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Integrating Children’s Services Steve Baguley – Project Manager Justine Gibling – CAF/LP Project Manager David Finn – Youth Support Services January 2006 Delivering Integrated Children’s Services in Derby Children and Young People Stakeholder Forum Parents and Carers Stakeholder Forum Worker Reference Group Voluntary Sector – Children’s Network Derby City Partnership Individual Agency DecisionMaking Structure Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership Executive Strategic Planning Partnership for Children and Young People Trades Unions Discussion Group Member Working Group Headteacher Reference Group Participation Commissioners Developing Derby’s Approach to IFD: • Derby started off by looking to achieve a consensus across the partnership about what we meant by IFD • Was progressed with the April workshops • Thought about in the participation work • Developed through the discussion paper • Worked on in the partnership senior staff development days • Publicised through staff briefings and newsletters with opportunity to ask questions and feedback • Governance and commissioning to outline approach developed Agreed aims of Integrated Front Line Delivery • Improve outcomes for all children and young people • Promote social inclusion • Maximise opportunity to provide a continuous service to children and young people, minimising changes of worker • Provide a service in relation to need that is consistent • Intervene at the lowest tier of intervention compatible with meeting need Locality Based Services Schools Housing Family Support Educational Psychologists Social Work Education Welfare Officers School Nurses Youth Service Health Visitors Early Years Service Nursery Nurses Primary Mental Health workers Community Nurses Connexions Personal Advisors Midwives Sports Development and Play Job Centre Plus GP’s Locality Based Services – Areas for Further Thought • • • • • Behaviour Support Team CAMHS Child Sexual Abuse Service Clinical Psychology Services Conference and review service for children in need of protection and children looked after • Education Access Services • Fostering and Adoption • Pupil Referral Unit • Residential Services • School Improvement Service Services for deaf children • Specialist Teaching Team • Speech and Language, OTs and Community Paediatricians • Statutory Assessment Team • Youth Offending Services Agreed the Stages to Implementing Integrated Front Line Delivery in Area One • Map existing services by agency – needs and resources • Agree the integrated service delivery map • Identify accommodation requirements and how they will be met • Agree the management structure • Confirm the integrated processes, including safeguards • Agree governance arrangements • Provide a workforce development programme • Develop ability to be flexible in response to early lessons • Implement Integrated Front Line Delivery • Formal evaluation and learning lessons – short term and longitudinal • Plan full roll out Supporting Programme • Executive – Governance and Commissioning • Director for Children and Young People – Senior Structure Children and Young People Department • Change Management Team • Participation and Consultation Work • CYP Plan • ISA agreement - further development - service director - technical solution • CAF and lead professional trailblazer CAF/LP in Derby • Pilot project in Sure Start area 2002 – 2004 • City wide roll-out from September 04 supported by the C & YP Strategic Partnership • To date 400 frontline practitioners been trained (600 by end of financial year 05/06) • Target for 06/07 is training for further 500 frontline staff • Systems and processes established and ongoing supporting implementation of CAF e.g. IT solution (CIBER) • Lead Professional Trailblazer underway • Agreed multi-agency indicators Emerging issues: Key learning • Mapping of the support/management needs of the LP • Core standards • Additional support and where this fits in with the LP role e.g. the role of the social worker • Helping families, young people and children to understand the LP role • Information sharing • Cross boundary issues for families e.g. Relationship between services in the city and the county • Exit strategy and handover Supporting the process: Key Learning • • • • LP Coordinators/managers group LP network group LP/TAC training Practitioner training and development (History, Culture and Understanding roles & responsibilities) • Practitioner toolkit – (being developed ahead of the DfES expected toolkit in Mar 06) • Managers toolkit – early stages of development Governance 3 key issues • What is the partnership (Childrens Trust arrangements for?) • How will it do it’s job • How will decisions be made Key challenge for FLD Questions? The Commissioning Cycle A partnership approach Needs analysis and service mapping Outcomes for children and young people Finding the gap Review performance Prioritise within budget Secure services Develop plans consider options* Change for Children – Steering the Agenda Children and Young Peoples Strategic Partnership Executive Group Chaired by the Chief Executive: Ray Cowlishaw Attended by the: Community Safety Partnership Connexions Education Foundation Hospital Trust FWA Mental Health Trust NCH PCT’s Police Social Services YMCA Young People Sharon Squires Hugh Hastie Andrew Flack Kay Fawcett Helen Roberts Dave Snowdon Jane Williams Prem Singh Jack Russell Margaret McGlade Gillian Sewell