The Newcastle Plan for Children and Young People April 2006 – April 2009

Presentation to Council5 April 2006

POLICY CONTEXT

UN Convention on the Right of the Child

Every Child Matters: Change for Children

Children Act 2004 – Newcastle April 2005

Inter agency co-operation to improve wellbeing of children:

Children’s Trust

Duty to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare

of children

Children and Young People’s Plan: Strategic plan for LA and

partners

Roles and responsibilities of the Director of Children’s Services and

Lead Member

ALSO …..

Police Authority Three Year Strategy

Probation Annual Plan

Youth Justice Plan

National services framework for children and young people

and maternity services

Crime and Disorder and Misuse of Drugs and Alcohol

Strategy

Every Child Matters: Change for Children – Young People

and Drugs

Duty of Local Authority to promote educational achievement

of looked after children

ALSO …..

The Framework for Inspection of Children’s Services

Common Assessment Framework

Children’s Workforce Strategy and the Common Core of

Skills and Knowledge

Lead Professional Good Practice Guidance

Multi Agency Working Toolkit

National Childcare Strategy

Youth Matters: Next Steps

IN SUMMARY7 Statutory and 12 Non Statutory Plans removed

Plans linking to the CYPP Statutory Plans Replaced 1 Non-Statutory Plans Replaced

Community Strategy

Best Value Performance Plan

Local authority operational plans on education, social services, asset management, and other functions as set out in Section 2

Primary Care Trust (PCT) Local Delivery Plan

Local police authority’s 3 Year Strategy Plan and local policing plan

Youth Justice Plan

Probation Area Annual Plan

Crime and Disorder and Misuse of Drugs and Alcohol Strategies

Learning & Skills Council (LSC) Plans

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

Healthy Schools Programme Plan

Play Strategies

Connexions Partnership Plans

Local Development Frameworks

Planning Documents on matters listed in Section 2

Behaviour Support Plan

Children’s Services Plan

Class Sizes Plan

Early Years Development and Childcare Plan

Education Development Plan

Local Authority Adoption Services Plan

School Organisation Plan

Area Child Protection Committee Business Plan

Asset Management Plan

Behaviour Improvement Plan

Excellence Cluster Plan

Excellence in Cities Plan

ICT Development Plan

Primary Strategy Plan (formerly literacy and numeracy plans)

Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (to be subsumed by the CYPP from April 2006)

Underperforming Schools Plan

Youth Service Plan

Local Preventative Strategy

Children’s Centre Implementation Plan

1 The repeal of statutory planning requirements came into force on 1 March 2005

The following agencies/groups/services/sectors are key partners involved in delivering improved outcomes for children and young people within Newcastle

Adult Basic Skills GroupAdult LearningAnti-bullying Steering GroupArts CouncilAsylum Seekers Unit BarnardosBehaviour Support serviceBlack Minority Ethic Education ForumChild & Adolescent Mental Health Service Alliance (CAMHS)Child & Adolescent Mental Health ExecutiveChild Accident Prevention GroupChild Development Centre (RVI)Child Health Commissioning GroupChildhood Obesity Group Executive/Partnership GroupChildminders’ NetworkChildren & Young People’s Strategic Partnership Children & Young PeopleChildren North EastChildren’s Centres Children’s FundChildren’s Trust Parents’ ForumChildren’s Trust Participation GroupChildren’s Workforce Strategy GroupChoosing Health Implementation GroupCommunity Action in Health Community Nursing TeamCommunity Team for Learning DisabilitiesDioceses of Hexham and Newcastle, Diocesan Schools’ Commission Connexions Tyne & WearCorporate Training (NCC)Domestic Violence & AbusePartnership

Drug & Alcohol Service Early Education & Childcare Service Early Years Development Childcare PartnershipEducation & Libraries Service (NCC)Education Welfare ServiceEducational Psychology ServiceEthic Minority Traveller & Refugee Achievement Service (EMTRAS)Families First, Families In Care, Family Learning Advisory groupFamily Learning ServiceFirst StepGovernment Office North EastHealth VisitorsInline Newcastle, Investing in Children, Keep Involving Challenging Kids Learning & Skills Council Tyne & Wear Learning Mentors & Workforce Development Leisure Services (NCC)Libraries Service (NCC)Local community, Local Strategic Partnership Looked After Children /Young People’s Health TeamLooked After Children Educational Achievement TeamMulti-agency Public Protection Arrangements Strategy Group Maternity Health Improvement & Modernisation Programme (HIMP)Multi-agency Looked After Children PartnershipMuseums, Tyne & Wear

National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO)Neighbourhood Services (NCC) New Deal for CommunitiesNewcastle & Regional Hidden Harm NetworkNewcastle Action for Parent & Toddler Newcastle Child Accident Prevention ForumNewcastle Childminding AssociationNewcastle City Council Newcastle CollegeNewcastle Diocesan Board of Education Newcastle Education Business PartnershipNewcastle Excellence in Cities PartnershipNewcastle Governors AssociationNewcastle Independent SchoolsNewcastle Learning Partnership (14-19 City Board)Newcastle Licensing AuthorityNewcastle Literacy TrustNewcastle Maintained SchoolsNewcastle Play & Youth ServiceNewcastle Primary Care TrustNewcastle Special Needs Network,Newcastle Toy Library ForumNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne Hospital TrustNewcastle, North Tyneside & Northumberland Mental Health TrustNewcastle Health Service DirectNewcastle Health Service Provider ServicesNorth East Ambulance ServiceNorthgate & Prudhoe NHS TrustNorth of Tyne NHS Commissioning ConsortiumNorthumbria PoliceONE (One North East)

Organisational Development (NCC)Out of School NetworkParents and CarersParent Governors Physiotherapy/Occupational TherapyRegeneration Directorate (NCC)Probation ServiceRegional Child Protection GroupRegional Inter-agency Trainers GroupRiverside Community Health ProjectSafe Newcastle PartnershipSAHARASchool Improvement ServiceSchool Planning GroupSchool Sport PartnershipsSchool Workforce Development Scotswood Area StrategySocial Services (NCC)Special Educational NeedsTeaching & Support Service (SENTASS)Social Services Children’s Standards Unit & Performance UnitSpeech & Language TherapySport England North EastStrategic housing servicesSure Start Local ProgrammesVoice Project Voluntary Sector Women’s AidYour Homes NewcastleYouth ForumYouth Offending Team Youth Sport Trust

IN ESSENCE WHAT DOES OUR PLAN SAY?

What is life like for children and young people in Newcastle?

What are our priorities?

What are you people’s priorities?

What do we need to improve and how will we know?

How are we going to get there?

How are we going to embed this in service plans and

performance management arrangements?

How will we be tested and judged?

CONTENTSIntroduction Assessment of Need and

AmbitionUnderpinning

StrategiesChildren’s Trust Arrangements

Performance Management

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Priorities for Change - Newcastle Inclusion Governance Performance Management and Review

Vision Priorities for Change – From Children and Young People

Participation of Children and Young People

Integrated Strategies and Transforming Outcomes

Annual Performance Assessment

Core Commitments Context Participation of Parents/Carers

Resources Joint Area Review

Development of the Plan

Background Early Intervention and Effective Protection

Integrated Processes Schools Causing Concern

Ambitions Safeguarding Integrated Front Line Delivery

14-19 Learning

Be Healthy Play Safeguarding Standards Unit

Stay Safe Youth

Enjoy and Achieve Transition from Childhood to Adulthood

Make a Positive Contribution Children’s Services Workforce Reform

Achieve Economic Well-being

Looked After Children

Children with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities

PRIORITIES FOR CHANGENewcastle

To reduce the high rate of teenage pregnancies

To reduce obesity in children under 11 years of age

To raise levels of educational achievement across all key stages

To develop a comprehensive early intervention strategy to

support parents, carers and families

To reduce the number of children looked after in Newcastle

PRIORITIES FOR CHANGE“What Matters to Us”

Respect for children and young people in relationships with adultsRespect between different groups of children and young people

Fair treatment from organisations

Space and opportunities to spend time with friends

Outdoor play spaces

Accessible sports and leisure provision – cheap or free

Road safety

Anti-discrimination including bullying, racism and homophobia

More policing to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour

Decent neighbourhoods to grow up and live in

Public transport

Healthy lifestyle issues (around food, exercise, drugs and alcohol)

Involvement in decision making

More interesting lessons and fairer treatment in schools

TRANSFORMING SERVICES

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CO-OPERATION

CYPSP* Board

CYPSP*

Transforming Outcomes

Programme

Local Partnership

Strategy

Local Safeguarding

Children’s Board

Safe Newcastle

Learning City Forum

Health and Wellbeing

Partnership

Area 1, 2 and 3Area 1, 2 and 3

CYPSP* Board Members

City Council:

• Lead Member • Education• Social Services• Play and Youth

Community and Voluntary SectorConnexionsGeneral PractitionersHealth – PCTLearning Skills CouncilPoliceSchoolsYouth Offending Service

*Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership

ALIGNING RESOURCES

Workforce

ICT

Financial

Physical assets

Commissioning arrangements

Learning

600 responses to consultation

Sign off by all organisations

Safeguarding arrangements

Just the beginning

“Ask not ………………..”

Please do not underestimate the challenge and the opportunity;

please do not underestimate your power to make a

difference; please look and listen for ways of lining up the

huge resource which we have across services in

Newcastle; please remember that our strength is in our

diversity and everyone can make a contribution. If we had

got it right in the past we would not be in the situation we

are in now. We have to make every child matter and so we

have to make every person matter.

ONLY ONE THING MATTERS

WEBLINK TO PLAN

www.newcastle.gov.uk/wwwfileroot/socialservices/children/TheNewcastlePlanforChildrenandYoungPeople.pdf