Multi-Agency Induction

HALF DAY WORKSHOPFriday 2nd July 2010

Visit the Children & Young People’s Trust website at:

www.cypp.luton.gov.uk

Session Presenter

Welcome to working in Children’s Services in Luton Stephanie Cash

Delivery of Children and Young People’s Services a national and local perspective Rob Simpson

Working as part of the Children and Young People’s Trust -group exercise

Stephanie Cash

Children & Young People’s Plan Priorities – group exercise Stephanie

Cash

Refreshments Refreshments

Children & young people's participation

Working together -Integrated Processes

Andrea Assan & Dorothy Blackhall

Safeguarding children and young people Sally Bolton

Further Information & QuestionsStephanie Cash

Objectives

At the end of the event participants will have a greater understanding of

1) local arrangements for working together to deliver services for children and young people in Luton.

2) the local data and information about children and young people in luton

3) the priorities for children and young people in Luton

4) A range of ways of working that help professionals work more closely together

5) their responsibilities for safeguarding children and young people in Luton.

Children & Young People’s Trust website www.cypp.luton.gov.uk

Stephanie Cash Stephanie.cash@luton.gov.uk01582 547980

Session 2

Delivery of Children and Young People’s Services a national and local perspective

Rob Simpson Chair of Vision4CYP – voluntary sector network for children and young people

Model for improving outcomes for Children and Young People

• Under Labour government –– ECM framework – Prevention & early intervention – Joint working – Safeguarding – Huge investment in services– Focus on narrowing the gap – Children’s trust arrangements

• New Coalition government – Department of Education – Safeguarding

Coalition Governments messages about children’s

services • What we heard and know

– Independence of Schools through increasing Academies and Free Schools

– Cuts in grants from this year

• What we don’t know– Review of safeguarding– Impact on local arrangements for working

together

Strategic cooperation The Children and Young People’s Trust

Board Who are the partners ?

– Agencies who have a duty to cooperation – Local Authority, NHS Luton, Schools, Colleges. Sixth forms, Job Centre Plus, Probation, Police, Youth Offending Services

– Other agencies who deliver children’s services can be included

– ( local decisions) e.g. mental health trust, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Community health services, GPs, voluntary and community sector

What is the role of the Board ?– Agrees priorities and strategic direction– Develop and oversee the implementation of the Children

and Young People’s Plan– Ensures integration especially at early intervention and

prevention levels of service provision

Children and Young People’s Plan - CYPP

• Statutory document - each local area must produce • Developed through needs assessments and

consultation • Sets out vision, principles, priorities, cross cutting

themes and how it will be delivered • Also includes

– direction of travel for integration– safeguarding priorities – joint working and commissioning arrangements

• Each statutory agency must be explicit in how they contribute to delivery and they will be held to account

Integrated Services -Key Drivers are :

• Children, young people and their parents and carers should experience a joined up personalised experience to services

• Prevention, early identification and intervention are most effective models

• Right services in the right place at the right time

• Keeping children safe • Best use of resources

Luton’s Model for integrated front line services

From December 2009 Local Authority frontline workers moved from working in traditional professional groups to 5 integrated teams at a neighbourhood level .

Education welfare officers

Health visitors and school nurse

Youth workers

Personal advisers

Some family support staff

Integrated Servicemanager

Social workers

neighbourhood policing

Neighbourhood integrated teams

Family support staff and a range of others

Delivery at a local level

• Locality needs assessments• Multiagency family support panels • Strengthening links with schools,

children’s centres and other service providers

• A range of services provided locally and accessed through single route

Further new integrated models

Services For Children With Additional Needs ( up to 25 years)

• Joint team of social care, education staff , occupational therapists who work with children & young people with learning difficulties and disabilities

• Some health staff are also in the team• Future plans are to further integrate health

staff

In conclusion

• Moving from individual agencies working on their own to

• A joint approach across a whole range of Children’s services

Team Around the Child

Working as part of the Children’s Workforce in luton

Activity 1 – 10 minutes in 2’s or 3’sFind out Where each other work What each others roles areWhat similarities have you got in your

roles What opportunities are there to work

together

Luton’s Children and Young People’s Plan

Stephanie CashChildren and Young People’s Trust Business &

Development Manager Children’s Joint Commissioning TeamLuton Borough Council

66 % from black and ethnic minority families

15,000 live in poverty

Luton has the fifth highest fertility rate in England

52,600 children and young people in Luton, equivalent to 27.86%, higher than national avg of (24.16%)

Luton comes 291 out of 353 in the child well-being index

8.0 % under 4’s Highest in England (5.94%)

408 NEET (Not in education, employment, or training)

337 obese in year R and 534 obese in Year 6

Children in care 338Teen conceptions 134

Children on child protection register 201

Children and young people with mental health needs 2820

Young Carers – approx 250 known and supported

Young People known to the youth offending services 280

Children and young people with disabilities - 1617- 3017 ( 559-670 very complex needs)

Traveller children – approx 150

Pupils with statements of special educational needs 735

Child Well being Index 2009

What Children & Young PeopleTell Us!Smoking

•24% said they smoked ( similar to national average)

Fruit & Veg Intake•16% of respondents said that they ate 5 portions per day -19% nationally• 31% said they only have 1-2 pieces per day •11% said they ate none yesterday Drugs (8 & 10)

•11% said they had taken drugs ( national average 9%) •4% taken 3 or more times in the last 4 weeks (2% nationally)

Feeling Safe• Significantly - less felt safe going to

and from school that the national/statistical neighbour

• 65% felt quite safe when travelling on public transport slightly lower than the national / statistical neighbour

What children worry about •Significantly less children and young people reported they feel happy about life at the moment compared to statistical neighbours (64% v 62%)•31% worry about being bullied, higher than the national average( stat neigh 27%)•18 % worry about sex compared to 15% nationally•48% worry about what to do after year 11 which is higher than the national average ( v 43% stat neigh)

Listened to)•21% of young people felt that children and young people’s views are not listened to very much or not at all, compared to 18% nationally.

Bullying 44% of children have been bullied at school

•Of these, 25% were bullied in the last year•Of these 28% were bullied most days

Activities/things to do

Only 23% of young people felt there was enough to do on Friday or Saturday night compared to 26% nationally

To make children’s lives better…

•30% said more help to do better at school•35% more help to plan my future •40% more places where I can go to spend time with my friends•20% less bullying•15% someone I can always talk to

Activity – 10 minutes

Work in pairs or trios

- Does any of the data surprise you?- What does this tell us about growing

up in Luton for children and young people?

Children and Young People’s Plan – our 12 Priorities

1. Improving educational attainment2. Tackling bullying3. Reducing under-18 conception rates4. Halting the rise in obesity in year 6

and increasing participation in PE and sport

5. Improving outcomes for children and young people with disabilities

6. Improving emotional health and well being

7. Improving positive activities for young people

8. Reducing offending and re-offending rates for 10-17 year olds

9. Improving stability of placements for children in care

10.Reducing infant mortality 11.Reducing number of young people who are

not in education, employment or training (NEET)

12. Improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children and young people through targeted integrated approach

CYPP priorities

• Choose one of the priorities on your table

• Identify ways of work that you currently do to tackle this priority

• Identify as a group any new ways of working to improve the way you work to tackle this priority

9 Cross Cutting Themes

1. Listening to the voices of all children and young people and improve communication

2. Improving transitions to adult services- including mental health services, services for young people with disabilities etc

3. Focus on the integration of services through workforce and estates

4. Embed a “Think Family” approach to all our work

9 Cross Cutting Themes

6. Promote community cohesion across all our communities

7. Tackle the causes of family poverty8. Strengthen our integrated workforce9. Focus on prevention and early

intervention10.Raise the aspirations of all children

and young people

Activity 10 minutes : Working together –tackling the priorities

In pairs or trios:

Choosing from the priorities on your table- discuss the contribution each of you makes to addressing it as part of your role

1) Improving Educational AttainmentWhat do we know? in 2008/2009 • Foundation Stage Profile=

significant improvements.• Key Stage 1 =showing

improvements in reading, writing and speaking & listening.

• Key Stage 2 = improvements in all subjects.

• Key Stage 4 =significant improvement and target achieved at % 5+ A*-C.

What are we doing ?• Range of interventions

supporting schools to develop strategies to raise attainment

• Targeted work to narrow the gap for children with additional requirements

• Family workers in schools

• Every Child a talker

2) Tackling bullying

What do we know ?Tellus 4

Drop in number of cyp reporting they have been bullied ( note change in )methodology 2008/2009 =46.4%2009/2010 =27.3%

A higher proportion of youngster said they did not feel safe on public transport.

Those with disabilities experience more bullying and more frequent incidents of bullying both in and out of school

What are we doing?

• A lot of work with schools re policies and procedures

• Multi agency group- action plan being developed based on identified needs from data

• New antibullying coordinator

• Developing multiagency strategy and action plan

3) Reducing under-18 conception rates

What do we know ?

Latest date 0ctober 2008 • Area for some concern• Fluctuating rates

Teenage pregnancy strategy group– Commissioned Brooks

services – Increasing access to

contraception services – Developing school based

health services– Sex and relationship work

in schools– Aspirational programmes – Services focused in areas

were we know risk is highest

– Focus now is on more focused work with vulnerable groups

What are we doing?

4) Prevention and then halting the rise in obesity in year 6 including increasing participation in Physical Activity and Play What do we know ?

• In 2008/2009 from the national child monitoring programme prevalence was 21.3 % children were obese in year 6, national comparator 18.3%

What are we doing?Focus on early intervention

– Healthy schools – Increase participation in

sports and play – Programmes focus on

breastfeeding, weaning • Range of programes to

treat obesity – Mini Mend – Mend – Adolescent weight

management programmes

4) Increasing participation in PE and sport What we know ? Tellus

35% said they had done more than 30 mins of PA

Other dataThe percentage of children that participate in 3 hours of highquality PE and School Sport per week delivered by theschool which is a new Government target currently stands at 42% which is below the national average of 51%.Children get 122 minutes of PA in curriculum

What are we doing?

• Activities in school through the school sports partnership

• Increasing access to informal play at lunchtimes including training of lunch time supervisors and specific coaches for lunch time period

• Transition to sports clubs on High School sites for year 6

• Increasing opportunities for children and young people who do not engage

5) Improving outcomes for children and young people with disabilities What do we know ?

In 2008/2009Parental perceptions of services

in the local area was 58% Average score for England 59 %

What are we doing?

• Dedicated information service for parents

• Increasing access to respite care and short breaks

• Secured funding for building a new centre for assessment and treatment for children and young people with disabilities

6) Improving emotional health and well being of children and young people What do we know?

In 2008/2009 54.8% of children and young people said they had good relationship compared to 56% nationally

Mental health services for children and young people scored 15 out of 16 ( above target)

What are we doing?• Roll out of early

intervention programmes in school – Training front line staff – Investment in new staff – Early intervention – Referral

• Improving access to specialist CAMHS services

7) Improving positive activities for young people What do we know ?In 2008/2009

61.6% respondents said they had participated in last 4 weeks compared to 65.8% nationally

• Target 70%

What are we doing? • New web site for young

people designed with young people for young people“Somewhere to go, something to do, someone to speak to“

• Developing new technologies for communicating with young people

• Mapping diverse range of activities to add to website and working with partners

• Play strategy

8) Reducing offending and re-0ffending rates for 10-17 year olds

What do we know?

In 2008/2009 Reduction in first time entrants into the criminal justice

system

What are we doing ?Prevention

– Expansion of preventative programmes – Project Turnaround

Interventions Developing restorative

justice programmes

9) Improving stability of placements for children in careWhat do we know ?

In 2008/2009• Improvement in

stability and above target

• Key to successful outcomes for children in care

What are we doing?

• Recruitment of more foster carers

• Comprehensive training programmes

• Support for foster carers with intensive

support team

10) Reducing infant mortality

What do we know? • Luton has higher than

national rates of infant mortality – in 2007 rates were 5.7 per 1000 live births compared to the England & Wales average of 4.8 per 1000 live births.

• Relates to poorer maternal health and increases the risk for poor child health in later life.

• Women from BME communities have higher infant mortality rates than women in general population

What are we doing?

• Developing strategy and action for multiagency response

• Developing a range of integrated care pathways – Nutrition and diet – Maternal obesity– Support to teenage

mothers – Housing – Safeguarding

11) Reducing number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)

What do we know ?

• Year end 2009/2010 6.8% of 16-18 year olds NEET compared to 7.6 % statistical neighbour .

• Young People who are NEET may have a number of other issues that impact on their outcomes

What are we doing ?Early Intervention

– Personalise learning adviser for young people at risk of becoming NEET

Support – Workshops for raising

aspirations – Personal Learning Advisers

acting as Lead Professionals providing a range of support

– Improving Careers, Information and Guidance training for Personal Learning Advisers

12) Improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children and young people through an integrated approach What do we know?

best practice to intervene early rather than waiting to intervene

What are we doing?

Early intervention • Common assessment

framework • Multi-agency family

support panels • Multi-agency teams • Lead professional • Team around child

Break

Session 7

Children or Young People’s Participation

Participation StructureInfo to Various relevant boards/committees etc

Children and Young Peoples Scrutiny Group

 

Rapid Response.

(Issue based direct to relevant

services)

Luton Borough Council

Executive and C&YP Scrutiny

Inform Consult and Involve

Group

CDRP, PCT, Police, YAG, Campus

Luton

LYTEYouth Cabinet

Young Fundz

Targeted Group Reps 

UK Youth MP

Ward Reps & YV

Area Young Voice Groups

x 5

to include ward reps

Young Fundz

School Councils & PRU’s, Vol/Community

 

 

Other borough-wide participation groups and initiatives for:-LAC Children’s Panel16+ LDD etc, Health 

Session 8Working together to support children and Young people

A brief overview

Andrea Assan ContactPoint Manager

Dorothy BlackhallFamily Action Luton

Session 8 Integrated working using

integrated processes

Integrated working is only achieved through collaboration and co-ordination at all levels, across all services, in both single and multi-agency settings.

It is facilitated by the adoption of common service delivery, models, tools and processes.

Common Assessment Framework (CAF)• CAF is a standardised format to help in a

conversation with families, children and young people to explore concerns, possible solutions and support needed.

• It is used for children and young people with additional needs, particularly where the involvement of more than one professional group or agency is required.

• It can help in the development of shared language and better understanding amongst practitioners and families; it may also reduce the number of times families need to provide the same information.

Multi-Agency Family Support Panels (MAFS)

• In Luton these will be held fortnightly in each of the five neighbourhoods

• Members include representatives from integrated teams, education, health and voluntary agencies

• Cases are referred when they are ‘stuck’, require additional support and/or the involvement of other agencies; in the first instance panel members act as consultants to the referrer

• The panels have no additional resources themselves but aim to re-prioritise or use existing resources more effectively

Lead professional

• The lead professional is not a job title or a new role but a set of functions to be carried out as part of the delivery of integrated support.

• Lead professionals act as a single point of contact for a child and their family, co-ordinate support and reduce overlap and inconsistency between practitioners.

• The lead practitioner could be drawn from any of the people involved with the child or family: selection will depend on the situation and the individual relationship with the child and family.

ContactPoint

The new government have announced that this is now being “scrapped”!

HoweverIt is still currently in operation until….A New approach is decided on for a system only for

vulnerable childrenWill address those children who move between

different local authoritiesAccessable to a limited number of key

proffessionals

Hoping to hear what this new approach will be by end of summer

What Is ContactPoint?It is an Online directory of all children resident in

England, and the professionals working with them

ContactPoint only holds basic demographic details of school, GP, parent/carer name and professional involvements

It’s purpose was to help professionals find out who else is working with the same child or young person.

Information Sharing

Supports multi-agency and Integrated Working these will not be successful unless we know when and when not to share.Outcomes, depends upon effective

partnership working and appropriate information sharing between services

Delivering more effective intervention at an earlier stage.

Prevent problems escalating, increasing the chances of positive outcomes.

Why is Information Sharing so important?

Information Sharing

So what stops us sharing information?Practitioners often don’t feel confident about sharing

informationUnsure about what they can and cannot shareNo consent given – unsure about when it is

appropriate to overide “no consent”

So what’s out there to help and support?Government GuidanceTraining

Information SharingGovernment Guidance

Guidance to support good practice in Information Sharing:

Why information sharing is importantSeven golden rules for information sharingFurther information to inform decision makingHow organisations can support practitioners

Available in the form of:• Guidance document for Managers and Practioners• Pocket Guide• Legal Guidance• DVD• Quick reference guide• And more on the web• www.dcsf.gov.uk/ecm/informationsharing/

Information Sharing - Luton

What is Luton doing to support Practioners?½ day Training Courses to start in September

• Information Sharing and Consent

E-learning Software available to ALL practioners across the partnership

• E-mail ContactPoint@luton.gov.uk to request access

All documentation available through ContactPoint team

Information Sharing “champions” to be createdIdentified “sponsor” for Information Sharing

Session 9

‘Safeguarding Children’

Luton Safeguarding Children Board

Working Together to Safeguard

Children & Young People

• What Is Safeguarding? • Who Is Responsible for Safeguarding Children?• What Training is Available?• Where Can I Get More Information?

What is Safeguarding?Working Together 2010 states:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

‘Protecting child

ren

from m

altreatm

ent;’

‘Preventing impairment

of children’s health or

development; and’

‘Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully.’

• Ensuring agencies across the children’s workforce have effective safeguarding policies and procedures in place.

• Conducting reviews of all child deaths and serious cases of injury/harm where child abuse is suspected.

• Delivering a programme of Safeguarding Children training

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN IS EVERYBODY’S RESPONSIBILITY

Luton Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) brings together the organisations working across the Children’s Workforce in Luton, with the aim of

ensuring that they work together effectively to keep children safe by:

Who Is Responsible for Safeguarding Children?

What Training Is Available?A progressive programme of training

• Level 1 – in your own agency or with the LSCB if you work in the Third Sector

The aim of the course is to allow delegates to develop an awareness of, and the ability to act on concerns about the safety and welfare of children and young people, to improve their outcomes.

Once Level 1 is completed, delegates can access:

The LSCB Multi Agency Training;

•Level 2: Safeguarding Children ‘A Shared Responsibility’ •Level 3: Safeguarding Children ‘Effective Interventions’

•And a range of specialist seminars and courses including;

Parental Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding ChildrenParental Mental Illness and Safeguarding ChildrenWorking Together to Safeguard Disabled ChildrenChild Neglect and the Graded Care Profile.

www.lutonlscb.org

Further Information, guidance and Learning Opportunities

available through www.lutonlscb.org includes:

• A number of e-learning packages available to compliment your Safeguarding Children Training.

• Professional’s Booklet. • LSCB Inter-Agency

Safeguarding Procedures.• Information about Serious Case

Reviews (SCR) and processes.• Advice about eSafety.• Information and helpline

numbers for Children, young people, parents and carers.

Luton Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)1st Floor 2 – 12 Victoria StreetLutonLU1 2UA

Training Manager: Sally BoltonTraining Officer: Richard MoseleyTraining Administrator: Helen McGuire

Email: safeguarding@luton.gov.ukWebsite: www.lutonlscb.org Phone: 01582 547619

01582 547895

Where Can I get More Information?