London Borough of Lewisham

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• London Borough of Lewisham
• Strategy for
• Early Intervention and Prevention

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The Strategic Vision

• David Dickinson
• Head of Commissioning, Strategy and Performance
• London Borough of Lewisham

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The Strategy

• Local Strategic Partnership
• Children and Young Peoples Strategic Partnership
• Children and Young Peoples Plan
• LAA

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Lewisham CYPP 2006 - 09

• Analysis of Need and Priorities
• Meeting our Priorities
• Participation of Children, Young People and their
  Parents/Carers
• Governance and Performance Management

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Vulnerability Model
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Implementation

• Prevention and Early Intervention
• Vulnerability Levels
• Pooling Resources
• Joint Commissioning
• Targeted Services
• Community Involvement

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One Example The LAA
Government Office For London (GOL)
Local Strategic Partnership
LAA Oversight Group
4 Blocks of the LAA Children Young People
Economic Enterprise Safer Stronger
Communities Health Older People
LAA Steering Group
Children and Young Peoples Strategic Partnership
LAA Working Group (CYP)
Joint Commissioning Group
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A Voluntary Sector Perspective

• Pauline Kennedy
• Assistant Director - Southern Region
• The Childrens Society

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A Voluntary Sector Perspective

• Involvement in
• Lewisham Childrens Fund
• Early Intervention and Prevention
• The LAA Voluntary Sector Involvement

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A Voluntary Sector Perspective

• Successes
• Challenges
• Lessons Learnt
• Recommendations for the future

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A Practical Approach

• Caroline Hirst
• Lewisham Childrens Fund Programme Manager
• London Borough of Lewisham

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From the Start

• Funding allocated and monitored by GOL
• Preventative Services for ages 5 13
• The LCF Commissioning Model Service Leads and
  Delivery Partners
• A Partnership between the Statutory and Voluntary
  Sector
• Overseen by the LCF Executive

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The Transition Stage

• LCF Services reviewed against the ECM outcomes
• Line Management transferred to the CYP
  Commissioning Unit
• LCF pools funds, along with other budgets into
  the LAA

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Challenges

• Concerns and uncertainty around the future
• Change in monitoring requirements
• Identifying how diverse CF projects contribute to
  LAA targets
• Demonstrating impact
• Challenges when mainstreaming preventative
  services

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Opportunities for CF and LAAs

• More strategic
• More integrated
• Mainstreaming opportunities
• Working in partnership
• Raising the profile

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Whats Happened So Far?

• Pooled Budgets in the LAA
• Shared Service Level Agreements and Monitoring
  Arrangements
• Shared Targets
• Clear reporting structure
• LAA Sub-Groups

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The Process
Government Office For London (GOL)

• The LAA Structure

Local Strategic Partnership
LAA Oversight Group
4 Blocks of the LAA Children Young People
Economic Enterprise Safer stronger
Communities Health and Older People
LAA Steering Group
Children and Young Peoples Strategic Partnership
LAA Working Group (CYP)
Joint Commissioning Group
Performance Monitoring Sub-Group
Finance Sub-Group
Evaluation Sub-Group
External Funding Sub-Group
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How does the VCS contribute?

• VCS representatives at all stages
• Contracts with voluntary organisations
• LAA Events
• Independent evaluation

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What Will Happen Next?

• Recommendations from the evaluation
• Support made available to groups
• Review of existing services across the LAA
• Commissioning Review Process
• LAA Newsletter
• Future events/workshops
• Developments through the sub-groups

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Contact Details

• David Dickinson
• david.dickinson_at_lewisham.gov.uk
• Pauline Kennedy pauline.kennedy_at_childrenssociety.o
  rg.uk
• Caroline Hirst
• caroline.hirst_at_lewisham.gov.uk