Transcript Framework for DfE Meeting

Children and Families –
Early Help and Prevention
Janet Doran – Assistant Director
Feedback on Ofsted Inspection
Key Themes
Business Intelligence & Performance Improvement
Inspection arrangements
• Pilot Multi Agency Inspection of partners
arrangements for the protection of children
Following shortly after this
• Ofsted and HMIC inspection of Safeguarding
arrangements-published report for Ofsted (March
2013)
• Expecting Police-HMIC report shortly (May 2013)
• Recommendations questioned all partners
arrangements.
Inspection findings in summary -1
– There is not a coherent framework for both performance
management and Quality Assurance within NCC
– The performance management data is not used to drive
improvement in a structured fashion and needs refreshing
– We have not ‘kept it simple’ and made our safeguarding
processes visible and understood to partners, children and
families in our community.
– We cannot demonstrate the ‘voice of the child’ in and around
our service activity, planning and commissioned structures.
Inspection findings 2
– People need to be better supported both through the systems
they use, the management structures in place and supervision
challenge around practice.
– In some areas there are significant operational concerns which
are leaving our children exposed to risk and harm.
What we are doing about this
• LSCBN driving Improvement plans as a
Partnership.
• NCC and individual partners have smart plans
focussed on improvements against
recommendations
Thresholds and Pathways
• Thresholds and pathways explained and
understood (IWP refreshed)
• Promotion of CAFF – expectation that there will
be a CAFF for all C &F who have needs/risks
identified (levels 2,3 4)
• Partners application and understanding of social
care thresholds
• Referral processes understood and applied
• Cases once meeting social care thresholds - risk
is understood and actioned efficiently
Quality and Practice
• Quality framework for Social Care, Targeted
Prevention services and commissioned services
• Audit- feeding themes back into practice
improvement
Voice of the child
• Safeguarding, Child Protection processes
demonstrate the voice of the child
• Universal services ensure children's viewpoint is
considered
• Children's Participation
Workforce development
• Training Needs Analysis
• Skills and competencies for LSCBN, NCC and
partners
• Universal and targeted focussed training
NCC response
• Re-configuration of Divisions - Children,
Customers and Education Directorate
• Embedding Early Help and Prevention
• Focus on Performance Management – including
distance travelled principle
• Targeted Prevention Model through Children
Centres
• Variation of contracts
• Greater asset utilisation possibilities identified
Implications for Commissioned
Services
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Working Together 2013
Understanding Thresholds
Use and engagement of Early Help Forum
Processes and Systems, including CAFF and referrals
Distance travelled
Sharing information
Services to audit practice and how this influences services
provision
• Voice of the child in service development
• Identifying workforce training needs
Prevention and Demand Management
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Progress since we last met
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Needs Assessment
Consultation
Strategy Review
Communication Plan
Performance Management
Helping Families to Help Themselves Directory
Fair and Equitable Funding Formula
Helping Families to Help Themselves
• Role of Skilled Generalist
• Maintaining facilitation of statutory duties, yet
focusing on this principle
• Development of a web based tool for agencies,
practitioners and citizens to make informed
purchases to determine the ‘right support at the
right time’
Helping Families to Help Themselves Framework - Concept
Web based tool,
for practitioners
and citizens to
use to determine
the right support
at the right time
Example
Interventions:•Mental Health
support
•Domestic abuse
•Sexual violence
•Addiction
•Counselling
Practitioners
HFtHT
Framework
• Skilled Generalists
• Family Support Workers
• Early years
Parents and
Carers
Agencies
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• Personalisation
Schools
Health Visitors
Police Officers
Children’s Centres
etc
Prevention Consultation Methodology
• Open Public Events
• Targeted customer events
• Targeted prevention teams
Equalities Information
Consulting on the Principles
• One person to help with a number of different
problems that a family has so that you don’t have
to see lots of different people
• Able to get help from someone who is a specialist
when it is needed
• Help is available locally (Early Help Forum Areas)
• Services are checked and information about them
is available to staff and parents when they need
it
Proposed Outcomes
• Physical Living Environment:
All families maintain healthy and stable
living conditions
• Economic Wellbeing:
All families are strong enough to manage stress
over money, poverty and unemployment
• Social Interaction:
All families can give and receive support from friends,
neighbours and the wider community
• Education and Skills:
All children and young people do well in education
and this gives them the skills they need to find work
• Physical and mental health and healthy living:
All families
maintain good health and wellbeing for happy, healthier, longer lives
• Parenting:
All parent(s) or caregiver(s) support their children’s healthy
physical, emotional, learning and social development
• Family Relationships:
relationships
All families maintain stable and good quality family
Outcomes Total
Consultation Report March/April 2013
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Download the full Prevention & Demand Management Strategy,
Phase 4 Report
http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/socialcare/plans/prevent/pages/prevention-strategy.aspx
Needs Assessment priorities identified
• Reducing incidence of domestic violence ;
• Reducing incidence of abuse and neglect ;
• Reducing the number of adolescents with
challenging behaviour ;
• Reducing impact of drug and alcohol use on
children and their families;
• Services that support improved Mental Health /
wellbeing ;
• Support for Parenting.
Statutory and priority services
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Children’s Centres
Interpersonal Violence Services
Youth Provision
Services for young people with challenging
behaviours
Proposed commissioning timescales
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Cabinet approval
EQIA review
PQQ
Cabinet update
ITT
ITT Evaluation
Contracts awarded
Contracts commence
June 2013
Sept 2013
Sept 2013
Autumn 2013
Oct 2013
Nov 2014
December 2014
April 2014
Proposed commissioning timescales –
if detailed consultation required
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Cabinet approval
Detailed consultation, if required
EQIA review
PQQ
Cabinet update
ITT
ITT Evaluation
Contracts awarded
Contracts commence
June 2013
Summer 2013
Sept 2013
Sept 2013
Autumn 2013
Nov 2013
Jan 2014
March 2014
July 2014
2014 -15 onwards – opportunities and
issues
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Evolution of Targeted Prevention
Phase 2 - Ages and Stages
Working with Partners
Public Health
Asset Utilisation
CSR