Stephanie Brivio

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Stephanie Brivio Regional Manager Sure
Start/Childrens Fund DfES YLG Conference 2005
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Overview of presentation

• What is influencing current Government policy?
  
• Every Child Matters and The Children Bill
• Common Core-Childrens Workforce

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What is influencing current Government policy?
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The case for change

• The gaps between socio-economic groups are too
  wide
• The effects of disadvantage are felt early and
  often have lasting consequences
• Disadvantaged and at risk young people are
  lagging behind their peers

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The achievement gap between socio-economic groups
opens up between 22 and 40 months
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A large minority experience problems
Less than1

• Permanent exclusions from school
• Imprisoned
• Teenage pregnancy
• On Child Protection Register
• Looked after now

1 to5

• Are or have been looked after
• Persistent truant
• Persistent offending
• Have tried hard drugs before 16

5 to10

• No qualifications at 16
• Solvent abuse
• Not in education, training or work
• Offending (up to 3 offences)

10 to30

• Run away from home
• Mental health problems
• Committed an offence in last year
• occasional truant
• Not in education, training or work
• at some point from 16 to 18

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The cost of not intervening early enough
billion
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This includes all children dealt with by
childrens social services. Includes prevention
and protection.
All other Children with SEN (89)
All other Children (85)
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Children with a statement of SEN (11) Annual
cost of 2.1 billion or 9,000 per child
Children in care (15) Annual cost of 2.2
billion or 33,000 per child
All other Children dealt with by YJB
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Annual cost of 220 million
Children in custody
Childrens Social Services
Special Educational Needs
Youth Justice Board
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Fragmented funding, multiple assessments and
gatekeepers
3billion
LEA special educational needs
EWS
CAHMS
YOT
PCT
Childrens Fund
Youth Service
Childpsycho-logist
Edwelfareofficer
Youthworkers
Healthvisitor
Statement of SEN
Children in need
At risk register
Conductdisorder
Risks to parents
ASSET

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Children cut across organisational boundaries
and categories
200,000 children aged 10-17 have offended
67 have already been through a Social Services
assessment
65 have been excluded or are persistent truants
42 are underachieving at school
25 are not in education, employment or training
at 16
20 have a statement of SEN
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Conclusions

• Systemic change to
• Build services around the child, young
• person and family
• Support parents and carers
• Develop the workforce, changing culture
• and practice

• and to integrate
• Universal and targeted services
• Services across the age range 0-19

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Every Child Matters presented some disturbing
figures
Death from abuse or neglect 67
On Child Protection Register 26,175
Looked After Children 61,100
Children in Need 350,000 known to social
services
All CYP 12,350,200 Aged 0-17
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The Every Child Matters Outcomes

• be healthy
• stay safe
• enjoy and achieve
• make a positive contribution
• achieve economic well-being

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• Supporting parents and carers
• Early intervention and effective protection
• Accountability and integration
• Workforce reform

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Workforce Reform

• Childrens Workforce Unit
• Sector Skills Council for Children and Young
  People
• A pay and workforce strategy to improve
  recruitment, retention, skills and workforce

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Common Core of Skills and Knowledge

• Common values
• Promote equality
• Respect diversity
• Challenge stereotypes

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Knowledge and Skills

• Effective communication and engagement
• Child and young person development
• Safeguarding and promoting welfare of the child
• Supporting transitions
• Multi-agency working
• Sharing information

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Effective Communication and Engagement

• Culture and context
• Involvement in service design
• Continuity
• Share reasons for action

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Personal Skills

• Self awareness
• Analyse objectively
• Challenge your own and others practice

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• Work in a team context
• Have awareness of current legislation
• Understand CYP in context of their own lives

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Integrated strategy

• What are your plans for using the Every Child
  Matters Outcomes Framework?
• What steps can you take to influence strategic
  planning?
• How will your findings feed back into broader
  strategic planning?

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Integrated strategy

• What processes do you currently adopt in your
  work with partners? How might these be improved?
• How effectively do you share information with
  partners? How might this be improved?
• What work is underway locally to assist in
  integrating processes?

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Opportunities
To make a real and lasting difference to
children, young people and their families