LEICESTER FEDERATION

Leicester’s Children and Young People’s Plan

2006-2009 Version 1: 25.11.05

Project Management

SM Participation Group National Aims Top local Priorities Lead Agency Related Plans SM

Federation Lead Service Director and policy support

SD SD C&YPP Overview Group (CYPPOG) SD SD SD SD

ROLE: Project Management Editing Cross-cutting issues

SD SD SD SD SD SD Safe Health Achieve Contribute Economic A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P LCC SCHD LCSB HEALTH CAMHS LDP LCC E&LL Regional Skills Partnership Plan 14-19 Primary and Secondary National Strategy Action Plan LCC / E&LL Crime & Disorder DAAT YOS Connexions/LSC Resources LCC Best Value?

Inspections Gershon Workforce Strategy

Contents of the CYPP

• Executive Summary • Purpose of the CYPP • Vision • Priorities • Leadership Arrangements • Planned Action to Improve Outcomes • Improving Services for Children and Young People • Performance Management • Resource Deployment • Appendices (summary of targets; Local Area Agreement; super output areas with highest levels of deprivation; interagency involvement in C&YP plan)

Vision for Leicester’s Children and Young People

• A brighter future for Leicester’s children and young people • Improved life chances for children and young people • Children and young people supported to achieve their potential and thus make a positive contribution as effective citizens • Good outcomes for all (as in the Children’s Act, 2004) – Physically and emotionally healthy – Safeguarded from harm, neglect and abuse – Enabled to enjoy life and achieve their best – Encouraged to make a positive contribution – Supported to achieve economic stability

The Agreed 14 Local Priorities

• Reduce health inequalities • Promote emotional resilience and positive mental health • Reduce Teenage Pregnancy • Safeguard children from abuse, neglect, the impact of crime, domestic violence, substance misuse and bullying (including LAC and LDD) • Reduce childhood accidents in and out of the home • Remove barriers to achievement by promoting attendance, addressing behaviour in school, reducing truancy and exclusion, and addressing the negative impact of turbulence through multi-agency support for schools and colleges • Ensure more children and young people enjoy learning

The Agreed 14 Local Priorities (cont’d)

• Improve attainment and achievement at Key Stages 2 and 4 • Increase the educational achievement of Looked After Children • Create clear ways for the voices of children and young people to be acted upon across all provision • Improve community cohesion (including across generations) • Prevent and reduce anti-social behaviour, offending, re offending and racial harassment by children and young people • Decrease numbers of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), especially those who are socially excluded • Reduce long term unemployment and numbers of children growing up in workless households

Planned Action to Improve Outcomes

• Being Healthy • Staying Safe • Enjoying and Achieving • Making a Positive Contribution • Achieving Economic well-being • Looked After Children • Children & Young People with Learning Difficulties / Disabilities • Children & Young People from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups

Improving Services for Children & Young People

a) Service Integration ‘Key Actions 2006-09’ b) A Local Children & Young People’s Workforce Strategy c) Ensuring Equality d) Building Participation – Engagement & Consultation with Children & Young People, Service users, Stakeholders & the Wider Community.

e) Support for Parents, Carers & Families

Improving outcomes; improving services the structure of these sections within the plan

• Strategic Analysis • Priorities for achieving Outcomes • Targets • Strategic Actions Planned • Links to other plans

Critical Dates for Partners

• Consultation period 5 th December 05 – 30 th (6 weeks excluding Christmas and New Year) Jan 06 • Consultation events – within agencies and interagency e.g. LFCS Service Integration Forum 13 th Dec 05; TALK event 28 th Jan 06; LCC Scrutiny Committees - Education & Lifelong Learning;Social Care & Health – both January 2006 • Final version available for formal sign off processes within the City Council and within partner organisations 10 th February 06 • LFCS Management Board 17 th February 2006 • LCC Cabinet – final approval 13 th March 06

Leadership Arrangements

Outcomes Drafting Lead Lead Agency Lead Officers Outcome 1 Outcome 2 Outcome 3 Outcome 4 Outcome 5 LAC LDD BME C & YP Deb Watson,Health Andrew Bunyan, LCC Richard Whitehouse,LCC Paul Vaughan, LCC Rosemary Beard,Connexions Di Bentley, LSC Maggie McGrath, LCC Chris Bush, LCC Rabia Raza, LCC New, collaborative leadership arrangements will be needed for delivery of the plan

The local workforce strategy

• Targets • Integrated workforce plan • Engagement of all partners • Strategic Action • Establish a workforce strategic group • Complete a children’s workforce development strategy • Develop & deliver multi-agency recruitment, retention & training plans Can we all commit to & resource this essential partnership activity?

Performance Management

The plan needs to feature • Explicit links to the strategic plans and agreed targets of partners • Reference to the performance management arrangements of partners Will partners provide specific advice on these areas?

A Joint Commissioning Strategy

The process through which we form and agree a joint commissioning strategy needs consideration and inclusion in the plan An initial task for the shadow Joint Commissioning Board ?

- draft a process for consideration and agreement by the LFCS management board – 17 th February 06