Children in Need Census 2001 DUDLEY

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Children in Need Census2001DUDLEY

• SSI MIDLANDS CiN CENSUS SEMINAR
• 12th November 2002
• Hinckley, Leicestershire
• Andrew Griffiths Graham Tilby

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Background to the Census

• CiN Census Project Team
• 3rd Census in Dudley
• Use of Discretionary Fields
• Use in strategic/business planning

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Headlines

• Dudleys population aged 0-17 is estimated to be
  69, 441 (mid-year 2001)
• During the Census Week of the 7th October 2001,
  there were 1235 open cases in Dudley (1.8 of the
  0-17 population)
• Of these, 423 (34) were looked after children
  and 812 (66) were children supported in families
  or independently
• 48 of the total number of children had a primary
  need code of Abuse or Neglect, with 15 recorded
  as Childs Disability

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Extent of Need
All children in Dudley 69,441 (mid-year estimate
for 2001)
Number of Vulnerable Children 24,157
(estimated)    
Number of Children in Need 1,235 (Children in
Need Census, 2001)
Number of Children Looked After 431 (as at
31.3.02)
Number of Children on Child Protection Register
141 (as at 31.3.02)
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Making Use of the Data

• Divisional Business Commissioning Plan 2002/03
  (incorporating Dudleys Quality Protects MAP)
• - mapping service activity demographically
• - mapping service activity against deprivation
• - mapping service activity in terms of
  categories of need
• - mapping other characteristics such as age
  range, ethnicity
• - mapping demand on services in terms of cost
  and social work hours

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Analysing the Data

• Ward profile of children supported in their
  families or independently generally consistent
  with that of children looked after
• Ward profile of all children in need directly
  correlated to the Index of Multiple Deprivation
  (IMD) by wards
• Ward profile of conception rates amongst 15-17
  year-olds bore some relationship to the
  demography of children in need in the borough
• The real analysis relates to the differences

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Total Cost per Children in Need Category
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Total Number of Social Work Hours by Children in
Need Category
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Making Use of the Data

• Additional Information
• - of the 1235 open cases, we collected detailed
  extra information on 954 cases (equates to 610
  families) in relation to domestic violence,
  substance misuse and parental issues (mental
  health, substance misuse and alcohol abuse)

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Making Use of the Data

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• Of the 954 cases, 144 (15) were recorded as
  children in need where domestic violence was an
  issue on referral
• Of the 144 children, 45 (31) were recorded as
  being affected by the mental health of a parent,
  13 (9)due to substance misuse of a parent and 40
  (28) due to parental alcohol abuse

• SUBSTANCE MISUSE
• Of the 945 cases, 43 (4) cases were described as
  children in need where substance misuse was a
  parental issue on referral
• Parental issues of either mental health, domestic
  violence or alcohol abuse were also present in an
  average of 33 of these cases

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Extending our Approach

• Trend analysis - categories of need,
  characteristics of children in need, cost of
  services
• Business Planning
• Best Value Reviews
• Inter-agency working - Domestic Violence Forum,
  CYPs Substance Misuse Plan, Crime Disorder
  Reduction Partnership, Equalities Action Plan...
• Benchmarking

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Next Census...

• Consistency of data collection process
• Using same additional fields to support trend
  analysis
• Adding new fields to support strategic/business
  planning and Best Value Reviews