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Ealing Children’s Trust: Setting the direction February 2010 Children’s Trusts “Everyone involved in improving outcomes for local children, young people and their families – working together” “A body which informs …decisions and ensures… that front line services work together to improve outcomes” A Brief History • • • • • • • • 2003 2003 2003 2004 2007 2008 2008 2009 – – – – – – – – Laming Inquiry into Victoria Climbié’s death 35 Children’s Trust Pathfinders Every Child Matters Green Paper Children Act 2004 (Duty to Cooperate) Review of Every Child Matters All local areas have a Children’s Trust Children’s Trust Guidance Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Children’s Trust Board • “…are local partnerships which bring together the organisations responsible for services for children, young people and families in a shared commitment to improving children’s lives” (DH, 2008) • Requiring every local area to have a Children’s Trust Board (Statutory requirement) –April 2010 • Board members are there to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people in their area – this is more than just representing their parent organisation • Co-operation arrangements should operate at all levels via the CYPP process Strengthening the role of CT’s • Statutory body which provides interagency governance. • Giving the CTB (rather than LA), responsibility for producing, publishing, reviewing and revising the CYPP, while leaving the responsibility for implementing and delivery to board partners • Extending the number of statutory partners to include schools, FE and sixth-form colleges, Job Centre Plus. • Responsibility for producing a report on the extent to which CT partners deliver on their commitments Children and Young People’s Plan • Over riding purpose – drive forward better integrated services to improve outcomes. • Joint strategy - how partners will co-operate to improve the health and well-being of all CYP in the local area • Not necessary or desirable for the plan to include a list of everything. • Needs assessment process must cover full range. • Once CT board has identified its main cross cutting priorities, the plan must set out what the partners intend to do together to deliver them. • May be joint working to achieve targets eg teenage pregnancy, LAC, or by organisations alone, aligned to partners to achieve a common goal eg attainment-this is still considered as joint working and should be in plan. How do the plans fit together? Local Strategic Partnership Community Strategy What do you want to achieve in the whole local area, for the whole population? Children’s Trust Board Children & Young People Plan What do you want to achieve for Children, Young People and their Families? What are the priorities? What are the high-level resources? Children’s Trust Executive Commissioning Framework Joint Commissioning Unit Joint Commissioning Strategies Joint Commissioning Function How are you going to run the joint commissioning function? What is the overall approach, rules of the game, process and principles? How are you going to meet the intentions and priorities set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan, using the Commissioning Framework? The new CYPP – scope The CYPP includes: • All those in the area aged 0 to 19 • Young people aged 20 and over leaving care • People up to the age of 25 with learning difficulties • Services for adults / families that impact on children CYPP should focus on cross cutting priorities and joint activity CYPP should reflect the shared priorities of all the key local agencies, including the PCT Setting the direction for Ealing • Individually or in pairs: – Identify ‘What is your one wish for the children and young people of Ealing?’ – Summarise this and add to the Wall. 9