member for
  Childrens Services Leyland Ridings
• Review of KCT sub-structure 6 core sub-groups
  to streamline current arrangements and ensure the
  KCT is well supported with expert advice
• Establish POC sub-committee focussing on LCSPs
• Implementation of integrated processes and
  targeted youth support using a phased approach
• Agreement to multi-agency strategy and policy to
  support the delivery of the Kent Children and
  Young Peoples Plan for example the Thinking
  Family Strategy for Supporting Parents

9
Local Update early operation of LCSPs

• All LCSPs have achieved the following
• LCSP Manager recruitment involving partners, most
  recent appointments include Carol Healy, Molly
  Norley and Kathy Lambourn
• Established an LCSP Board and elected a
  Partnership Chair
• Undertaken a multi-agency needs analysis to
  better understand the experience of growing up or
  being a parent in that LCSP
• Identified key priorities for partnership action
  through a LCYPP
• Managed the transition of Childrens Centres to
  the LCSP
• Developed new participation arrangements to
  include children and young people and their
  families
• Improved communications and developed an LCSP
  website