Children and Young People’s Plan 2013-16

1. Children and Young People’s Plan 2013-16 Fiona Russell Strategy, Planning and Performance Children’s and Adults’ Services fiona.russell@southwark.gov.uk

2. Developing the 2013-16 CYPP • Changed statutory and policy landscape: • Overhaul of children’s trust duties; new health and wellbeing board and strategy • Children and Families Bill; Working Together; Ofsted frameworks • Ongoing, significant budget reductions • Locally partners committed to children’s trust and partnership plan focused on transformation areas • CYPP developed following ‘1,000 journeys’ stakeholder stories, data ‘deep dives’ and strategic conversations with local leaders • Consultation on draft until 31 July; operational from autumn • CYPP aligned to other plans, eg Council Plan, Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Clinical Commissioning Group Operating Plan

3. Three transformational areas • CYPP focuses on three areas that JSNA evidence shows need transformation: • Best start – Children, young people and families access the right support at the right time, from early years to adolescence • Safety and stability – Our most vulnerable children, young people and families receive timely, purposeful support that brings safe, lasting and positive change • Choice and control – Children and young people with a special educational need or disability and their families access a local offer of seamless, personalised support from childhood to adulthood

4. Best start • Key messages from JSNA: • Many positive experiences of accessing support but sometimes not until family is at crisis point • ‘Nimble’ response of voluntary and community providers • High levels of needs, such as depression, and underlying impact of poor mental health on parenting ability and resilience • Value of family-based resources and timely ‘stepdown’ services • Need for more holistic working around key ‘triggers’ such as 2 year old checks or school exclusion • Key actions within transformation priority: • Better coordination around early years, families and adolescents • Wider range of services which stop problems getting worse • Action on health and education inequalities, and risk factors

5. Choice and control • Key messages from JSNA: • Families want to do ‘normal things’, access universal provision • Role of early help and support to increase independence and resilience, and to reduce demand for statutory provision • Earlier diagnosis leading to support in place sooner; but high levels of demand; lack of confidence in alternative to statements • Statutory level support well received but parents can battle to access it with multiple assessments and varying thresholds • Key actions within transformation priority: • Integrated plans for education, health and social care from 0-25 • Personal budgets and personalisation, developing a local offer, and increasing choice of provision • Role of early help and increasing young people’s independence

6. Safety and stability • Key messages from JSNA: • High levels of need and volumes of referrals and assessments • Effective partnerships evident to keep children safe but some frustrations about accessing full range of interventions quickly • Strong focus on needs of child, with views sought and acted on • Role of voluntary and community providers in supporting vulnerable families holistically • Key actions within transformation priority: • Social workforce transformation • Building services around journey of child • More effective help for parents struggling to care for their children • More foster carers and children being adopted

7. Implementing the CYPP • How can the sector support implementation? • Multi-agency working groups over coming months • ‘Short and sharp’ sessions to develop action plans and longer-term transformation programmes • Some will be aligned to existing transformation programmes • Looking for both ‘quick wins’ and longer-term activity • How will the new priorities affect commissioning? • Intervening earlier, reducing risk, preventing escalation • Quality, evidence-based provision • Improving journey of the child and family • Coordination and integration • Flexible, holistic and personalised support