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MIDDLESBROUGHVULNERABLE

CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLENEEDS ANALYSIS

2009

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CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE MODEL as at 31 March 2009

All Children14 millionMbro- 2001 - 36,3602009 -31,97412.5% Decrease

Vulnerable Children (4million)Mbro 2001 - 14,0002009 - 13,000Diff cohort

Children in Need(3-400,000 England)Mbro 2001 – 2,1892009 – 2,47013% Increase

Children Looked After (53,000)Mbro 2001 - 2252009 – 27622.6% Increase

Child Protection (32,000)Mbro 2001 - 1642009 – 25857.3% Increase

All School Age Children12.5 millionMbro- 2001 – 22,4512009 -19,10914.9% Decrease

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Vulnerable Children/Young People

Vulnerable children/young people are children/young people who would benefit from extra help from public agencies to optimise their life chances and minimise the risk of social exclusion.

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Children In Need

The Law defines a child in need as

• He or she is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for his/her of services by a LA

• His/her health or development is likely to be significantly impaired or further impaired, without the provision of such services

• He/she is disabled

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Vulnerable Children

• 13,000 children & young people living In poverty

• 259 young people missing from Home• 1,200 - 11 to 15 year olds using drugs • 22 children/young people excluded from

school last year.• 581 NEETS

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CHILDREN IN NEED April 08 to March 09

• 5954 contacts to CF&L social care involving 3683 children/young people

• 1939 children/young people were referred to CF&L social care in the last year.

• 578 children/young people with a moderate to severe disability.

• 180 children/young people received a service from CAMHS.

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As at 31 March 2009 there were:• 276 children/young people in care - now

317• 258 children/young people were subject

to a protection plan - now 307• 200 open cases to the Children with

Disabilities Team...• with 130 receiving a social care service.

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Children in Need• Gresham ward had the highest number of children in

need with over 11% of the total cohort.• East quadrant of Middlesbrough accounted for over

30% of the total cohort of children in need• 33% of children in need were aged between 5 and

10 years of age at the date of their referral.• 34.8% were aged 1 to 4 years of age on referral.

10% were unborn when referred.• Nearly 60% of the children in need are male.

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What are we Doing

• Reviewing front of house services• New integrated front of house team • More robust assessment of enquiries

and systems• Action has been taken to clarify

definition of “core” assessment. ICS process agreed

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Need

• Robust & safe systems and procedures

• Robust performance monitoring

• Increased preventative support

• Clear policy & guidance

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Child Protection Plans March 2009 by the 10 most Deprived Wards in England

Top Ten most Deprived Local Authorities

Subject to CPP

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Population <18

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Num per 10,000    

Middlesbrough 260 82 31,538 82

Liverpool 500 58 87,500 57

Hackney 220 43 51,190 43

Tower Hamlets 270 55 48,571 56

Manchester 540 57 94,355 57

Knowsley 135 38 36,207 37

Newham 300 45 66,038 45

Islington 140 41 33,784 41

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Birmingham 1375 55 252,041 55

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Child Protection Plans

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CP – Key Points• The 258 children/young people with a child protection

plan equates to 112 households or families.• 46% of children/young people are under 4 years old.• The majority of children with a protection plan are from

East Middlesbrough and the Town Centre. • Thorntree ward had the most children with a

protection plan (16.7%).• 47% of the children/young people are subject to a

protection plan under the category of neglect.• Children of Asian origin are under represented in the

child protection cohort

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What Are We Doing

• Reviewing Protection Plans at 18 months with a view to securing alternative means of protection beyond 2 years.

• Implementing a system which enables managers the opportunity to manage and identify appropriate action and maintain renewals between 10% and 15%.

• Deputy Director’s consent required to cancel a review.

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NEED• Reduce the number of children/young people

subject to protection plan by supporting and promoting confident and appropriate decision making.

• Managers to identify alternative action to renewal of Protection Plans, where appropriate, e.g. Family Group Conference; Care Proceedings.

• Robust performance monitoring

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LAC – Key Points

• 47% of children/young people in care are aged between 10 and 15yrs.

• The majority of children young people (39%) entered the care system at less than four years of age.

• The majority of children in care became looked after whilst living in Town Centre. Gresham ward.

• 16% of children/young people in care are from a BME background.

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What Are We Doing

• Improving front of house arrangements.

• Developing the use of Family Group Conferences as a means of helping families resolve their own problems.

• More effective triage of enquiries and referrals in order to reduce LAC

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NEEDS

• Increase the use of Special Guardianship Orders.

• Reduce number of children placed at home on Care Orders.

• Robust performance monitoring

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Key Areas of Need• Significantly higher CP and LAC than

SN and National Figures.• Reducing population increasing in need.• Forecast increase in CP• Forecast LAC expected to stabilise• Increase in emotional/mental health

disorders.• Wards of greatest need - Gresham and

Thorntree.