Restructure of the Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Kelly Moss

Children’s Trust Manager

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Cabinet Report

• Cabinet agreed changes to Hartlepool Children’s Trust on 24th August 2009

• Changes come into effect 1st October 2009

• First meeting of the new Hartlepool Children’s Trust Board 15th October 2009

What do these changes mean?

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Children’s Trust Board

Develop & promote a child and family-

centred, outcome led vision

Put in place robust arrangements for

inter-agency governance

Develop integrated strategy, joint planning and commissioning,

pooled & aligned budgets and the Children and Young people’s Plan

Effective joint working sustained

by a shared language and

shared processes

Develop and promote integrated front-line services organised

around the child, young person or family

Safeguarding & the Children’s Trust

• Lord Laming’s report, The Protection of

Children in England: A Progress Report

• The Children’s Trust is required to:• Consider children’s safeguarding needs and champion child

safety.• Lead in emphasising the importance of universal, targeted

and responsive safeguarding• Ensure that the planning and commissioning of services

takes account of the need to safeguard and promote children’s welfare.

• Ensure all local partners are prepared for and implement the new Vetting and Barring Scheme (October 2009)

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

What do these changes mean?

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Direct and manage

resources

Direct and manage

performance

Manage inter-agency delivery

Procure services (e.g. through joint

commissioning function)

Executive to replace

Performance Management

Group

What do these changes mean?

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

ARPs* and other

partnership groups

Greater collaboration – end to ‘silo’

thinking/working

Assess individual need, identify children and young people who

need help

Co-ordinate information,

performance and resources

Deliver children and young people

and family interventions

Stakeholder involvement

*Age Related Partnerships

Hartlepool Children’s Trust

Children’s Trust ExecutiveChair: Cllr. Cath Hill

Children’s Trust BoardChair: Cllr. Cath Hill

ARP 0-11Chair: Khalid AzamChildren’s Centres

Speech, Language & Communication Needs

MaternityTeenage Pregnancy

HousingHealth Visitors

PlayChildcare

Early LearningC&YP Social Care

CAHMSSEN

LSCBReport on annual basis

Consultation

Behaviour & Attendance Partnership

14-19 Partnership

Joint Commissioning

Function

ARP 11-19Chair: Caroline O’Neill

ConnexionsYouth Service

Youth OffendingTransitions

Teenage PregnancyTargeted Youth

SupportJob Centre Plus

SchoolsFE & 6th Form

Leaving Care TeamHousing

LSC, SEN

C&YP Social CareAdult Social Care

Educational Psychology

Task and Finish GroupsAs needed and agreed by the Age Related Partnerships

Infrastructure Group

Chair: Sue JohnsonTeam around the

ChildTeam around the

SchoolCAF

Workforce C&YP ParticipationCorporate Parenting

Communications

Stakeholder GroupChair: To be elected

Group to be supported by Beth Hawkridge &

Kelly Moss

New guidance coming soon…

Will provide the detail behind the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and

Learning Bill

Hartlepool Children’s Trust