A NEW SHAPE FOR SERVICES Denise Hyde, October 2004

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A NEW SHAPE FOR SERVICESDenise Hyde, October
2004
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OVERVIEW

• About North Lincolnshire
• Children, Structure - Our Model for Services
• Developing Integrated Agenda
• Success factors/challenges

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North Lincolnshire
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All about North Lincolnshire

• 152,000 population
• 38,000 under 18
• 50 urban 50 rural (main town Scunthorpe)
• 2.5 BME
• Established partnership working since 1996
• Childrens Trust Pathfinder
• Michelin restaurant

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The Children
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The New Shape of Childrens Services (February
2004)
Chief Executive - vacant
Deputy Chief Executive
Deputy Chief Executive
Head of Service - Education
Head of Service - Children
Childrens Social Services
Integrated Services
Childrens Trust
Operations Referral Management Duty Team (inc.
extended hours service) ----------- Children in
Need Safeguarding Teams ------------ Interventio
n Support Team ------------ Fostering
Adoption ------------- 5 Childrens
Homes ------------- Leaving Care Team
Practice Audit Review Team -------------- Child
Protection Team -------------- Professional
Development Team
Sure Start programmes x 2 -------------- Children
s Fund -------------- Youth Offending
Team -------------- Childrens Centres -----------
--- Childcare Development Service -------------- M
APTs
Commissioning lead for health, CS
ELA -------------- Disabilities -------------- Beh
aviour support -------------- Substance
misuse -------------- Childrens Centre
development -------------- Trust Collaborative
Team
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Our Model for Childrens Services
CAF CAF
P o p u l a t I o n N e e d s A s s t
Universal and Primary
Universal planning/commissioning Services to all
children and those with early problems e.g.
schools, GPs, Day Care
Childrens Trust Ellen Chant
Children in Need Framework
Services to children with problems that might get
worse without support e.g. Sure Start, MAPT
Secondary/ Targeted
Integrated Services John Waters
Front Door Childrens Social Services Duty
Initial /Core
Intervention
Head of Operations Mick
Gibbs Head of Practice Dave Basker
Services to children requiring high level
intervention e.g. child protection, high child
concern.
Referral Management/Service Allocation
Service Ass.
Services to children requiring high level
intervention e.g. Looked After, Adoption
Specialist/ Permanence
Based on Policies and Practices in Preventative
Child Care, Hardiker et al
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Growing an Integrated Culture - EvolutionHOW?

• Shared Vision, Principles and Planning
• Integrated Systems, Processes and Performance
  Management
• Integrated Governance Formalisation of
  Partnerships and Plans
• Integration of Front Line Staff

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Ongoing
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Ongoing
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Shared Vision, Principles and Planning
Working Together To Achieve Better Outcomes For
Children Childrens Services 2004, Local
Preventative Strategy for Children Young People
2004 Childrens Pathfinder Trust 2004 Education,
Learning and Achievement 2004 Council Priority
2003
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We want our children to...
2003
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Integrated Governance

• Childrens Board (Nov 2004)
• Children Young People Strategic Partnership
  (Jan 2005) (previously CHIB 2000 to 2004)
• Childrens Trust Pathfinder Management Group/
  Service Board (Jan 2005
• Director for Children/ Lead Member for Children

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Partnerships
A new shape for partnerships - Governance
Local Strategic Partnership
Community Vision Planning and Consultation
(Formally CHIB) Children and Young Peoples
Strategic Partnership JAN 2005
Youth Forum
Strategic Direction Decision Making
Childrens Board NOV 2004
Commissioning and Implementation
(Formally Development Group) Childrens Trust
Pathfinder Management Group JAN 2005
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Integrated Process/Systems

• Common Assessment Framework
• Information Sharing
• Children in Need framework
• Integrated Performance Framework

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Integration - What worked for us

• Strong shared beliefs
• Strong Childrens Services lead (on top of day
  job)
• Being poor meant being creative
• High profile for children in the Council
• Willingness for Childrens Services to take risks
• Get own house in order first
• Prepared to take the flack
• Never gave up
• Stability

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Our continuing challenges

• Maintenance keeping momentum
• Resistance never goes away
• External pressures on Childrens Social Services
  - need for continuous change
• Resentment from colleagues
• Staying poor (youre OK dont need any more
  money)
• Demands - nationally and locally(limited
  resources)

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Childrens Trust - a national model
Duty to co-operate
Leadership at every level
Inter-Agency Governance strategic direction,
partnership and accountability
Integrated Strategy planning, commissioning,
pooled resources
Integrated Processes Information sharing, common
assessment
Integrated Front Line Delivery
Involvement of children and young people
Performance management
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Summary
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Childrens Services
Children's Services will contribute significantly
to the Council objective of "Investing in
better outcomes for children and young people"
Children's Services will work as part of a
partnership of agencies who are "Working
together to achieve best outcomes for children
and young people"
On behalf of children, we will pursue with our
partners any course of action that results in "A
safer life in stronger families"