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,