The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 6 th of September 2011 Kensington Town Hall

Letitia Bradley and Jan Keen

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COMMUNITY BUDGET

BACKGROUND

Around

£8 billion a year

is spent on around

120,000

only getting to local areas via hundreds of separate schemes and agencies. families that have multiple problems, with funding Despite this investment,

the complex needs of these families’ remain.

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BACKGROUND

Two big barriers to local service innovation and reduced service costs…

1. Funding silos 2. Performance management / targets

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Premise

Services need to join up and intervene earlier so that families are given the chance to turn their lives around. This integrated, early intervention and High Need approach will also

drive down costs

.

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COST saved on multi-problem families

£7 795 £5 330

Saving estimates based on 40 families from 19 LAs

£1 240 £1 367 £695 £3 731 £40 341 Local Authority Society Police NHS Criminal Justice Social Services YOT Other £27 968 Estimates are made using the Family Cost Calculator devised by the Gov – the calculation results in £81,624 average savings per family per year based on intensive Family Intervention multi agency packages of support.

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‘…turn around every troubled family in the country’

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Proposal

16 areas (covering 28 councils and their partners) given direct control over local spending in their area free of centrally imposed conditions.

Funding available from April 2011.

Various Whitehall funding strands are pooled within a single ‘local bank account’ for tackling social problems around families with complex needs

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COMMUNITY BUDGET AREAS

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bradford Essex Greater Manchester (a group of 10 councils) Hull Kent Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Croydon London Borough of Islington London Borough of Lewisham

The London Boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth

Swindon

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Local Need

Central Gov. Depts. e.g. DWP, MOJ, DoE Council / Local Partners e.g. Police / PCT

Local response

£

/ Resource

Improve outcomes

Save money

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Response…

Westminster: ‘Wider’ Family Recovery Programme (FRP) H&F : Family Support Programme RBKC: (build upon Family Intervention Project / Adolescent Service / others) Wandsworth: FRP programme

RBKC’s Project

Complex or Acute Family Needs – Child Protection High or Complex Family Needs - Children in Need Low to Vulnerable Families with Additional Needs – CA(F) Universal Needs – Universal Services

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Workless families Family Intervention

Housing Education and training Employability Physical and mental health Substance misuse Benefits and budgeting Re-offending and ASB

Offender Management

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Current Progress

3 Exemplar funding bids - Working Families Everywhere - Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) - Prisoners’ and their Families

Young men, aged 18-24 in both Prisons

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What do we offer?

 Help Families to form positive relationships and stay together  Help to build resilience and encourage families to respond differently  Enable young people to discover and set positive goals   Encourage and support engagement with other services’ Personalised, targeted support both individually and as a family

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Outcomes

     At point of referral; 29 active requests for young people to be received into care Only 5 became Looked After Children; and 2 were supported to return home 3 moved into semi-independent hostels and supported by team 2 became remanded in Youth Offending Institutions 1 sectioned under Mental Health Act

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Local Analysis

Family Services Children subject to a CP Plan Adolescent Service Adult Services Police Employment Projects High Needs Children In Need YOT Complex & Re-offenders Education Welfare/Special Educational Needs & Pastoral Support Services Substance Misuse Education & Youth Services Positive Engagement Programme

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National performance targets- High Level Worklessness Criminal justice Youth Justice DfE Exemplars

 Numbers of families with multiple problems supported into sustainable employment via Work Programme providers.    TBC reduction in court cases and the associated legal aid costs TBC reduction in community orders and Suspended Sentence Orders TBC reduction in custodial sentences for less than 12 months  tbc  tbc

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Local performance targets Health

    TBC% increase in number of families registered with a GP TBC% increase in immunisations for under 5’s Reduction in obesity Identification and addressing speech and language difficulties in under 5s

Anti-social behavior Offending Education Housing Child protection

  TBC% reduction in ASB and nuisance TBC% reduction in the numbers of people incurring ASBO costs   TBC% reduction in offences committed by cohort TBC% reduction in arrests   TBC% reduction in cohort member no longer NEET TBC% improvement in school attendance   TBC% reduction in families that have rent arrears TBC% reduction in families at risk of eviction  TBC% avoided going into care