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Every Child Matters: 2003 - 2010 and beyond…

This initiative aims to build services around children, support parents, and promote opportunity through a cross-government policy. Progress includes Local Area Agreements, children's centers, and extended school services to enhance child well-being. Efforts focus on systemic reform, cultural change, and practitioner capacities, motivations, and skills development. Future plans include a Children in Care White Paper, a Children's Workforce Strategy Refresh, and the implementation of the Vetting & Barring Scheme and Contactpoint.

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Every Child Matters: 2003 - 2010 and beyond…

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  1. Every Child Matters:2003 - 2010and beyond… Peter Lauener Director Supporting Delivery Group 14 June 2007

  2. Sept 03: Every Child Matters promised Opportunities for all and narrowing the gap Systemic change to • Build services around the child, young person and family • Support parents and carers • Promote opportunity, prevention and early intervention and to integrate • Universal and targeted services • Services 0-19 • Cross government policy for children and young people • Be Healthy • Stay Safe • Enjoy and Achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic well-being

  3. Where we are now: process & system reform All areas involving children, young people, parents and families in needs assessment All areas with a requirement to do so have children and young people’s plans There are 66 Local Area Agreements. LAA are rolling out nationally from 07 1,263 children’s centres in place serving a million under 5’s and their families. Over 4,400 schools are providing extended services. Over 11,500 schools are working with local authorities on extended school provision Nearly all local authorities have the structures for Directors of Children’s Services and Lead Members All areas have established Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards Additional support is being delivered through multi-agency teams, with integrated working tools and roles 130 areas are using the Common Assessment Framework and 123 LAs using lead professionals – on course for all areas by 2008. Information-sharing is being implemented (ContactPoint) New £115m investment in integrated youth services

  4. 2010 whole system; integrated front-line delivery by children’s trusts

  5. Remodelling: Cultural Change Practitioner Behaviour • Recognise when a child may require more help • Share information about children and young people with other practitioners where appropriate • Work effectively with practitioners from differentdisciplines multi-agency teams e.g. Sure Start Centres and Extended Schools • Engage and work with parents and families Practitioner Capacities • Understanding, trust and confidence in other services and practitioners • Understanding of the CAF process and form; clarity of relationship between CAF and other assessment processes • IT support for integrated working (recording, accessing and sharing information) Practitioner Motivations • Growing evidence base of real benefits of integrated working for children and families • Service-based performance indicators, targets and processes that are aligned with the ECM objectives • Expectations of children, young people and families

  6. Training and skills • How can we improve career pathways, leadership and management? • How can we ensure that social workers and other social care staff are adequately prepared in their training and really supported in their first year? • Proposalsin Care Matters to improve foster carer’s access to training and support

  7. Recruitment and Retention • Staff vacancies are higher in social care than other sectors and high reliance on agency staff • Social work is now the 10th most popular course for undergraduates – how can we build on this to make social care more attractive with a positive image? • Lessening burnout: improving induction, supervision and reducing stress especially for newly qualifieds

  8. Developing Leaders and Managers IQF Support for senior managers Leadership programmesProfessional Development Framework IQF Support for first-line and middle managers Supervision Standards Championing ChildrenCorporate training Qualifications Coaching Mentoring Professional and sector development routes Common Core IQF

  9. Making resources work harder CSR 2007 • Aiming High DfES/HMT Thematic Reviews: prevention/early intervention; disability • Efficiency savings and shared services • Focus on better outcomes from our expenditure for children, young people and learners

  10. Coming Soon……. • Children in Care White Paper • Children’s Workforce Strategy Refresh (autumn 2007) • Vetting & Barring Scheme (2008) and Cross Government Safeguarding Strategy • Contactpoint goes live (2008)

  11. Every Child Matters:2003 - 2010and beyond…

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