birmingham workshop 2 sheila bates
DESCRIPTION
A presentation given at one of the National Youth Agency's regional events on the Governments new ten yearyouth strategy, called "Aiming High". For more information visit www.nya.org.uk/tenyearstrategyTRANSCRIPT
Partnership Working
Sheila Bates
Coventry Children’s Champion
Content
•Coventry Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership
•Children’s Champion Role
•Partnership Working in Coventry
•Coventry User Involvement Strategy
•Identifications of the challenges
•Critical success factors
Programme Board
Being healthy
Staying Safe
Enjoying &achieving
Making a positive
contribution
Achieving economic well-being
Having supportive
friends, families &
communities
Integrated processes
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John Forde
Amanda Lamb
Ruth Snow
Fran Downes
Peter Shearing
SuzannePrince
Andy Walmsley
Lead
Marc Harder (interim)
Marc Harder (interim)
Vicki Starritt
James Lawrence
Sally Giles
Gennie Holmes
Nicola Atkins
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Commissioning BoardProfessional
Advisory Group
Consultative Forum
Wider partnership activity and sub groups
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Children’s Champion•Independent role which ensures children and young people have a strategic voice in decision making
•Monitor the quality and impact of the involvement strategy
•Encourage/support partnership working ensuring that children and young people are valued as key stakeholders
•Be a critical friend to all partners
•Ensure that children and young people play an active role in the development, monitoring and evaluation of services they use.
Organisations working with the Coventry Partnership
The Coventry Partnership “Family”
Community Safety Partnership
Neighbourhood Management Partners
Housing Strategy Group
Jobs Strategy Group
Health of Coventry Group
Transport Group
Learning & Training Group
Equalities & Communities Group
Advantage West Midlands
Government Office West Midlands
Coventry Solihull & Warwickshire Partnership
Coventry & Nuneaton Regeneration Zone
CV1 (City Centre Company)
Swanswell Partnership
New Deal for Communities
Business Community Higher/Further Education /Public Sector
Council/Democratic Voluntary Sector
Children’s & Young People’s Strategic Partnership
Older People’s Partnership
Mental Health Services Partnership
Learning Disabilities Partnership
Physical & Sensory Impairment Partnership
PIE*
Group
Operations
Group
Theme Group Leaders
Cultural Partnership
Environment Group
Sectors involved in the Coventry partnership
Involvement Strategy•Networks-Consultative Forum
•Involvement Champions
•Action Plans
•Monitoring Group
•Consultation/activity log
•Standards
•Financial Policy
•Children’s Plan
•HBW quality mark
Identification of the Challenges
•Improving the quality of involvement across the board
•Working with both service users and professionals from the point they are at
•Having enough time to consult effectively
•Getting past the gate keepers
•Accountability
•Enough appropriate resources
•Strategic material being user friendly
•Representative involvement
Critical Success Factors
•Standards
•Appropriate training for both users and professionals
•Appropriate mechanisms of involvement that can be monitored
•Reward and recognition policy recognised across partners
•Opportunity for involvement from the top down
•Less what more how
Contact details
Sheila Bates:
Coventry Children’s Champion
Telephone: 024 7683 1432