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Strategies for Children and Young People ServicesUnderstanding a confusing picture!
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So, what strategies are there?
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Why so many? How do they fit together? Questions, questions, questions…
Organisational level
Building a Better Bromley
Departmental level
Portfolio Plans
Service level
Improvement, Efficiency and Effectiveness Plans
Individual level
PADS
Partnership level
- Health and Wellbeing Strategy
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
- Children’s Strategy
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Are there are common themes for them all?
Common visionCommon underpinning outcomesCommon priority areas
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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)
Common vision:
“Securing the best possible future for all children and young people in the Borough, including a clear focus on supporting the most vulnerable children and young people in our community”
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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)
Common underpinning outcomes:
Children and young people enjoy learning and achieve their full potential
Ensuring the health and wellbeing of children and young people, and their families
Children and young people are safe where they live, go to school, play and work
Children and young people behave positively, take responsibility for their actions and feel safe within the Borough, and parents and carers take responsibility for the behaviour of their children
Young people get the best possible start in adult life
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Are there are common themes for them all? (cont’d)
Common priority areas:
emotional health and wellbeing
children’s social care
including children in care
children with complex needs and disabilities
including transition of young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to Adult Services
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So, what’s changing? Health and Social Care Bill:
Abolishing –
Primary Care Trusts
Strategic Health Authorities
Transferring responsibility –
Public Health to local authorities
Creating –
Clinical Commissioning Groups
National Commissioning Board
Health and Wellbeing Boards
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So, what’s changing? (cont’d)
Other key changes:
Academies Act 2010 and Education Act 2011
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Green Paper
including Pathfinder Bid
Review of Child Protection and Safeguarding
Review of Family Justice System
Welfare Reform Bill
Review of Early Years Foundation Stage
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So, what’s this “Health and Wellbeing Board”?The Health and Wellbeing Board for Bromley will:
bring together the leaders of local health and care systems with local people, to understand what local communities need and to develop the best strategies to meet those needs
work to join up services across the NHS, public health, social care and children’s services
take the lead on
developing a shared understanding of local needs
using Joint Strategic Needs Assessments
setting the priorities and strategy for health and wellbeing in Bromley through…
…the Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Bromley
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So, what’s this “Health and Wellbeing Strategy”?The Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Bromley:
is a statutory document aiming to respond to the health, social care and wellbeing issues
brings together those areas which impact on health and wellbeing into a single co-ordinated framework
guide the various agencies in Bromley as they tackle the major public health and well-being challenges to
improve the health of the population
reduce health inequalities
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So, how do children and young people fit in?
The Health and Wellbeing Strategy includes 3 priorities which are particularly focused on children and young people:
Increasing volumes and complexity of need
children referred to Children’s Social Care
children with mental and emotional health problems
children with complex needs and disabilities
Do you remember the common priority areas?
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So, what’s happening? The 3 priorities for children and young people have been written using:
information from existing documents, such as:
Children and Young People Portfolio Plan and Children's Strategy
local needs assessments
including the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2011
Committee and Executive Working Party reports
local service reports
including the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Service Annual Report 2010-11
previous local and national reviews
together with input from a number of Heads of Service and Service Managers from the Council and our partners
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So, what’s happening? (cont’d)
The priority sections include:
what is the issue and what are the implications for Bromley?
what are we currently doing and what do we intend to do?
what are the gaps?
what are the expected outcomes?
how will we monitor and measure success?
The draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 15 March
will also be presented to the Bromley Children and Young People Partnership on 26 March
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Issues for the future Impact of further changes from government reform agenda
Impact of Health and Social Care Act
Impact of reductions in funding levels
Impact of continuing rising demand – both numbers and complexity
Impact of changes to local services and structures
Impact of the unknown…
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Any questions…?
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Contact me
Michael WattsSenior Partnerships and Planning Officer