SURE START LOCAL PROGRAMMES

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SURE START LOCAL PROGRAMMES
1998
1999
2004
Pathfinders
Round 1
Round 6
10 year life span for each one
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• Half child poverty by 2010
• Services not working
• Ensure that children are ready to thrive by the
  time they start school
• Experiment
• Top 20 most disadvantaged wards
• Geographical boundaries

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• Victoria Climbie died 25th February 2000
• Laming Inquiry
• Every Child Matters Green Paper September 2003
• Recommendations and consultation
• Early intervention
• Better preventative services
• Root and branch reform of Childrens Services
• The Children Act 2004
• NSF Children, Young People and Maternity Services

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Every Child Matters Five Outcomes

• Stay safe
• Be healthy
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well being

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Durhams Approach

• Prevention
• Early intervention
• Supporting parents and carers
• Work force reform
• Accountability and integration

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Childrens Centres

• Top 30 most disadvantaged wards and S.O.As
• Phase 1 March 2006
• Phase 2 March 2008
• Phase 3 March 2010 100 Coverage

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Sure Start Childrens Centre Clusters

• 3 within Durham Dales based on Sure Start Local
  Programmes
• Formal ring fencing removed
• Funding must be spent on core offer
• Programme Managers, staff and other resources to
  be deployed across clusters of centres and
  between clusters
• 18.4 reduction in funding March 2007

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• Each Centre to be developed locally to meet the
  needs of specific communities
• Key Principles/How it should look
• Community led, professionally coordinated
• Services are tailored to meet the needs of
  families, rather than the convenience of
  professionals
• Families are able to access a wide range of
  services at or through one site e.g. Drop Ins,
  health care, group activities, training
• Staff working together within an integrated
  management structure

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Core Offer

• Early education integrated with day care
• Family support and parental outreach
• Child and family health services
• Links with schools and Childrens Information
  System (CIS)
• Links with Job Centre Plus
• Other links and services
• Higher education/local training providers
• Training for parents
• Specialist services
• Benefits advice
• Childcare and other services for older children

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Childrens Centre Management Model An
Interactive Structure
Childrens Executive Board
Local Childrens Board
Local Childrens Board Sub-group
Childrens Centre Cluster Forum
Childrens Centre Cluster
Childrens Centre Management Group
Childrens Centre Management Group
Childrens Centre Management Group
Parent /Carer and Community Engagement
Parents Forum
Parents Forum
Parents Forum
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Childrens Centre Management Model An
Interactive Structure.

• Local Childrens Board Sub-group

Childrens Centre Cluster Forum
Childrens Centre Cluster Forum
Childrens Centre Cluster Forum
WEAR VALLEY Childrens Centres St
Helens Woodhouse Close
WEAR VALLEY EAST Childrens Centres Coundon Willin
gton
TEESDALE Childrens Centres Evenwood Middleton in
Teesdale Weardale
Main Outreach Taylor Road
Main Outreach Crook Dene Valley Villages
Main Outreach Cockfield, Butterknowle Tow Law
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• Children's Executive Committee
• Local Childrens Boards
• Local Children's Board Sub Group
• Cluster Forum
• Chairs and Cluster Manager

Woodhouse Close Childrens Centre Childrens
Centre Management Group e.g. Health
Visitors Childcare providers Midwives Voluntary
Sector Social Care and Health Schools PARENTS/CARE
RS
St Helens Childrens Centre Childrens Centre
Management Group e.g. Health Visitors Childcare
Providers Midwives Voluntary Sector Social Care
and Health Schools PARENTS/CARERS
Parents Forum
Parents Forum
Parent/Community engagement