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Achieving for Children
Innovation in delivery vehicles for Children’s Services
Nick Whitfield, Chief Executive, Achieving for Children Joint DCS for Richmond and Kingston upon Thames
What we’ll talk about today
1. What is Achieving for Children….and how it is innovative
2. Why have we done this?….origins of the idea and how the design has evolved
3. The major challenges…and solutions
4. The benefits we’ve already begun to see
What is Achieving for Children?
A community interest company owned by two councils
What is Achieving for Children?
A new model of delivery - Focused on the needs of children and their families
What is Achieving for Children?
A strong strategic partner with a public service ethos
combined with business sense
Why have we done it?
Responding to political ambitions
Why have we done it?
Delivering improvement in Kingston
Why have we done it?
Sustaining our investment in preventative services
Why have we done it?
Achieving required efficiency savings
Why have we done it?
Implementing innovative ways of working and engaging our workforce in our
organisational design
Why have we done it?
Securing new business opportunities
Major challenges…and solutions
Doing it differently - managing cultural change whilst developing our business infrastructure
Major challenges…and solutions
Leadership capacity for transformation
Major challenges…and solutions
Enabling the Councils to feel safe
Major challenges…and solutions
Statutory duties and accountabilities
The benefits
Integrated and streamlined services withefficiency savings in management costs
The benefits
Good progress on our improvement journey
The benefits
Innovation through our Business Academy
The benefits
Government funding to develop new models
The benefits
Workforce retention
Q&A
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