Transcript Count Us In!

Children,Young People &
Families forum
4 July 2013
Phil Mawhinney
Community Action Southwark
1. News & updates
1) Personalisation agenda
• Personalisation of children’s services by Sept 2014
• Children with SEN or disabilities
• 14 May event between VCS + council, 40 orgs
o Develop a programme of transition support
o Innovation Fund (Aug/Sept)
2) Approved Providers List (APL)
• List of pre-vetted organisations wanting to bid for contracts.
• Eliminates continually submitting PQQs + documentation
• Fri 2 Aug deadline
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200047/grants_and_funding/350/voluntary_and_community_sector_support/2
3) Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
• Helps employers makes safer recruitment decisions. Replaces
CRB checks.
• New website – the Update Service. Allows individuals to reuse
DBS certificates applying for other jobs.
• NAVCA briefing
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
4) Troubled Families programme extended
• Gov. announced additional £200m for 2015/16
(was due to end 14/15).
• Extending number of families to 400,000, up from 120,000.
2. Children & Young People’s Plan
Fiona Russell
Principle Strategy Officer, Children’s Services,
Southwark council
• How can VCS contribute to the Plan?
• Impact on VCS of new Plan, e.g. different
priorities, funding opportunities?
3. Update on safeguarding
children
Ann Flynn
Development Manager
Safeguarding Children Board
Southwark council
4.VCS Reps
• Opportunity to bring to the council via Reps –
• issues, concerns
• ideas, best practice
Children, young people & families Reps
Natalia Sali
(Contact A Family)
Carolyn Martin
(Family Action)
Florence Emakpose
Hazel Saunders
(Faces in Focus)
Gordon McCullough
Phil Mawhinney
(World of Hope)
(CAS)
(CAS)
Ian Redding (Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum)
Children & Families Trust
Corporate Parenting Committee,
Safeguarding Children Board (tbc)
Safeguarding – Child Sexual Exploitation subgroup
Family Focus Plus (Troubled Families)
Health & Wellbeing Board,
Safeguarding Children Executive Board
Safeguarding Children Board,
ProActive Southwark (sports + physical activity)
Safer Southwark Partnership
4. Policy ‘Dispatches’
4.VCS Reps
Guide questions
1. How will X policy development impact your service users?
Risks or opportunities?
2. What does the council/NHS need to prioritise to support
your service users?
3. Are there unmet needs? Are there gaps in available services?
4. Do you need any specific support from the council, e.g.
training?
5. Project showcase:
Parents as Partners
Elizabeth Mawle
Parents as Partners
Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR)
http://www.tccr.org.uk/parents-as-partners-programme
Event
Criminal Justice ‘Summit’
Date
Tues 9 July
Time
10 – 1pm
Understanding Leases: A commercial lease overview Wed 10 July
10 – 1pm
Master Class: telling your organisation’s story
Fri 12 July
10 – 1pm
Landlord and Tenants Rights and Obligations
Wed 17 July
10 – 1pm
Trustee Induction Sessions: Southwark & its
voluntary and community sector
Sat 20 July
10 – 1pm
Premises Working Group
Mon 29 July
2 – 4pm
Contact
Phil Mawhinney
Policy & Participation Officer
Community Action Southwark
[email protected]
0207 358 7018