Children Act 2004

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Children Act 2004 Every Child Matters

• Viv West Project Manager Early Intervention
  Prevention

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The Childrens Services Authority (CSA) has a
duty

• To promote co-operation with partners to improve
  the well being of children and young people
• To safeguard children and promote their welfare
• To reduce the number of children at risk of poor
  outcomes
• To share information and implement the Common
  Assessment Framework (CAF)

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Statutory Partners

• County Council
• District, Borough and City Councils
• Police Authority
• Probation
• Youth Offending Team
• Strategic Health Authority
• Primary Care Trusts
• Connexions Partnership
• Learning and Skills Council

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Stakeholders who will also be involved

• Children, young people, their families and carers
• Schools
• Voluntary and Community organisations
• General Practitioners

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Implementing the Children Act 2004.

• The Children and Young Peoples Plan 2006
• Information Sharing and Assessment Strategy
• The Participation Strategy
• Joint Commissioning Childrens Fund, DAATS,
  Childrens Trust etc.

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Early Intervention Prevention

• Early Years Education and Childcare (including
  Sure Start and Childrens Centres)
• Childrens Fund
• South Central Connexions
• Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
• Youth Services
• Drug Action Teams (DATS)
• Voluntary and Community Services
• Health, Social Services and Education (Schools)

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Children, Young People and families have issues
around

• Healthy affordable food and access to water in
  schools
• Safe places to go for recreation, fun or just to
  hangout
• Being listened to from an early age
• Access to suitable affordable accommodation
• Regular meals, in particular breakfast
• Affordable and regular transport

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Children, Young People and families have issues
around

• Services and information being provided locally
  with open access, flexibility of times and venues
• Mental health services that do not stigmatise and
  which are easily accessed
• Bullying, physical, verbal and through text
  messages
• Weekend, evening and holiday activities that are
  affordable
• Access to out door facilities clean Parks and
  estates and making sure they stay that way
• Access to sport and leisure activities that are
  affordable

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Information Sharing?
Information Protocol Common Assessment
Framework Service Directory - Hantsfish
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Participation

• Consultation
• Listening
• Involvement
• Feedback
• Finding Solutions
• Measuring Outcomes

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Joint Commissioning

• Childrens Fund 180 projects, e.g. Breakfast
  and after school clubs, sporting activities, book
  boxes, internet cafes, skate parks
• Voluntary Community Sector
• Health, Education Social Services
• CAMHS Childrens Trust
• DAAT
• South Central Connexions

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Every Child Matters the Children Act aims to -

• Keep children safe
• Help children to keep physically and emotionally
  healthy
• Help children to enjoy and achieve at home and
  at school
• Help children to feel part of their community
• Help children to achieve their full potential