Integrated Working Practices and Processes

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Integrated Working Practices and Processes

• Integrated Workforce Conferences 2009
• Tom Anthony Carol Dewhurst

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Welcome to the green arch workshop

• Todays workshop will include
• An update on progress to date, and planned
  activity to support Integrated Working.
• A chance to provide whole group feedback.
• A card sort exercise to, stimulate discussion, to
  help identify both good practise and to identify
  activity to embed integrated working.

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Where are we now?
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What do we mean by integrated working?

• Integrated Working is when everyone working with
  children, young people and their families, works
  together effectively to put the them at the
  centre of service delivery.
• Processes and practices refers to a series of
  workforce tools, designed to make working
  together more easy at a front line level.
• Include CAF, lead professional, information
  sharing and multi-agency working.
• CWDC has responsibility to develop these tools
  and support local areas to use them

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What do we know about progress?

• 2008-2009 CWDC Integrated Working Self-
  Assessment
• showed a real move from piloting integrated
  working to whole system change.
• 89 of strategic workforce leads reporting
  substantial or tremendous progress
• One Childrens Workforce tool analysis Autumn
  2009
• Unprecedented 150 out of 152 Trusts contributed
  responses
• Significant progress on green arch
• Good progress with tools, understanding fit with
  bigger picture
• Further work around infrastructure, embedding
  common service standards and embedding in
  recruitment, induction and training.

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What are we doing next?
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Planned activity

• Mapping CAF and other specialist child
  assessments
• Supports and complements
• Facilitates step-up and step-down transitions
• Series of sector based and open consultation
  opportunities
• Final product expected Feb 2010.
• Refreshing Integrated Working Training packages
• Bring up to date with latest guidance and policy
  changes and practice developments e.g. NeCAF
• Shorter and more interactive
• Expected early 2010.

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Planned activity

• NEW functional maps for CAF and Lead Professional
  
• Skills required to complete a good quality
  assessment
• Skills required to be a lead professional
• Develop a user friendly skills development tool
• Expected Feb 2010
• Updated guidance on establishing multi-agency
  teams
• for both practitioners and managers
• Includes information on team around child and
  latest research
• Expected Jan 2010, on ECM website

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Planned Activity Emerging practice

• Share 2009-2010
• latest real life stories demonstrating the arch's
  of the One Childrens Workforce Framework. New
  DVD/magazine Feb 2010
• Online community Share Street
• Online resource housing all CWDC publications and
  good practice in a more navigable structure
• Allows user to set up house and includes real
  time forums and sharing
• Piloting from Jan 2010
• New outcomes focussed case studies including
  transitions between adult and children services.

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Planned activity DCSF led

• National CAF Standards
• CAF non statutory and local authorities have
  been implementing and refining process since
  launch in 2006.
• There are however some CAF principles that should
  be standard across all areas e.g. information
  sharing and consent.
• Set of around 15-20 principles, endorsed by HM
  Government.
• Available Jan 2010
• Quality assurance framework for CAF
• Non mandatory but will provide a useful framework
  that can be adapted to help measure the quality
  of common assessments
• Available Dev 2010

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Any questions?
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Card Sort activity
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Welcome to the green arch workshop

• The purpose of this exercise is to stimulate
  discussion on your tables in order to identify
  activity that will help to embed Integrated
  Working practices.
• We have produced a series of card statements that
  describe activity which will support Integrated
  Working practices.
• Please discuss the cards statements and take the
  opportunity to share practice or relevance in
  your own work settings.
• By the end of the session we would like each
  table to identify the three statements which you
  feel will be most useful in embedding Integrated
  Working practices.
• Please identify someone who will feedback both
  your top three cards and any practice you would
  like to share with the whole group.

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Thank youCarol Dewhurst, Development Manager,
Integrated WorkingCarol.dewhurst_at_cwdcouncil.org.u
k Tom AnthonyIntegrated Workforce Cluster
Manager Tom.anthony_at_cwdcouncil.org.uk