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Enhancing Childcare Services: Walsall & Wolverhampton Collaboration Workshop

Join the launch of the two-year offer trials for children's services in Walsall & Wolverhampton. Learn about the joint project, collaborations between the two authorities, and the purpose of the workshop. Hear from project managers about the background, making the bid, and what the project entails. Gain insights into how the trial will expand to all disadvantaged 2-year-olds by 2013 and the implications for capacity and training. Meet the project liaison officers and understand their role in the project. Get involved in discussions, provide feedback, and share good practices regarding parental engagement toolkit. Discover the barriers and solutions to delivering the two-year-old offer in the local authority. Connect with colleagues, share experiences, and contribute to shaping the future of childcare services in the region.

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Enhancing Childcare Services: Walsall & Wolverhampton Collaboration Workshop

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  1. Time 2 Start Two Year Offer Trials Launch 21 July 2011

  2. Welcome Jenny Mander & Kim Stokes Walsall Children’s Services Serco

  3. Welcome • Introductions • Housekeeping • How did we get here?

  4. Purpose of the workshop • Information about the joint project • Meet colleagues • Time to talk about our services

  5. Why are we working together? Neighbours Good track record £400,000

  6. Why are we working together? • Feel reassured that kids getting good care • Can go to the loo in peace • My child feels happy • Seeing the children improve - talking more, learning things, becoming more confident

  7. W O W Walsall or Wolverhampton

  8. Agenda

  9. WoW Jenny Mander & Kim Stokes

  10. Overview of the Trial Lisa Hill Project Manager

  11. Background • At the beginning of 2011 DfE announced that they were looking at trialling new approaches to the 2 yr old offer. • They were looking at trialling the following areas: • building sustainable capacity • improving overall quality • increasing skills of early years workers • enhancing local systems • offering parents greater flexibility

  12. Making the bid • DfE outlined that they were in favour of consortia bids. • Walsall and Wolverhampton put in a joint bid in and were successful • Out of 150 LA bids only 15 were successful • Awarded £400k

  13. What was in the bid • We looked at all of the strands outlined by DfE This included: • Stretching the offer over 50 weeks • Increasing places • Raising quality through robust training packages • Gathering and sharing of good practice • Employing Project Liaison Officers • Enhancing local systems such as e - start (Walsall) and Synergy (Wolverhampton) • Looking at mentoring and coaching schemes

  14. Why? • The 2 yr offer will be expanded to all disadvantaged 2 yr olds by 2013 • This has huge capacity implications • We need to share our trials with other authorities so they can be prepared for the large increase in numbers • To ensure the children and families get the best possible experience and outcomes from the offer

  15. Introduction to the project team Sally Ellis & Rachel Cook Project Liaison Officers

  16. Project Liaison Officers for 2 year Offer • Sally Ellis – 01902 551480 (Thurs & Fri) email: sally.ellis@wolverhampton.gov.uk • Rachel Cook – 01902 554213 (Mon & Tues) email: rachel.cook@wolverhampton.gov.uk

  17. How do we fit into the overall offer? • To support the strategic and operational development of the new approach to the 2 year offer as requested by the Project Board • To monitor and trial new approaches to the 2 year offer

  18. Our Role • To identify good practice across the two authorities of Walsall and Wolverhampton • To trial new methods and identify a consistent approach across all children’s centres and private settings offering the 2 yr places • To develop relevant training packages to support practitioners • To share good practice regionally through information sharing events

  19. First Steps • Introduction – meet with you all today and making appointments to visit you in your settings • Parental engagement self evaluation toolkit: • Purpose of the toolkit is to gather evidence of good practice regarding parental engagement • To develop a support package formulated from the evidence gathered • To form case studies and share information

  20. Next Steps • The information gathered from the toolkit will inform future planning • A robust training package will be developed in order to support practitioners in all settings • To support and encourage effective partnership working • Arrange events to share good practice with other authorities, first one in September and will cover West and East Midlands • To identify elements of good practice that will be used in developing a mentoring and coaching programme • To assist in the identification and development of effective communication strategies across service providers; which supports achieving positive outcomes for families

  21. Activity We would like your views regarding the parental engagement toolkit: • Please discuss in your groups and feedback to the facilitator • Your views will be taken into account and the amended toolkit will be sent out to all settings

  22. Parental Engagement Toolkit

  23. Barriers to delivering the 2 year old offer

  24. Local Authority Q&A Groups

  25. Solutions to identified barriers

  26. Closing Remarks Andrew Wolverson Wolverhampton City Council

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