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Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership
Gloucestershire Child
Action Model
Overview and Local Preventative
Strategy
Kathy O’Mahony
Child Action Project
• To inform and engage key staff about the objectives and the wider
context of the Child Action Project
• To clarify what the Child Action Model is
• To clarify how we hope to implement the model through the ISA
project and point out the implications for staff in your agency
• To explore the emerging Gloucestershire Child Action Model and
clarify how it’s implementation will meet the needs of vulnerable
children
• To consider progress to date and how the Common Language
assessment framework supports the model
What Are The Key
Questions?
• What’s it got to do with me?
• Who is saying this should happen &
why?
• What’s the added value to what we
already do?
Drivers
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Green Paper - ECM
ECM - Next Steps
National Service Framework
SEN National Strategy
Local Agenda – CYPSP / Preventative
Strategy
What Are They
Saying?
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Outcome focus
Prevention / early identification
Co-ordination / integration
Family / parent support
Accountability
Common skills / processes / working
together to share information /
knowledge
Aims for Young
People
The 7 C&YPSP Outcomes –
• Infants & children thrive and meet key developmental
milestones
• Children are prepared for school
• Children succeed in school
• Children grow up healthy and choose healthy lifestyles
• Children grow up in safe and supportive families,
family settings and local communities
• Young people grow up to be successful adults
• Children & young people are included in mainstream
services and contribute to shaping the services
Locally –
What And How
• Outcomes
• Preventative strategy
• How: Processes; early intervention
(incrementally); support to families / children;
rationalising differences; developing a
common cause, processes & shared
objectives across agencies
• Best Value Review of services for
Vulnerable Children
• Specific Initiatives
What Does This Mean
For Us?
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Radical period of change
Complex agendas
Complex range of activities across agencies
Local progress
Role of ISA / CAM / Common Processes
Critical role of above in overall delivery of
agenda for Gloucestershire (along with other
developments)
Children In
Gloucestershire
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Which Children are we concerned about.
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Encompasses vulnerable children, children in need,
children at risk etc.
ALL CHILDREN
(125,800)
Offending &
behavioural
problems
VULNERABLE
CHILDREN
(45,000)
CHILDREN
IN NEED
(4,375)
LOOKED-AFTER
CHILDREN
(470)
CHILDREN ON
CPR
(130)
Educational
underachievement
Poor
material
conditions
Abuse
&
neglect
Poor mental
physical &
sexual health
How Does the
Child Action Model Fit in?
• This provides the Infrastructure for agencies
to assess the needs of vulnerable children,
plan interventions and review effectiveness
• Children are assessed using the Common
Language assessment framework
• Supported by ISA, and implemented through
the ISA Professional Practices work stream
and the Child Action Project
Child Action Model
Child Action Project
Joint Agency
Response
Single Agency
Response
SSD Response
Child Action Project
Role of Project Workers To implement the Child Action Model in Schools:
Oxstalls Community School
New Schools:
Archway
Coney Hill
Cam House
Tredworth
Coln House
Sandford
Hesters Way Primary
Forest View Primary
Cashes Green Primary
Innsworth Junior
Child Action Project How are we doing it?
 Assessing, using common language assessment tools the needs of
children in school who have been identified as having some emerging
problems that are not purely educational
 Identifying community resources which will meet the needs identified
 Developing Child Action Plans to meet assessed needs
 Monitoring and reviewing children’s progress
 Engaging other agencies and professionals in the use and application
of the Child Action Model and Common Assessment tools
 Providing information based on their assessments of need to local
agencies and groups to assist in shaping service provision in the locality
of the school
 Working to implement the Common Language assessment framework
& the Child Action Model in schools
Child Action Model Work in Progress
 How do we include the Early Years age group and children with disabilities?
 Classification of categories of need is being developed through the ISA
Professional Practices Group.
 Clarification of thresholds and moving between the levels of model are being
developed by the Professional Practices Group.
 Service Directory being developed through ISA, with the support of the Child
Action Project
 Consultation between staff groups and the acknowledgement of a
keyworker role is crucial for the model to succeed (as identified in Every Child
Matters)
 Steering group for the project and locality groups to be established.
 Common Language Assessment & case management tools are being
implemented across the agencies
Vision for the Future
• Aspirations
– Cross county provision
– Consistent access to provision for
vulnerable children
– Clear thresholds
– Co-ordination with voluntary and statutory
agencies
– Locally owned and developed
Breaks into car
YOS
Gets into
trouble
Stealing, drug
misuse and
more driving
offences
Football team
Dropped out
Assessment
and Cautioned
Youth Club
Assessment and
community sentence
Extreme
behaviour
Parents angry and
embarrassed do not contact
school
Parents despair – contact
social services requesting
accommodation
After school
homework club
Parents
contacted angry
School
Performance
drops
Parents contacted
Difficult behaviour
- feel angry and
upset
Stops
attending
Youth Club
Parents contacted
- feel angry
ground him
Youth
service
Parents
School
Joe
YOS
After
school
club
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Community services to support parents and child in thier local
area
Common Language Assessment - by Worker who identifies need
Questions
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Common Language
Presentation
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Why a common language is necessary
National Assessment Framework
Gloucestershire’s response
How the assessment model works and
complements the Child Action Model - case
study
• How the model has been implemented so far
• Summary
• Questions
Common Language
& Assessment
References in Government guidance • Guidance to Children Act 1989
• National Assessment Framework:
“Effective collaboration requires a common
language to understand the needs of
children…”
• Every Child Matters - Next Steps:
“A common assessment framework should
help to identify... needs earlier and avoid
duplication between agencies
Why Is It Necessary?
• Professionals from different agencies
often use the same terms to describe
different things
• Each agency uses different assessment
tools
• Families often subjected to multiple
assessments by different professionals
• Intrusive, stigmatising, confusing, costly
and inconsistent
What Happened?
• Introduction of National Assessment
Framework 2000
• Research indicates that while it is good
at gathering information it offers little
guidance regarding analysis
Gloucestershire’s
Response
• Development of common language
assessment model that:
a) incorporates NAF
b) provides tool for analysis of
information gathered
The Assessment
Process Using The
Common Language Model
• Gather information - NAF
• Identify needs - relating to child rather than
services
• Make a judgement about the level of need apply a threshold
• Specify realistic outcomes to be achieved
• Identify appropriate services to meet needs
and outcomes specified
How Does It
Complement The CAM?
Child Action Model:
Multi Agency
Complex needs impairment
Single
Agency
SSD
Low level needs likely impairment
High level needssignificant impairment
Continuum of Need
How Does It Work?
CIRCUMSTANCES
LIVING SITUATION
FAMILY & SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS
SOCIAL & ANTI-SOCIAL
BEHAVIOUR
PHYSICAL &
PSYCHOLOGICAL
HEALTH
EDUCATION &
EMPLOYMENT
NEEDS
THRESHOLD OUTCOMES SERVICES
Implementation
• Training in CL assessment model has
been provided to:
– all social services fieldwork staff
– Child Action Project staff
– Health Visitors
– School Nurses
– EWOs
– Reintegration staff
Summary
• Common language is essential for integrated
working
• National Assessment Framework - good on
information gathering but poor on analysis
• Common language assessment model
incorporates NAF and provides analysis tool
• Compatible with and complements Child
Action Model
• Multi-agency training provided to some
agencies - but wider training strategy required
Questions
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WHAT IS ISA?
DfES –
A sophisticated human and technology system that encompasses:
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A universal local authority child information hub
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An underpinning service and information network
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Improvements in local case management systems
C&YPSP –
A wide-ranging project to promote better information sharing across
agencies and support the Local Preventative Strategy in improving the
outcomes of children in Gloucestershire
ISA SCOPE
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All children between 0 - 18.
 Encompasses vulnerable children, children in need,
children at risk etc.
ALL CHILDREN
(125,800)
Offending &
behavioural
problems
VULNERABLE
CHILDREN
(45,000)
CHILDREN
IN NEED
(4,375)
LOOKED-AFTER
CHILDREN
(470)
CHILDREN ON
CPR
(130)
Educational
underachievement
Poor
material
conditions
Abuse
&
neglect
Poor mental
physical &
sexual health
REFERRALS
WITH AN ISA SERVICE NETWORK:
Signal referral
Signal referral
Expression of interest
from other agencies
not previously involved
Possible signal
involvement
Notification of
police involvement
Expression of
interest in police
involvement
SSD expression of
interest in police
involvement
Police
Possible notification
of SSD referral
Expression of
interest in SSD
referral
CAMHS
Social
Services
Connexions
Possible
notification
of CAMHS &
SSD referral
Health
Education
ISA NETWORK
SCHOOL
SERVICE DELIVERY
WITH AN ISA SERVICE NETWORK:
Education
Health
From
From
age 3/4 age 13
From
birth
Voluntary
sector
ISA service
network constantly
sharing
information
Connexions
Ed Psy
CAMHS
..
ISA
network
Social care
From involvement
Housing
Police
YOT
PROF. PRACTICES
PRODUCTS:
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Audit of current practice & systems
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Agreed CAM / CAF policy
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CAM / CAF implementation programme – June 2004
LEGAL & INFO.
PRODUCTS:
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Caldicott Guardian legal framework
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Information sharing agreement
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User Guide
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Data Protection policy statement
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Privacy statement
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Consent documentation – July 2004
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MOU / SLA – September 2004
COMMS. & PR
PRODUCTS:
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C&YPSP vision statement & LPS paper
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Branding
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Communication Plan
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Web site
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Service directory – June 2004
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Newsletter
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Workgroup & seminar package
IT DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCTS:
• Assessment of IT systems in development to support
ISA
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E-GIF technical statement – June 2004
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Security statement - June 2004
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Technical feasibility report - July 2004
• Short-list if IT systems most likely to meet SOR September 2004
KEY DELIVERABLES
SUMMER 2004:
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Common Practices
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Common Language
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Common Assessment Framework
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Child Action Model Locality Groups
 ISA Resource Pack
 Business Case
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Statement of Requirement for an ISA IT solution
NEXT STEPS
AUTUMN 2004:
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Trailblazer report
SPRING 2005:
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Children Bill
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Funding for ISA IT system
SUMMER 2005:
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Procurement of an IT system
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ISA IT Pilot
SPRING 2006:
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Full working ISA system with a comprehensive database of
children in Gloucestershire
DATABASE
PERSONAL & SENSITIVE INFORMATION:
• Forename (s)
• Surname (s)
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Address (es)
• Ethnicity
• Unique number
• Education
• Parent / guardian details
• GP
• Health Visitor
• Assessed needs
• Keyworker
CHILDREN BILL
AGENCIES REQUIRED TO SUPPLY DATA:
• Local Authorities
• Police
• Probation boards
• YOS
• Strategic Health Auth.
• NHS Trusts
• NHS Foundation Trusts
• LSC
• Maintained schools
• Ind. schools
• FE institutions
• Prisons
CHILDREN BILL
AGENCIES PERMITTED TO SHARE DATA:
• Inland Revenue
 Child benefit records & Child tax credit record
• Secretary of State
 DWP benefit records
• Registered childminders & day care providers
• Registered social landlords
• Voluntary organisations working with children
Questions
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