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Our three year strategy
> Our vision> Children and young people in families and communities
where they can be safe, strong and thrive.
> Our mission > Embed quality, child centred practice throughout our
service
> Our goal > Engage children, their families / whanau, iwi and multi
agencies in protecting and caring for New Zealand’s most vulnerable children and young people.
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Children are the taonga of New Zealand
> 2004 = 40,000 notifications
> 2012 = 150,000 notifications….. and growing
> Domestic Violence
> Emotional Abuse (12K) and Neglect (5K)
> Care numbers stable (5K)
> Half with family / whanau
> National debate – White Paper
> Joined up services
> Growing relationships with iwi.
> Focus on working with the NGO sector
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1. Quality social work practice
> Deliver excellent Family Group Conferences
> Establish a new Outcomes Framework
> Enhanced Practice and Knowledge system
> Reduce number young people in the youth justice system working with them, whanau and agencies
> Multi Agency Strategy for children in care
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2. Working together with Māori
> Strengthen culturally responsive and sensitive practice and services for Māori
> Build strong and positive partnerships with hapū and iwi
> Incorporate the values, culture and beliefs of Māori and promote te reo in our everyday work
> Build capacity and innovation within iwi partnerships
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3. Voices of children and young people
> Ensure children’s wishes and feelings shine through all our work
> Involve children and young people in service enhancements at a national and local level
> Ensure children’s voices shape the knowledge and skills of our workforce
> Uphold and protect children’s rights by establishing a systematic, real time complaints and feedback system.
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4. Connecting communities
> Build a network of organisations with shared strategic interests e.g Care, Domestic Violence
> Identify areas of priority need and any gaps and work with the provider sector to address these
> Review and revitalise the way we involve communities, so we can respond safely and consistently to reports of concern
> Work with our partners to establish cross agency training and local training ‘hubs’.
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5. Leadership
Our people:> Focus on supervisors and practice leaders, to coach,
lead, challenge and support quality practice:> Clearer roles and accountabilities
> Professional development
> 100 percent registered professional workforce
> Work with Universities and develop a social work graduate programme, learning and research intiatives.
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5. Leadership
Our caregivers:> Improve the quality of caregiver recruitment,
assessment, training and support
> Develop Specialist fostering
> Develop Iwi and kinship placement
> Raise profile of caregivers and celebrate their achievements through local and national recognition.
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Achieving year one
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Achieving year one
A set of achievements that:
> are clear and measurable
> take us one third of the way towards our three year goal
> balance of national and locally lead activity
> Use Self Assessment framework and action plan
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1. Quality social work practice
> New Family Group Conference practice standards and an enriched training curriculum
> Embedded the self assessment framework:
> completed annual self assessments
> Benchmark quality and local action plans> Worked with young people who’ve offended, their
siblings, and the family
> Implemented a new care and protection assessment plus:
> 100 percent uptake of gateway assessment > audits and review on quality
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2. Working together with Māori
> Practice that reflects tikanga Māori with a focus on:
> well facilitated, supported whānau hui
> a new cultural assessment framework for young people in residences
> Every site and residence with an active relationship with local hapū or iwi
> An effective learning framework for all staff, lifting confidence and engagement with Māori
> Partnership agreements with iwi – particularly Assessment, FGC and Care
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3. Voices of children and young people
> Children more visible in assessment and greater participation in Family Group Conferences
> Improved service for children and young people by consulting with them in collective forums:
> two per site and residence
> five regional forums > A learning and development programme on children’s
participation
> Reviewed and redesigned our complaints and feedback system, so it is child friendly and responsive.
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4. Connecting communities
> Host site planning meetings with our community partners on shared topic of concern or interest
> Regional plans that clearly describe the services we want to purchase, and the results we want to achieve
> Develop a clear and consistent pathway of response for families experiencing family violence or needing help from the community
> Engage local partners in training and briefings
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5. Leadership
Our people:> Implement a clear set of accountabilities for site
managers, practice leaders and supervisors, and an induction programme that supports it
> New standards and training for quality supervision
> A graduate programme linking with Universities and offer experience across a range of our services – from front line, to youth justice, residences, and national office projects.
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5. Leadership
Our caregivers:> Launch a new caregiver strategy and standards
> Develop a range of specialist foster care provison
> Introduce annual awards for our outstanding caregivers.
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Self assessment and action plan
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Getting to know our self assessment
> Self Assessment at local level based on 5 key strategic priorities
> Self Assessments must be self critical, accurate and evidence based, including:
> Feedback from our key stakeholders – children and young people, community partners and our staff
> Complete an audit of our own casework using a random sample
> Review of Performance and Outcomes for Children
> Identify strengths and areas for improvement - develop a local action plan setting out our key areas of focus
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Roles and responsibilities
> Everyone contributes to our self assessment and development of our action plan
> Practice leaders will provide a practice quality focus, and complete the case audit
> Site managers are responsible for leading out the self assessment and action plan
> Operations managers will oversee ensuringe consistency and evidence in self assessment
> Regional Directors will approve all action plans
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