WELCOME to CYPF and BEST

Agenda for the day :• Introduction to Brighter

Futures• Putting it all into context• What does it mean for you?• Where’s the link to BEST?• Workshop tools

By the end of the day you will:

• Know the aims and key messages of Brighter Futures • Consider how your team could apply Brighter Futures

concepts within team or service improvement• Understand the link to BEST values• Identify and practise techniques to develop your skills

as BEST leaders

Our vision for Birmingham’s children…

For Birmingham to be an inspiring placewhere all children and young people enjoy living, learning, developing and achieving together whilst feeling secure in a city that is child and family friendly.

Brighter Futures – what have you heard so far?Multi agency strategy - transform Children’s services,

- based on needs analysis - shift to preventionFour key concepts – “building blocks” – a way of

thinking£41 million investment, 10-15 years to achieve success

Uses business transformation processes to manage Implementation - Zero sum (reinvestment not savings)

What do we know about children in Birmingham?

What do we know about children in Birmingham?

How many children live in Birmingham?

a) 100,000b) 250,000c) 1 million

250,000 - the city is one of the youngest and most ethnically diverse in Europe

26 % of children had an accident

that required hospital treatment

What percentage of children have had an accident in the past year that required hospital treatment?

a) 12 %b) 26 %c) 55 %

26% of children had an accident thatrequired hospital treatment.

8 % of 12 - 18 yr olds smoke cigarettes

What % of 12 -18 year olds smoke cigarettes?

a) 8 %b) 15 %c) 25 %

8% of children aged 12 – 18 smoke cigarettes

61 % of children aged 12 -18 drink alcohol a few times a week

What percentage of children aged 12 -18 yr olds drink alcohol a few times a week?

a) 12 %b) 28 %c) 61 %

61% of children aged 12 -18 drink alcohol a few times a week.

8 % of children aged 12 -18 have used illegal drugs I the last 12 months

What percentage of children aged 12 -18 years have used illegal drugs in the last 12 months?

a) 3 %b) 8 %c) 15 %

8% of children aged 12 -18 have used illegal drugs in the last 12 months.

23 % of children aged 9 - 10 are

clinically obese

What percentage of children aged 9 - 10 are clinically obese?

a) 15 %b) 23 %c) 50 %

23% of children aged 9 -10 are clinically obese

How many children are permanently excluded from school each academic year?

a) 150b) 350c) 750

350 children are permanently excluded from school each academic year in Birmingham

Birmingham Brighter Futures focuses on improving:• physical health• behaviour• emotional health• literacy and numeracy• social literacy• job skills

How?

By using the 4 building blocks to design services:

•All children and children in need

•Outcomes based planning

•Data•What works evidence

All children and children in need – a developmental framework

Know which group of children we are targeting,against which outcomes, appropriate to age or capacity

All children – universal approach to improve an outcome

Children in need – specific group based on needs of that Group, Eg reducing teenage pregnancy

Outcomes based planning - Developing services using a logical approach…

• Outcomes• Activities• Investments• Outputs

What is an outcome?

What is an output?

Which is which?

Impact of activities (generally a service or set of services)on children’s development

A measure of activities intended to lead to an outcome

Happy, school attendance, safe, adequately assessed,victim of crime, depressed, child protection register.

Logic Model Method

Oc A I Ot

Epidemiology & other need

assessment

Review of National Policy

What works evidence

Staff capacity

Communication

Conference & Workshops

Focus Groups with users and the

community

Dissemination & feedback from

staff

EvaluationEvaluation

Data

•Review existing data and pull it together•Identify gaps in information and ways to fill those gaps •E.g initial data collection activity•Repeat it over time, using consistent measures, to see trends•Use it to inform a needs analysis

What have we done so far?

Nine pilot programmesIncredible yearsFamily Nurse PartnershipTriple P – positive parenting practicePromoting alternative thinking strategies

(PATHS)Targeted provision for 2 year oldsRestorative justiceSubsidised places for children at riskShort breaks for disabled childrenTransforming provision for children in care

Plus

•Public health style campaign to improve outcomes for all

•Workforce development activity to support us to deliver

•Replace IT systems to support new ways of working

•Introduce a research and development function

One childrens workforce

Everyone knows how they support improving outcomes for children, with evidence

A common language across all children’s services

Service improvement and team working linked into a child outcomes framework

People feel equipped and able to do their jobs well

What is the link between the Brighter Futures strategy and BEST?•Beliefs: we recognise that we all have a role to playin improving outcomes for children.•Excellence: we need to work together to find new and better ways of working in order to improve outcomes for children.•Success: we need to see improving outcomes for children as our primary objective.•Trust: we need to value the contribution each of us makes to improving outcomes for children.

Belief - we all have a role to play …Discuss your role and explore together what role each person has in improving outcomes for children.Excellence - we will find

new and better ways of working …

Discuss how you might achieve this.

Success - Outcomes for Children is our primary objective …

How might you ensure that outcomes are at the centre of your work?

Trust - working together to improve outcomes …

What makes you feel valued and supported in your efforts to improve outcomes for children?

Roles of BEST Leader and Manager …• be able to explain the logic model to team• help set objectives in line with the outcomes• provide a positive environment for objective setting and discussion• be able to explain the values of BCC and encourage behaviours that reflect the values• Managers - service planning process that reflects outcomes

What next …

• Team meeting – service planning, objective/action setting

team expectations/behaviours• Outcomes for children success is underpinned by values• Our values – Belief, Excellence, Success and trust• Using the materials• Support – Dragons Den, Living it! Awards, Generation BEST

Leader networks,