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OVERVIEW
• Children’s Services Reform – the national picture• Achievements in Hertfordshire • Challenges ahead – the Harder Test
CHILDREN’S SERVICES REFORM
• Support parents and carers
• Develop the workforce, changing culture and practice
• Integrate services across the age range 0-19
• Radical improvement in opportunities and outcomes for children
• Whole-system reform of the delivery of children’s services
• Build services around the child, young person and family
CHANGE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAMME – TWO PHASES
• Ending Phase 1 – 2005-06: Developing strategy and frameworkDevelop the directionPromote ownershipEstablish governance and accountability
• Starting Phase 2 – 2006-08: Improving services and outcomes Improve service/ practice links on the groundDevelop the staff across services Improve key outcomes for children
ACHIEVEMENTS• HCTP Framework established• Governance and Accountability arrangements
approved by all agencies• Children’s Trust Partnership’s in all 10 Districts• Local Children’s Safeguarding Board• Children & Young People Plan signed off by all partner
agencies• Children’s Workforce Strategy• Common Assessment Framework/ Lead Professional
pilot• Children’s Centres & Extended Schools strategy• Participation Strategy being consulted on
THE HARDER TEST - KEY PRINCIPLES
• Delivery of services, NOT PROCESS• Integrated services at the local level• Targeted action with key groups of young people and
communities• Embedding young people’s participation• A strong commissioning framework• Matching resources to priorities• Keeping the focus on OUTCOMES
The Child or Young
Person
All Children inall areas
All Children in some areas
Some Children in all areas
SchoolsChildren’s centresExtended Schools
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
What do we aim to commission at which levels, and what do we need to do to achieve this?
National
Regional
Sub Regional
Primary Care Trust(s) and
Children, Schools and Families
Practice Based CommissioningChildren’s Centres & Extended Schools
? Budget holding lead professionals? District Children’s Trust Partnerships
Screening Immunisations
Residential/fostering servicesLooked After Children
Neonatal networks
Child ProtectionSurestart
Residential/fostering servicesSpeech and Language Therapy
Most CAMHS servicesLeaving Care Services
Community nursing and midwifery. Local care pathways.
PlayschemesParenting Services
Education ImprovementPartnership
Children’s Centre Network
Practice – Based CommissioningChild Minder Network
Extended SchoolCluster
Local Partnerships and Networks
NeighbourhoodPolicing
Area
Key:
Schools
Health Community facility e.g. libraries