STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER GROUP 6th November 2008

Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER GROUP 6th November 2008 Welcome Jane Pitman - Chairman Lead Member for Children’s Services

Hertfordshire Children’s Trust Partnership STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDER GROUP 6th November 2008 Introduction Sally Withington (Facilitator) Children First

Setting the Scene John Harris (Chair – HCTP Executive Group) Director of Children’s Services

Setting the Scene That Was Then…This Is Now Partnership with Impact A Simple Plan On The Horizon –National and Local Challenges

Joint Area Review 2007 Outcomes for children adequate and improving…BUT Arrangements to ensure that all children and young people are safe are inadequate Overall performance rating for Children’s Services reduced from good to adequate Strong service leadership and good capacity to improve External support and challenge to accelerate improvement in social care performance Strengthen performance management and impact of key partnerships

Progress…One Year On Good progress in response to key issues from inspection - ‘safe staffing’, now secure Improvement in safeguarding and the outcomes for children looked after – ‘Staying Safe’ is now at least ‘adequate’. Performance management improved significantly - ‘Service Management’ is now ‘good’. Strong ‘direction of travel’ over past twelve months - ‘adequate’ to ‘good’? APA to confirm progress

Repositioning HCTP (1) review and re-affirm vision commitment to ‘whole system’ change and integrated practice fit for purpose partnership structures with fewer layers and streamlined business processes clarity of function: executive, stakeholder engagement, and scrutiny

Repositioning HCTP (2) CYPP with fewer priorities and sharper targets a ‘golden thread’ from strategy to delivery compacts between partners and HCTP/HSCB a performance culture with accountability a more strategic stakeholder engagement

HCTP Strategic Stakeholder Group HCTP Executive Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board HCC Scrutiny Committee Herts Forward Young People’s Board Crime and Disorder Reduction agenda County Children and Young Peoples Plan (CYPP) Priorities District CYPPs Version 7.0 Themes in bold cut across all five ECM outcomes but are placed under one outcome for accountability purposes Staying safe Being healthy Enjoying and achieving Making a positive contribution Achieving economic wellbeing District Children’s Trust Partnerships Service Management (Business Support) C.L.A and Care Leavers Bullying Children with a Disability Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Healthy Lifestyles Standards & School Support Early Years B.M.E CC & ES Parenting SSOSHL Strategy Childcare Sufficiency Child Poverty Integrated Youth Support Teenage Pregnancy Youth Justice Substance Misuse Workforce Performance Planning & Commissioning Participation Budgets Communication Needs Analysis District Plans CC & ES = Children’s Centres and Extended Schools SSOSHL = Study Support and Out of School Hours Learning MAST= Multi-Agency Support Team MAT= Multi-Agency Team Integrated Practice CAF Lead Professional Arrangements MASTs & MATs Contact Point ICS Outcome Lead for each of Five Outcomes and CYPP priorities Young People’s Voice Linked with key partnerships Holds HCTP to account for its impact in improving safeguarding Strategic Challenge Support and Engagement Golden Thread to CYPP Top to bottom leadership for Integrated Practice

 CYPP is single, overarching strategy for all children and young people in Hertfordshire  Presents HCTP’s combined vision and aims for all children and young people in Hertfordshire Children and Young People’s Plan

 Shorter and easier to understand  Focused on outcomes for children, not services  Clear accountable actions, leads and timescales  Led and championed by Outcome Leads  Fewer performance indicators

Children and Young People’s Plan Safeguarding Children and Young People Narrowing the Gap between Vulnerable and All Children Service Management

Happy and Healthy – stronger joint working between NHS and LA, with children’s health a focus for all partners Safe and Sound – Staying Safe Action Plan Excellence and Equity – ‘Narrowing the Gap’ and connecting schools directly with Children’s Trust and multi-agency working Leadership and Collaboration – workforce development, commissioning services that remove barriers to learning Staying On – education and training offer On the Right Track – Targeted Youth Support Action on Child Poverty Youth Crime Action Plan Children’s Plan sets an agenda for focus of Local Authorities and Partners

‘the new guidance places greater emphasis on driving improved outcomes and promoting cultural change, as the main structural changes should now be substantially in place’ Legislative options under consideration for schools and GPs Strengthening of Children’s Trusts

the key change proposition: a systematic framework of preventative and targeted services, through integrated practice 38 multi-agency teams around the child linked to Children’s Centres and extended schools consortia integrated Youth Support Services, included core teams for targeted youth support promoting a shared culture of prevention and early intervention across all agencies Working differently with Children and Families

Beyond the JAR: Innovation, Development, Ambition Top performing Youth Offending Team Innovative commissioning framework for our 82 Children’s Centres Youth Connexions Service ‘leading edge’ (TDA) Pennsylvania Resilience Programme BSF and Academies DCSF Pathfinder Projects Channel MOGO Child Poverty Target in LAA 2 – led by HCTP